Kundalini Awakening

Kundalini energy is the primal life force energy that lies dormant in our bodies at the base of the spine. Every human has this energy regardless of ethnicity, culture, belief, or creed. Just as the body heals itself naturally, the psyche/soul yearns to ascend and heal itself through the natural process of alchemy. Kundalini is the firey agent in the alchemical process of transformation.  

A Kundalini awakening happens as a result of spiritual practice - meditation, tantra, and yoga for a person consciously initiating the work of transformation. However, a spontaneous awakening can occur in someone unaware of this spiritual fire. Causes of a spontaneous awakening may be attributable to trauma such as the loss of a loved one or the end of a marriage. Physical trauma such as childbirth, illness, or a near-death experience can also awaken the sleeping serpent. 

At first, one might feel a warm blissful sensation starting from the root chakra at the base of the spine traveling up through the body and into the head. This is merely the beginning of the transformation process and this blissful state acts as a stimulant to propel the individual to seek a deeper spiritual connection to their Divine Self. Many have compared this process to peeling an onion to get at the sweet core of being. It is not an easy process and you will see down below that some of the symptoms can be quite severe, even destructive. Kundalini burns through the nervous systems alchemizing not only the personal trauma, patterns, and other suppressed psychological content, but ancestral and collective unconscious content that is part of karma. Put plainly, the Kundalini process is an alchemical transfiguration of body, mind, and soul. Some experiences have been so violent as to be called a crucifixion. It is important to seek guidance from one who has walked the path before you.