I shared the other day a little about my experience of what people might describe as Kundalini energy and I got a few people relating to my experience and thanking me for sharing about it on this sub. So I just wanted to share a bit about my thoughts on this and a bit more about my/this process, with the hope of normalising it a bit for others.
In my experience and from what I understand from others a bit further along, Kundalini often goes hand in hand with nondual awakenings and enlightenment.
Nondual circles (and other religions) often dismiss Kundalini as something not to get attached to, but that is not always useful imo. Kundalini can be quite destabilising and challenging and sometimes you need a bit of a map of a map if you find yourself a bit lost mid territory. I've definitely needed a bit of orientation, which has helped me remain functional with my job, kids, responsibilities, relationships etc.
My understanding and experience of Kundalini is the process of unconscious material (repressed emotions, traumas and karmas) becoming conscious so they can be seen and processed. The process is complex, but in a nutshell over time it rewires the nervous system.
For me this has been a very challenging process and has felt very physical. I have an almost constant feeling of energy moving, feel areas of stuckness, occasional whooshes of energy along the midline, and dense and tingling feelings in my brain and on my scalp. Emotions like fear, sadness, grief, anxiety coming up and some insomnia. Also indigestion, burping, yawning, crying as my nervous system rewires etc
I think this is all very normal now, but it's taken some getting used to! Trauma therapy, some yoga, allowing kriyas and TRE, grounding, resting, nondual exploration have all been helpful.
I also just wanted to post a few YouTube videos/ channels that I found useful
From Simply Always Awake - on energetics of awakening
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmN7DBwIEI&t=26s
Mary Muller Shutan
https://m.youtube.com/@MaryShutan/videos
Tristan Dorling (who posts on this sub occasionally)
https://m.youtube.com/@tristandorling
Pierce Salguero and his ideas around threads of awakening.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qzrfB3Phw2Q
Humanising Awakening
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8H4a9t568h8&t=23s
From Sarah Taylor
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XeBvwauLxfc
Anyway I hope this is helpful for anyone that is finding themselves in this territory.
Sometimes Kundalini is just what's happening!