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What is Kundalini Awakening? (19 Intense Symptoms)

by Aletheia Luna · Updated: Sep 7, 2024 · 264 Comments

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Sooner or later on the spiritual awakening journey, we all taste the mysterious and intense phenomenon known as kundalini energy.

It might be smooth and subtle, or intense and explosive, but whatever the case, kundalini is a primal force of awakening.

In fact, sometimes people can experience full-blown kundalini awakenings spontaneously without any prior experience (or interest) in spiritual growth or transformation.


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Have you experienced a kundalini awakening?

If you’re curious to discover whether you’re going through a kundalini awakening or something else entirely, keep reading.

Table of contents

  • What is a Kundalini Awakening?
  • 19 Symptoms of the Kundalini Awakening
    • Download FREE Kundalini Awakening Prompts!
  • Is Kundalini Awakening Dangerous?
  • Spiritual Awakening vs. Kundalini Awakening – What’s the Difference? 
  • 5 Hidden Traps of Kundalini Awakening
  • How to Handle a Kundalini Awakening
  • Kundalini Awakening FAQ

What is a Kundalini Awakening?

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Put simply, a kundalini awakening is a form of energetic awakening that causes us to transform on the mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. 

Kundalini itself is a Sanskrit word that means “she who is coiled.” It refers to primordial life force energy contained at the base of the spine that is often depicted as a snake.

This serpentine energy, once awoken, travels up the various energy centers (or chakras) of the body and into your crown chakra where higher consciousness is triggered.

The result of this higher awareness is a greater understanding of your Soul (or True Nature), life purpose, and the nature of reality itself.

19 Symptoms of the Kundalini Awakening

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As divine feminine energy, kundalini usually lies dormant in the root chakra (base of the spine).


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However, there are a number of different situations where kundalini can be suddenly awoken spanning from trauma to drug use, all the way to years of targeted practice (such as tantra or kundalini yoga). 

Below, I’ve divided kundalini awakening symptoms into two groups: “light” and “dark” signs.


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Please note that kundalini energy is neither good nor bad, instead, it’s a primordial force that simply lives within us. However, to the human mind, some of these experiences are pleasant, and others are extremely unpleasant:

‘Light’ Kundalini Awakening Symptoms

  1. You feel a spiritual connection with the Divine that transcends the ego
  2. You are bathed in bliss and boundless love
  3. You experience periods of Oneness where your compassion for humanity increases
  4. You tap into extrasensory abilities (ESP) and/or develop extraordinary gifts 
  5. Pleasurable sensations pulsate through your body
  6. You’re inspired to make big, life-altering decisions and authentic changes in your life
  7. Synchronicity (i.e., meaningful or miraculous coincidences) increases tremendously 
  8. You have profound insights into your behavior and past experiences
  9. Your empathic abilities strengthen, and you can feel everything at a profound level
  10. You begin to understand the nature of the mind and how it influences reality
  11. You keep receiving big, cosmic “downloads” of information (soul communication)

‘Dark’ Kundalini Awakening Symptoms

  1. You experience intense, involuntary shaking of the body that can be alarming
  2. Your nervous system becomes hypersensitive to external stressors (bright lights, TV violence, loud noises) and shuts down or craves total solitude
  3. You struggle to sleep properly
  4. You experience sudden and shocking moments of ego death
  5. You have visual disturbances that can feel alarming (e.g., objects seeming to vibrate)
  6. You experience intense heat, vibrations, or electricity surge through your body
  7. It feels like you’re having a bad drug trip while sober
  8. You struggle to distinguish what is real from imagined (psychosis) and feel like you’re going crazy

If you would like to learn more about each of these symptoms and the stages they correspond to, you can read my article on Kundalini Awakening Stages.

Other Kundalini Awakening Symptoms

The above kundalini awakening signs are fairly common. However, as someone who has experienced the energy of kundalini move through me, I can say that it doesn’t happen in the exact same way for everyone.

One of the most recent experiences I’ve had with kundalini, for instance, was preceded by two weeks of low-scale feelings of ‘impending doom,’ followed by the kundalini energy gently moving from my head and down through my body into my stomach.

The energy felt gentle, like a soft breath of wind, and when it reached my stomach, it felt like it was ‘working’ on something there. Then it melted away and vanished.

Here are some other, and perhaps less common, kundalini awakening symptoms:

  • Feeling shattered (fragmented) or like you have no center
  • Dreaming of snakes or seeing snakes everywhere (this is an alert from your subconscious mind)
  • Feeling raw and extremely vulnerable, like a newborn child
  • Manic and exuberant energy or the opposite, chronic fatigue (sometimes alternating)
  • Frequent lucid dreams or vivid dreams
  • Seeing lights or hearing music that isn’t there
  • Tapping into your past life experiences (or other people’s) 
  • Entering spontaneous yoga poses (known as kriyas), mudras (hand poses), or pranayama (yogic breathing) 
  • Developing a Savior Complex or feelings of grandiosity
  • Feeling intense grief for the planet and all suffering beings
  • Out-of-body experiences where you (may/may not) connect with your Higher Self
  • Visual and hearing changes
  • Panic attacks and feelings of terror
  • Strange food cravings or aversions
  • Spontaneous orgasms
  • Developing strange, undiagnosable physical symptoms that may manifest as autoimmune conditions, digestive issues, nausea, etc. 

Have you experienced any of the signs mentioned above? Feel free to share your experience in the comments. This might help others who have undergone similar experiences to not feel alone.

Is Kundalini Awakening Dangerous?

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This is a fair question, especially considering some of the symptoms mentioned above.

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To answer the question, yes and no. Kundalini energy isn’t innately dangerous or bad. It’s our energy blockages that limit the flow of kundalini that make it a painful, scary, and sometimes dangerous experience.

In Georg Feuerstein’s book Tantra: Path of Ecstasy, he explores why kundalini can go haywire:

Without prior cleansing of the nādī system, raising the serpent power (kundalinī-shakti) along the axial pathway is not only impossible but also very dangerous to attempt, for instead of entering the central channel (sushumnā-nādī) it is likely to force itself into the idā- or the pingalā-nādī, on either side of the central channel, causing immense havoc in the body and mind.

In other words, when kundalini is prematurely stimulated or aroused in an incorrect way (aka., through inadequate preparation and clearing of our energetic body), the results can be disastrous. Thankfully, the experience doesn’t last forever, and we’ll explore what to do if you’re experiencing the ‘dark side’ of kundalini awakening a little later.

But to further illustrate, Feuerstein goes on to quote the experience of yogi and mystic Gopi Krishna during his spontaneous kundalini experience. He writes:

There were dreadful disturbances in all the organs, each so alarming and painful that I wonder how I managed to retain my self-possession under the onslaught. The whole delicate organism was burning, withering away completely under the fiery blast racing through its interior. I knew I was dying and that my heart could not stand the tremendous strain for long. My throat was scorched and every part of my body flaming and burning, but I could do nothing to alleviate the dreadful suffering. If a well or river had been near I would have jumped into its cold depths, preferring death to what I was undergoing. . . . I racked my distracted brain for a way of escape, only to meet blank despair on every side. The effort exhausted me and I felt myself sinking, dully conscious of the scalding sea of pain in which I was drowning.

I’ll stop there because I know that this might be alarming to you (or alternatively, affirming, helping you to see that you’re not alone if you’ve experienced this).

In short, kundalini is a mighty potent force. 

If you’re seeking to awaken it, be sure you know what you’re doing and seek out trustworthy guidance. This is not something to be trifled with.

Spiritual Awakening vs. Kundalini Awakening – What’s the Difference? 

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While the two sound the same, they’re slightly different in nature.

The spiritual awakening process (or what we refer to as the spiritual wanderer’s journey) tends to be emotional and psychological. Kundalini awakening, on the other hand, is energetic: it’s a surge of energy that may be either gentle and gradual, or sudden and intense. 

While kundalini awakening usually comes further down the road after someone has experienced a spiritual awakening, it doesn’t always.

As mentioned previously, kundalini can arise suddenly in response to psychedelic drug experiences, sexual encounters, or even traumatic situations. 

Another distinguishing factor is that kundalini energy is felt very physically whereas the spiritual awakening is usually more mind and heart oriented.

So while intense vibrations and heat may be felt in the body during kundalini awakening, during spiritual awakening there is more of a soulful quality of deep questioning, insight, and transfiguration (some refer to this as spiritual alchemy).

Can someone experience both spiritual awakening and kundalini awakening at the same time? Yes, absolutely.

It’s for this reason that both tend to lead to the experience of the Dark Night of the Soul (or the inevitable after-effect of having felt like one has ‘lost touch’ with the Divine). Ultimately, they are two sides of the same coin.


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5 Hidden Traps of Kundalini Awakening

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The kundalini shakti bestows liberation on yogins and bondage on the ignorant.

– Svātmarāma (15th century yogi master) 

Kundalini awakening is a life-changing mystical experience that can feel magical, ecstatic, and profound. And it is. But there are also many hidden traps we can fall into after we’ve emerged out of the other end. 

Some of these traps involve:

  1. Spiritual superiority – seeing yourself as “more awake” than others and looking down on those who are not as advanced or still “asleep” (also known as spiritual narcissism)
  2. Savior complex – adopting a disproportionate sense of self-grandiosity and specialness, believing that you’re sent to “save the world” (e.g., for those who have undergone kundalini psychosis, this can even mean believing they’re Jesus Christ or the next Buddha)
  3. Grasping and attachment – desperately trying to hold onto the blissful experiences of the kundalini awakening and being miserable (even entering crisis mode) when it’s inevitably lost (this can result in spiritual materialism and the dark night of the soul)
  4. Spiritual nihilism – taking universal truths and misapplying them to a human level, e.g., “all is an illusion,” “nothing ultimately matters” which breeds a sense of dissociation, emptiness, and cynicism
  5. Avoidance – avoiding or spiritually bypassing everyday responsibilities and focusing only on “higher spiritual matters” (this is essentially a way for the ego to avoid growing up and integrating the experience at a human level)

I explore a variety of different spiritual issues that can arise on the spiritual wanderer’s journey which you can check out in the Traps & Pitfalls section of this site.

How to Handle a Kundalini Awakening

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If your kundalini has awoken and you’re feeling overwhelmed, here’s some guidance:

1. Be gentle with yourself and take care of your nervous system

Likely, your nervous system is going into overdrive if you’re having a painful kundalini experience. Some ways to calm your nerves can include:

  • Taking a warm bath with essential oils like lavender (you can also try magnesium salts). If a warm bath doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, try a cold shower. Be mindful and notice how your body and mind respond to the temperature of the water.
  • Find something/someone that brings you a feeling of safety. This might be cuddling your dog or cat, asking your partner or friend to hold you, finding a cozy nook in nature, or relaxing in a corner of your house that brings you comfort.
  • Listen to calming music.
  • Try slow guided breathing using an app like Calm or InsightTimer. (Be mindful of how your body responds. Stop immediately at the first sign of discomfort.)
  • Ground yourself outdoors in nature.
  • Eat grounding foods (potatoes, root vegetables, organic meat)

2. Stop all spiritual practice temporarily

Yes, your spiritual practice might be amplifying the effects of your kundalini awakening. So stop. Let yourself rest. If you crave a replacement practice, try mindfulness as it helps to ground you in the present moment. Read my article on the spiritual emergency for more helpful ideas.

3. Seek out compassionate help

If you still struggle with the kundalini energy being too intense, I strongly recommend seeking out the guidance of a transpersonal or depth psychotherapist. The best guides are those who understand the importance of integrating the mind and spirit (or spiritual psychology).

There are also people who specialize in kundalini awakening help that you can find online – but tread carefully. Trust your instincts. If you feel worse or if you get weird vibes about someone, you don’t owe them any explanation. Leave. Find someone else. You have the right to get the guidance you need.

Kundalini Awakening FAQ

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Here are some other questions you might have about this powerful experience on the spiritual journey:

What happens after kundalini awakening?

Usually, there is a period of long integration after the kundalini awakening experience. In other words, it takes a while for the mind, heart, and soul of a person to fully comprehend what they’ve been through and translate that into daily life. For some (extremely) rare people, kundalini awakening results in liberation from the separate self and the realization of non-dual awareness (also known as ‘enlightenment’).

How to have a kundalini awakening?

There are many methods out there that help to stimulate kundalini energy. Most involve either Tantric and/or Yogic practice. Visualization, plant medicines (like psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca), certain breathwork techniques, belly dancing, and meditations also help to awaken kundalini energy. But remember to always be gentle, go slowly, and know what you’re doing. Kundalini energy is powerful and not to be messed around with.

How long does kundalini awakening take?

The answer is that it varies for everyone. Some people experience the awakening of kundalini early on their spiritual path (indeed, for some it actually triggers the spiritual search). For others, kundalini awakens after many years of spiritual practice. There is no set-in-stone rule here: it depends on your unique energetic blockages, destiny, soul, and many other factors.

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As the kundalini awakens, you naturally become aware of your true nature, the nature of God, and the purpose of your existence. It is an accelerated path to God-Realization, and can create many extraordinary experiences and realizations.

– Steven Sadleir (Looking For God)

Kundalini awakening can happen gradually and subtly or explosively and rapidly on our spiritual awakening journeys.

Known as the Serpent Power, the Inner Woman, and the essence of Shakti, kundalini energy can be a force of tremendous awakening or deep enslavement. The key is to be mindful, practice spiritual discernment, trust in your soul’s strength, and seek help where needed. 

Remember that the ultimate purpose of kundalini is to dissolve the inner knots that keep you small and limited, helping you to awaken to your Eternal, Primordial, True Nature.

Have you had a kundalini awakening experience? What was it like? I’d be fascinated to hear below.

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About Aletheia Luna

Aletheia Luna is a prolific psychospiritual writer, author, educator, and intuitive guide whose work has touched the lives of millions worldwide. As a survivor of fundamentalist religious abuse, her mission is to help others find love, strength, and inner light in even the darkest places. She is the author of hundreds of popular articles, as well as numerous books and journals on the topics of Self-Love, Spiritual Awakening, and more. [Read More]

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  1. Anastasia says

    January 31, 2021 at 11:49 am

    Hello! I am reading about Kundalini Awakening and am feeling very grateful and overwhelmed, knowing that I am without a doubt experiencing a dark Kundalini Awakening. I am often plagued by the experience of vibrating sensations, seeing spirits, the feeling of a dark force following me which results in sleeplessness, and so on. I don’t know how to get through this as it has been going on for so long. Do I face my shadow self to cause this feeling to rest? Thank you so much for your clarity, your website has been an incredible light to me in an age of much false teaching.

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    • Aletheia Luna says

      January 31, 2021 at 2:16 pm

      Hi Anastasia. Thank you for your affirming words! There’s plenty of helpful advice in this article (near the end), and you can also see our guide on dealing with a Spiritual Emergency here: https://lonerwolf.com/spiritual-emergency/ I hope this helps <3

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  2. Alex says

    January 31, 2021 at 10:07 am

    ‘Coincidences’ And Me Being Able To ‘Call’ Or “I” Knew That Specific ‘Instance’ Already Happened…My Memories Span Countless Realities…I ‘Remember’ Things “I” In ‘No Way’ Could Have, Would Have, Done Or Even Been There. ‘Realities’ Seem To Be ‘Colliding’ Or ‘Shifting’ And I’m Not Sure How To Word This Right…Reality, ‘This Reality’ ‘They’ Still ‘Control’, ‘Monitor’, And ‘Screen’ Literally ‘Everything’ “I’ve” Done ‘This’ ‘Many’ Times Before, And ‘Exactly’ Like The Memories Of ‘Growing Up’ Or ‘Significant’ ‘Events’ Or ‘Traumas’ ‘Imprinted’ Or ‘Scarred’ Into ‘These ‘Memories’ ‘We’ Have On This (I’m Not Sure Of It’s Been ‘Coined’…Lol) “Plaen” And ‘Are’ Triggered By ‘Certain’ ‘Sense’ations, A ‘Memory’ In ‘Your’ Mind Gets ‘Triggered’ And Either An ‘Emotional’ Or ‘Physical’ “Attempted Understanding” Of ‘This’ Reality Is ‘Perceived’. Awakening…Many Many ‘Versions’ Of “Myself” Tried, Are Trying, And Will Try, But ‘My’ “Memories” Or “Coincidences” Are All ‘Simultaneaously’ ‘Happening’ To ‘Me’ On ‘This Plaen’…Like Future, Past, And ‘Alternate’ Versions And ‘Parallel’ “Scenarios” And ‘Eventualities’ Of What Has, Will An “Is” ‘Happening’… ‘Understanding’ Or ‘Comprehending’ The ‘Vast’ And ‘Immense'(On This ‘Plaen’ Known As.) “Loss” On This ‘Plaen’ Doesn’t Seem Possible. I’m Not ‘Claiming’ I’m Some ‘Interdimensional Being’ Or Some Kind Of ‘Person With All The Answers’…On This ‘Plaen’ I’m Nothing More Than ‘A Minority'(aka) “Aboriginal” Or “Native” Living In Regina Sask. With “Drug Dependency” And A ‘Severe’ “Alcohol Problem”…Why? The ‘Conceptual Perception’ For This ‘Version’ Of “Me” In This ‘Reality’ Is ‘Without Understanding, How Can (If) Any ‘Possible’ ‘Future Be ‘Attained’ Or “Hoped” For? Like “I’ve” Said…(Many Times Before) In “My” ‘Memories’ Or What “I’ve” ‘Done’, ‘Will Do’ And I’m “Currently” Doing….Again. I ‘Know’ I’m Not The ‘Only’ “Being” With “Knowledge” (I’ve Always ‘Liked’ That “Word” On This Plaen, ‘Knowledge’) Because “I” Can ‘Sense’ Or “Feel” (To The ‘Understanding’ “Here”) Some ‘Disturbance’ Or ‘Fault’ On This ‘Plaen’ That’s ‘Causing’ “Catastrophic” Ripple ‘Effects’ Not Only Throughout This Realities’ Cosmos, But ‘Creating’ (As This ‘Plaen’ ‘Understands’) ‘Windows’ Or ‘Doors’ To Some “Parallel” Realities In Which “Inconceivable”, “Frightening” And ‘Very’ “Dangerous”, (‘This Reality’) Calls “Entities” To “Enter” Or “Invade” This ‘Reality’. What ‘Will’ Happen, ‘Has’ Happened (In “My” ‘Memories’) And It IS Happening. Messing With “This Realities” Definition Of ‘Particles’ Is Literally Causing “Plaens To Collide”…Slowly With What’s Called “Deja Vus”…More And More Will Happen, More ‘Beings’ Will Have ‘Experiences’ Or ‘Memories’ Of Something Else But It’s Different Somehow Like The “History” Or “Past” Of Certain Events, Things And ‘Inevitably’ Certain “Individual”(s) Across ‘Countless’ Realities Is Not Only Being “Forgotten” But ‘Erased’ From Ever Having ‘Existed’ On “ANY” Plaen So ‘Whatever’ “Has Been Said,” “Will Be Said,” “Is Being Said” Will Ultimately “Never Be”…Again, “I’ve” ‘Literally’ Done This ‘Countless Times’ With Almost The “Same Outcome(s)”…Maybe ‘This’ Time “My Words” Could ‘Manifest’ Into A “Solution” Or Maybe Even A ‘Slight’ “Understanding” That There’s “Soo” Much More, And “I” Can’t ‘Express’ That Enough…MORE, Alot More To Not Only “Life”, “Afterlife” But “Existential Significance” If That Makes ‘Sense’ “Here.”

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    • Russell says

      February 01, 2021 at 5:22 pm

      I would love to hear more about your insight about this. If you’re willing to chat shoot me an email @pandamonium32@outlook.com

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  3. Mo says

    January 30, 2021 at 5:55 pm

    … cont from below…
    It is pleasant, gentle, warming, light, glowing experience
    I still feel alone, heart felt sadness from within…. what do I do, it’s constant, unplanned, uncontrollable… I still am non the wiser

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  4. Mo says

    January 30, 2021 at 5:36 pm

    I regularly meditate, have been on and off for many years. Today, it’s been 6months on a daily basis, sometimes couple of times a day. About a month ago, I’ve started seeing 11 11, 222, 987, 789, 345 etc on a daily basis, a few times a day. Curious, led me to your site. I still don’t know what is happening with me or to me. I can’t see any changes around me.
    This is called spiritual awakening and or twin flame on your site. I still don’t know.
    About 3 weeks ago, after meditation, I felt dizzy, as if I was about to faint, so I went to lie down. From the bottom of my spine to the head I felt the energy and my body jerking with the flow of this energy along the spine to my head. I was aware of this but had no control. It must have happened for about 5-10 minutes. And, it was mild and yet beautiful sensation. I felt transformed, felt calmer, the experience was divine.
    I do feel the energy flow from bottom of spine to the head on every alternate days, or on a frequent basis during meditation. Don’t know what it is and what happens, I’ve put this to power of meditation. Still don’t know and haven’t noticed any significant changes in me or around me.
    Then, yesterday I was talking to the full moon for a couple of hours ( I am agnostic and also believe in Buddha, Krishna, Moon, power of the moon, Universe and the power of universe), yesterday during the time of speaking with the moon, a bit like your above picture of gold/ orange glow around the girl, I felt the moonlight all around me, for a couple of minutes at a time, twice, pure white moonlight. I was beautified from head to toes, felt lighter, glowing with white light. I thought it was just moonlight, and me bathing in it. After which I continued speaking with the moon, I started feeling nausea, lightheaded, feeling of throwing up, like a panic attack, I went to lie down. Immediately I felt the energy, from the base of spine, up the spine all the way to the head, body went through the motion of snake movement from yoga, once to the head, body became stiffened, from head to toes, I could mildly feel parts of the back against the bed, and my body so light as if it was as gentle and diffused with the air. After body had stiffened and my head up, as if praying, the body completely light and relaxed, another surge of energy from the bottom of spine to the head. This movement would last less than 5 seconds and must have continued for at least 5 minutes, so it seemed to me. It felt light, beautiful, gentle experience. This was heavenly experience, something words have no way of describing. My body ached for the whole day.
    Again, kundalini awakening experience, as per the above article.
    I have no changes physically, mentally, emotionally, just living normal ups and downs days. I have no knowledge of what I’m expecting, how, when, where, how long, nothing at all.
    I go through your articles saying yes, yes, no, yes etc to what I have experienced. I still don’t know anything, I’m non the wiser.
    Spiritual awakening, kundalini awakening, twin flame etc etc, all one after another, mixture of all these in haphazard manner. I going through this with no results, outcomes… and I just continue reading trying to make sense, without an explanation.
    I just wish Sol/ Luna can send me a personal email explaining this to me, as it’s too puzzling for me. Thank you for reading and I await a reply.

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  5. Alex says

    January 21, 2021 at 7:15 am

    I have experienced every single one, they come in waves or it’s an intense hit all in one. Am very grateful that I am still on my journey learning new things

    Reply
  6. Kathleen says

    January 21, 2021 at 3:18 am

    This article is jaw-dropping! I had an experience with psilocybin mushrooms that created intense menstrual-like cramps and I saw visions of a red winged snake that didn’t frighten me. It was baffling! This was two years ago and your article shed light for the first time on what was actually happening. I feel like I’ve taken the first step, and want to continue the journey!

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  7. Alexandra says

    January 20, 2021 at 4:22 pm

    I had a full-blown kundalini awakening in 2011 after only three months of esoteric practices. It was very intense and prolonged before the energy balanced. After reading the symptoms mentioned here, I feel reassured and feel grateful to gain better understanding of what happened. Back then I couldn’t find such accurate information or guidance so I pretty much figured things out as the kundalini energy purged and renewed my physical body, my mind and soul. A symptom that is not listed but it was very strong in my case was feeling like an alien, literally as if an alien had occupied my body. Also, feeling both male and female (Shiva and Shakti), and feeling emotions (my own and others) in the form of vibrations. I did reach enlightenment during the awakening, total bliss and unity with a universal unconditional love. Although unprepared, the kundalini energy guided me with an inner voice the whole time and I can say that the experience saved my life. Thank you so much for spreading this information

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    • Elizabeth says

      January 28, 2021 at 11:22 am

      Hi Alexandra, I believe I’m going through a kundalini and spiritual awakening and it’s not pleasant. I’m experiencing the same symptoms as you’ve mentioned in the blog and would really like to know how you got through it. I don’t know where to go or who to talk to about what I’m experiencing. I’ve got to get a grip somehow. If anyone else reads this message, I would appreciate any assistance you can provide. Much gratitude in advance.

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  8. Erin L says

    January 10, 2021 at 2:32 am

    Can you touch on what Kundalini psychosis may be like?
    I am pretty sure this is what I experienced three years ago, I felt an intense rush of energy up my spine but only to be stopped by my throat chakra. . . It did not push past my throat and I started to have a wild imagination afterward.
    I’m not sure if it was psychedelic drug-related or if it’s because I met someone. Either way, it happened and I am still trying to find out exactly what happened to me :)
    Thanks so much for your insights, truly helpful! :)

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    • Alexandra says

      January 20, 2021 at 4:33 pm

      It feels like you are going crazy! the only thing is that you are aware of it so you are not really crazy … you start questioning reality as you may know it and have feelings that you are inside the “matrix” if you have let’s say astral projection experiences, those would feel more real than the daily life stuff so it becomes hard to decide what’s real. Also, you may hear an inner voice (or voices) inside your head, -which are your own thoughts observed by your subconscious mind but out loud, in other words, consciously … Reading Carl Jung helped me a lot on my journey to understand this “psychosis” I became my own psychology, psychiatrist and healer… and so can you…

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  9. emarie says

    January 08, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Sending unconditional love and Divine light to you. <May the universe comfort your growing path in this current time and space.

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  10. D says

    January 03, 2021 at 10:02 pm

    In the last 6 months I have awoken by terrible body shakes, like a vibration. My family has a history of strokes and I actually thought I was having one. Since those shakes, my childhood trauma, that was buried inside for decades, the trauma that left me pathetic, angry and mean, has come to light allowing me to finally go back there. To understand why someone would do such a thing to a child. Beyond powerful, life saving. I have lost everything in the material world but I am gaining so much more in this world and I am so grateful. I have confidence that now, soon, I’ll be able to begin the reconciliation process with the ones I love most. Not today, but soon.

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