Complete Guide | Kundalini Activation

Kundalini Activation: A Journey to Deep Personal Transformation

“Kundalini is said to be a powerful, primal energy that represents the unmanifested potential within us; it is referring to the great field of the unknown that lies beyond the limits of our minds,” according to Yoga International.

Often depicted as a serpent wrapped three and a half times (akin to the cho rei symbol of Reiki) sleeping within the base chakra, this powerful energy can be awakened by practices of yoga such as mantra, mudra, asana, and pranayama, especially when practised with daily devotion in the form of Kriyas.

Once this life force is truly awakened, the kundalini shakti rises through the chakras (energy channels or vortexes) in the energetic body, navigating through the granthis (spiritual blocks) and leads to spiritual awakening manifested as freedom of choice, greater self awareness and ability to manifest, inner knowing, bliss, awakening of siddhi's (spiritual gifts), and a huge transformation of life which for many, can cause great discomfort as they are forced into action by aligning with their authentic self.

Kundalini activation has become one of the spiritual world's fastest-growing modalities. It unlocks ancient ancestral wisdom and is supported by modern-day neuroscience. Whether you are curious about energy work, traversing a spiritual awakening, healing trauma, or seeking a deeper understanding of how Kundalini Activation actually functions, this guide will walk you through what you really need to know:

1. How does one become a Kundalini Activation facilitator?

2. What is a Kundalini Activation?

3. How does Kundalini Activation work?

4. How can Kundalini Activation help you?

5. How it affects the five yogic bodies/koshas

6. What to expect in a session

7. Session layout

8. Common experiences

9. What should I know before I go?

10. Kundalini activations may not be suitable if you have these conditions...

11. Disclaimer

12. Do you have any tips to get the most out of my journey?

13. Integration

14. Aftercare

Before I continue sharing what I know, I want to add that it has been the catalyst for significant transformation in my own PTSD and trauma healing journey. I would never promote a modality that I haven't had significant firsthand experience with. My Kundalini journey started around 2013 with a full awakening. I was then guided through a long dark night of the soul before landing firmly on the healer's path of truth-seeking ascendance.

What is a Kundalini Activation?

Kundalini Activation stems from ancient yogic wisdom. It helps the devotee connect with their internal life force energy and release blockages held deeply within. This journey leads to a Kundalini Awakening, rising into a peaceful state of love, appreciation, bliss, and self-mastery. The facilitator may utilize breathwork or other somatic experiences to help participants move from their mental processing (divine masculine) or 'monkey mind' into a deeper state of intuitive self-awareness (divine feminine). This allows them to surrender to their subconscious or 'higher self,' enabling the intelligent wisdom of the body to process changes necessary for ascension.

When activated, the energy travels up from the base of the spine through the seven main chakras and nadis (akin to meridians). It stimulates the blockages within, potentially leading to deep healing, release, a more profound sense of self, or even unity consciousness and greater spiritual awareness.

In a group activation, you can expect an introduction that includes what Kundalini is, how it works, and what you might experience. This is followed by some somatic or breathwork, tailored music, and then you will lie down on a yoga mat with your eyes closed to experience the movement of the energy alight within. This is a deeply personal experience, so it's important to keep your eyes closed, not compare, and return to your own experience if distracted by another's noise. Some participants may sing, laugh, hum, cry, or yell, depending on their journey. At the end of the experience, you will go through an integration period on the mat and ground back into the room before having some time to share your experience if you feel called to.

Each session will vary for the participant based on what needs to surface to be seen, acknowledged, and released. This aids the aspirant in rising on their highest timeline for the greatest good of their soul within this lifetime.

How does one become a Kundalini Activation facilitator?

Practitioners often spend many years working with energy medicine, particularly Kundalini energy. They embody its wisdom and clear their own channel through deep shadow work to hold more 'light' or higher vibrational energy. They are usually devoted to their spiritual path, have undergone spiritual or Kundalini awakening themselves, and possess a strong knowledge base around holding space for others.

There are many different lineages of Kundalini Activation teachers. It's essential to understand where your facilitator has learned, what they were taught, and that you feel comfortable and safe within their containers. My personal certification is as a 'Trauma-informed somatic healing facilitator and Kundalini activation facilitator.' I have also studied as an 800-hour yoga teacher in India (hatha, vinyasa, kundalini, ashtanga, yoga therapy) and have years of experience with various energy healing and somatic healing modalities such as Reiki, Sekhem, Ascension Reiki, Ashati, and Alsemia, as well as being a certified mind-body practitioner and wellness coach.

How does Kundalini Activation work?

The practitioner self-activates the energy within, becoming a conduit of the healing energy of the serpent, shakti, or divine feminine essence. They embody it and allow it to rise through them as a channel by augmenting their luminous field. Through this specialized process, they create a vortex or biofield of energy that amplifies your vibration and begins to activate your Kundalini Shakti (divine feminine life force energy). Your energy rises to meet this vibration.

Energy-in-motion (emotions), blockages, pain, and so forth that resonate at a lower, denser vibrational energy rise from within to be experienced, witnessed, released, or embodied in a way that raises your vibration. This creates a psychosomatic release, meaning you may begin finishing 'processes' that were previously incomplete. This can include trauma, grief, anger, rage, fear, or other expressions. Many people experience blissful journeys, so it depends on what is ready to rise for you or the intention you set for yourself. Afterwards, you may feel quite tired or, conversely, energized and revived.

How can Kundalini Activation help you?

Kundalini Activation is a process that works with subconscious information stored within the body, mind, and emotions. Some of this may have been held for your lifetime or carried through ancestral lineages. As well-known trauma-informed psychiatrist Bessel Van Der Kolk states, "The body keeps score." Kundalini Activation is one way we can help get to the root cause of the body-mind's repression of these stories we hold within to release them.

It has been shown to aid:

• Big life changes (pregnancy, moving, aging, career)

• Increase intuition and psychic connection

• Release repressed anger, internal chaos, disharmony, and resentment

• Traumatic experiences, dissociation, and PTSD

• Grief, loss, and sadness

• Rewire and balance your nervous system

• Increase courage, confidence, and personal empowerment

• Feeling stuck

• Pain and stress relief

• Enhance libido, passion, and sensuality

• Relationship breakdowns

• Increase mental clarity

• Support peri-menopause and menopause

• Enhance spiritual gifts and spiritual connectedness

• Releasing shame and guilt

• Emotional balancing

• Anxiety and the buildup of pressure on the nervous system

• Spiritual evolution and transcendence

• Personal transformation

  
  

What are the five 'bodies' or koshas in yogic wisdom that Kundalini Activation targets?

1. Anamaya Kosha (Food/Physical Sheath): This is the outermost and most physical layer, consisting of the body's physical structure, like muscles, bones, and organs. Kundalini activation can help bring energy to blockages within the physical body, aiding in the release of illness or sending healing energy to old wounds.

   
   

2. Pranamaya Kosha (Energy/Breath Sheath): This layer consists of life force or vital energy, organized by the breath (prana) and interconnected with the physical body. Kundalini activation bridges the pranamaya kosha and physical body, bringing a sense of purpose, harmony, and interconnectedness to the physical world and 5D consciousness.

   
   

3. Manomaya Kosha (Mind Sheath): This layer is associated with emotions, feelings, and the lower mind, including the subconscious. Kundalini activation can help draw deep, heavy, or repressed emotions to the surface, allowing for a feeling of inner peace, stillness, or lightness to wash over you.

   
   

4. Vijnanamaya Kosha (Wisdom/Intellect Sheath): This layer represents higher consciousness, the intuitive and intellectual mind, and the ability to discriminate and reason. Kundalini activation can help bring the aspirant out of their 'head' and back into the body, fostering mindful awareness and personal presence.

   
   

5. Anandamaya Kosha (Bliss Sheath): This innermost and most subtle layer is the sheath of pure bliss, joy, and spiritual essence closest to the true self. Kundalini activations can bring you into states of pure bliss, allowing you to feel whole, loved, and complete within yourself. This can be incredibly empowering, as it fosters inner peace and resilience.

   
   

What to expect:

Each session (group or 1:1) will be different based on the practitioner, their lineage, knowledge, experience, and background. In the sessions I offer, I usually describe what Kundalini is, how the activation works, what you may experience on and off the mat, and how those experiences impact your waking life over time. Kundalini Activations are designed for those prepared to meet their depths and do the true transformational work to create change. It is a path of devotion, where you will constantly experience cycles of death and rebirth to become who you really are.

After the introductions, you will usually lie down on a yoga mat or the floor (allowing for movements, kriyas, physical releases), and the transmission of energy will begin to create a biofield that amplifies the energy within you. This activates your life force, shakti, or kundalini. Your life force energy rises to meet it, allowing anything below that frequency to rise, be witnessed, released, or embodied in a more empowering way. It often drops you into the alpha and delta states of conscious awareness, sometimes feeling as if you are watching a glimpse of a movie or a 'story' you may have been holding in fast-forward. Your mind may want to make sense of it, but the information is often filtered or inconsistent because you don't need to make sense of it for it to be released.

Everyone experiences Kundalini Activations differently, largely based on where they are in their spiritual, healing, and personal evolution. Kundalini Activation is designed as a regular event to help you shift through the layers of the body (koshas) energetically, emotionally, mentally, and physically. Even if your experience is subtle in the beginning, it's important to stay the course (at least eight sessions) and create time to notice the little life progressions and releases along the way. It is not a performative experience; you are not doing it; it is happening. When it does, you will understand what this truly means.

Example session layout:

• Welcome explanation and intention

• Somatic experience or breathwork

• Kundalini Activation energy healing (usually about 60-90 minutes)

• Integration and sharing circle

  
  

Common experiences during a session:

Please do not expect to be doing somersaults, performing channeled kriyas (a series of movements, sometimes spontaneous), speaking in tongues, yelling, or bawling your eyes out. These depictions can often shape your subconscious experience. While these things are possible, and you may find others within the class experiencing them, everyone will find their own experience is entirely unique. It's important to let go of the ego—the mind that tells you it knows what will or should happen—and allow yourself to soften into the feeling centers that help you mindfully switch off, being present, and in a state of absolute surrender to the wisdom of your life force energy—Kundalini.

Some people, especially those new to spiritual practices, may not feel much during the activation. This is because it works on the subtle layers in preparation for a greater unfolding. These individuals often find it hard to fully surrender, rest, or get out of their heads. For example, 'A type' personalities may struggle to let go of control, which may change over time. It is crucial to note that those who have experienced trauma may also find it hard to let go, as they often have subconscious protective mechanisms trying to keep them 'safe.' In such cases, 1:1 sessions may be more beneficial, allowing for the development of a strong professional relationship with a supportive therapist, fostering trust.

Other experiences can include:

• Peaceful experiences of bliss, love, and light.

• Pressure, heaviness, or the resurfacing of old injuries/pain.

• Visual experiences such as seeing colors, lights, patterns, sacred geometry, spirit guides, alternative realities, past lives, insights, and deep knowings.

• Astral projection or transcendental experiences.

• Dream states.

• Stillness inside and out.

• Physical sensations such as heat, cold, vibrations, itchiness, tingling, and subtle body movements.

• Spontaneous body movements such as muscle jerks, kriyas, mudras, yoga poses, stretches, or smaller movements that naturally want to occur.

• Trembling, micro tremors, or quivering.

• Heat or cold in specific areas of the body.

• Coughing, sneezing, sighing.

• Yelling, screaming, crying, or even laughing.

• Light language or speaking in tongues.

• Journeying with spirit guides or loved ones who have passed over and receiving messages from other realms.

• Visiting past memories and finding new perspectives.

• A spectrum of emotions from happiness, joy, excitement to anticipation, anger, resentment, sadness, grief, pain, and shame.

• Emotional releases such as crying, laughing, orgasmic bliss, and feelings of sensuality, anger, or rage (including yelling or screaming).

• Seeing your future self and life unfolding.

  
  

The above sensations and experiences are signs of releasing built-up trauma, pain, and tension within the body, clearing the way for true healing and renewal. Once the energy is activated in a session, it can continue to work for approximately 24 hours, rewiring the nervous system, repatterning energetic pathways, and creating cellular change.

What should I know before I go?

Kundalini activations are a deep, transformational process of inner change, resulting in external changes that permeate your reality. They can be the seed for significant life changes as you align with a higher frequency and all that is ready and waiting for you within that. If you feel uncertain, have health and wellness concerns, or want more guidance, please reach out to discuss this further before booking a session. It is vital that you feel safe and ready for this experience and can hold full accountability for yourself within the healing space and beyond. This journey requires great respect, readiness, and self-reflection. It is an incredibly valuable tool for your spiritual and self-evolution.

Please review the following conditions carefully. Kundalini activations may not be suitable if you have:

• Current or recent pregnancy

• Active recreational drug or alcohol use

• Severe PTSD or unresolved trauma

• Medications affecting brain chemistry (e.g., anti-anxiety, antidepressants, ADD, ADHD, OCD medications, etc.)

• Osteoporosis

• Detached retina

• Prescribed blood thinners or anti-coagulants

• Glaucoma

• Kidney disease

• High or low blood pressure (especially for any breathwork, etc.)

• Cardiovascular disease such as angina or a history of heart attack

• Chest pain or tightness, myocarditis, pericarditis, irregular heartbeat, or other severe heart conditions

• History of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)

• Seizures, seizure disorder, or other brain/neurological conditions

• Diagnosed aneurysm of any kind

• Uncontrolled thyroid disorder

• Diabetes (any type)

• Severe asthma (mild and moderate can be discussed; bring your inhaler)

• Breathing problems

• Epilepsy

• Prior diagnosis of bipolar, schizophrenia, or other psychiatric conditions

• Severe psychosomatic disorders

• Recent surgery, stitches, or injury

• Hospitalization for psychiatric reasons or emotional crisis within the past 10 years

• Any other medical, psychiatric, or physical condition that could impair engagement in deep emotional/physical/mental processes safely

  
  

Disclaimer I offer a profound energy medicine container of deep transformation, including Kundalini activations, for those prepared to embark on an inner journey of true change. Attending a Kundalini Activation means that you have read, acknowledged, and understand the risks, and take full accountability for your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Please read the full disclaimer for all of my services via this link.

Do you have any tips to get the most out of my journey?

It helps to 'brain dump' before a session. Write a list of the 'to-dos' you might need to action or find a way to still your mind so you can focus on the mind-body-soul connection and the interaction they create on the mat. The more you can surrender to the process and let go of control (e.g., ask the mind to release control, stop overthinking and analyzing), the more you will experience, explore, and release.

Quick tips:

• Do not arrive on a full stomach (we suggest you don't eat 2-4 hours prior)

• Come hydrated, but ensure your bladder isn't feeling too full

• Steer clear of coffee or stimulants before (and after) the event

• Clear your schedule for an hour or two after to start integrating

• Do not take recreational drugs or alcohol

• Be as open as you can be, and allow yourself to surrender to the process

  
  

Integration

Integration is what happens after the experience, off the mat. It can take time for your system to make sense of all that was released or embodied in a session. It is imperative to give yourself time to amplify what is needed. Sometimes you may be tested (e.g., an old flame comes into your life, a challenge occurs where your boundaries/worth/confidence are tested, or you may feel distance from your work/people in your life). Sometimes you may soften (e.g., you allow yourself to feel more of your emotions or tell someone how you really feel). Sometimes you may feel something new simmering within (e.g., a new idea, vocation, desire), or you may just feel at peace with something that has been bothering you (e.g., you heal a cycle/belief/trigger/story). Whatever your journey is, it is personal to you, so it's best to be open-minded and let go of the inner critic to see what needs to land—and change.

Over days and months, integration will continue as long as you continue with the work. The commitment. The devotion.

Other things you may notice after your experience:

• Heightened awareness and psychic senses may become more open or active.

• Interdimensional awareness and connectedness.

• Sleeplessness after a session as you release things at a subconscious level.

• Feeling heat in your body, especially in your hands and feet. Utilize cold therapy.

• Healing of old trauma and wounds.

• Fatigue as your body returns to a sense of homeostasis where it can heal.

• Enhanced sounds, smells, colors, and perception.

• More openness to others and self.

• Enhanced sensuality.

• Feeling more self-empowered and confident.

• Rewiring of your nervous system, often feeling more calm and in control.

• Repatterning of energetic pathways.

  
  

Best integration tips:

• Hydrate! Drink a hydrolyte or add lemon & Himalayan pink salt to your water.

• Journal and make space to reflect to anchor what you learned, embodied, and released.

• Sharing circles or talk therapy are great if you feel called to process what has risen with words and supportive understanding.

• Make some downtime to be in your own energy and stillness.

• Let your loved ones know how you are feeling so they can support (or give you solitude).

• Listen to calming music.

• Make time to breathe; deep nose inhales into the belly and chest, and exhales through the mouth can help move energy through you, continuing the release.

• Notice the little 'shifts'—what do you feel drawn to? Repulsed by? How do you feel? What has changed within? What do you know now that you didn't before?

• Yoga, walking, swimming, and movement can really help integrate new energy and raise your vibration. Connect with your body and its wisdom.

• Do not drink alcohol or take recreational drugs at least 24 hours after the Kundalini Activation.

• Eat grounding, nourishing foods (and drink MORE water).

• Look for a good quality Magnesium Glycinate to aid sleep and muscle stiffness if needed.

• Be kind to yourself, and seek external support if and when needed.

  
  

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