The Process of Awakening

also will be able to direct healing energy and send it. Meeting with the souls of deceased teachers and saints is also common for those who have awakened kundalini.

Kundalini awakening often happens gradually for people. They begin to crave being around kind people as their energetic sensitivity becomes more heightened. Sometimes there is a white flashing at the third eye as it opens that is there whether or not your eyes are actually open. As you start to increase the amount of energy in your system, you will often release old stuck emotional memories in the form of tears that seem to arise out of nowhere streaming down your face. This may happen years or days into the practice. Some people find that if they are really doing the work, they start processing a lot of their negative patterns to release them and will have both waves of more energy and the need to rest. When people have more energy of this kind, it’s different than caffeinated energy in that it helps you order your thoughts and see what is most important to do with less effort.

One of the biggest side effects of the awakening process is feeling very positive. You may feel the “buzz” right away or it may take some time for the systems in your body to harmonize and feel the effects. If you have a lot of toxins in your body, you may experience detox symptoms that are temporarily flu-like but only while you’re detoxing. You’ll also probably notice a difference in your dreams. For some, they may have had lots of nightmares and then suddenly stop dreaming. Others may start to feel their dreams become very profound and otherworldly with messages for them.

Feeling energy release in your body is common with kundalini awakening. You may feel the energy as heat or like a tingling pressure. You may feel it shoot out of your arms, legs, or gather at your head. Sometimes your body temperature will increase and you may feel warm energy or hot energy at the base of your spine. In the unlikely event of spontaneous awakening, one may feel the energy shoot up the spine or