From The Kundalini Experience, Lee Sannella MD

Since beginning to teach Kundalini Reiki I have had several questions regarding the awakening of the Kundalini, especially from those of you who enjoy surfing the net – there is a lot of ‘danger – beware’ information on the internet and some people are concerned that Kundalini Reiki will inadvertently awaken the kundalini with unpleasant results.  To demystify the experience, I have excerpts from Lee Sannella’s comprehensive book to help to identify some of the main factors in kundalini awakening, please read this book for a greater understanding on the energy and how it manifests.

Key to note however, is that Kundalini Reiki is NOT designed to awaken the kundalini which normally only happens after rigorous and prolonged meditation or other spiritual practice.  Kundalini Reiki does help us to harness the power of this energy but it does not facilitate its release up the spine and into enlightenment, unfortunately for us!  To awaken our ‘greatest potential’ we would need to do at least 1-2 hours of meditation a day for several years, and even then it is a curiously rare phenomenon.

The following symptoms are not designed to scare the living daylights out of you (though they might!) but more to assure those of you who get the normal detox headaches, tingling or aches and pains that you are far removed from the real symptoms of Kundalini awakening and are simply experiencing a regular detox.  If however you are experiencing many of the symptoms below – don’t worry, you are not going mad but you are on your journey towards bliss – yay!

Benefits of Kundalini Awakening:

The awakening of the kundalini is seen by many as the gateway to enlightenment and unification with the universe.  The reports of those who have experienced this phenomenon include being bathed in ‘bliss’, peace, ‘oneness with the universe’, ‘ecstasy’.

Swami Narayanananda, in his book The Primal Power in Man, describes the classical account of Kundalini arousal which is also mentioned in traditional scriptures of Hinduism (especially Yoga and Tantrism) but also reflect similarities in Taoism, Zen traditions, and Buddhism.

The opening of the senses:

Common symptoms in cases of Kundalini awakening –

1.      Sounds such as tones, music, hissing, roaring, thunder, drumming, cymbals.

2.      Visualizations including colours, light inside your head or body, hallucinations, outside luminescence of objects.

3.      Temperature, extremes of heat or cold that can be measured by thermometer.

4.      Sensations of tickling, vibrating, itching, crawling moving about in a patterned manner or pulsating and flowing.  Especially movement from the legs, pain in big toe, up the legs towards the back, neck, head and face in that order.

5.      Movement, spontaneous involuntary positioning (often in yogic poses) of limbs, fingers, whole body.  Crying out or grunting, yelling, screaming involuntarily.  Odd breathing patterns.

These symptoms are often experienced during meditation, quiet times, in bed or sitting quietly.

Often reports of pain, fear of madness or psychosis, fear of illness or death creates such resistance to the energy flow that the opening is impeded creating much more pain or lengthening the time to completion.  Completion can be as long as months or years. If the fear is stopping you from moving forwards, simply stop your meditative practices and the flow will abate by itself.  The flow is completed when the feeling of bliss resides almost solely in your crown.  Reports of instant healing of ailments, clarity and insight is common with such awakening.

Kundalini awakening as yet is a very rare phenomenon but we believe it is growing as more people open the path and more people recognize what it is and how to handle the flow.  Although it sounds extreme, kundalini awakening is the fast track to inner bliss and enlightenment, though it is not the only route.

Reiki has been likened as another route to enlightenment, albeit without all the nashing of teeth and drama queen excesses.  Kundalini Reiki is a fast track of sorts, as the healing is done more quickly and intensely, so definitely there is opportunity to work on your kundalini energy and heighten this experience when done in conjunction with other practices such as Kundalini Yoga, Osho meditation, or other spiritual traditions.

However, it bears remembering that Kundalini Reiki done with the intention of healing and wellness and for only the prescribed 5-15 minutes a day will NOT create the experiences described above!