Kundalini Tantra: 1

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You will likely question your life, values, and beliefs during a spiritual awakening. Moreover, you may detach from your ego and wake up from the identification of the self. It is a discard of the personal identity and understanding of the universal oneness. Meditate: "Surrendering the mind, quieting the mind, and practicing focusing the mind is very important," Rebelle says. This will allow you to get to a place of mental stillness, where you have mental clarity, and there is more internal flow.

One way to drive energy through the body is to move the physical body dynamically, such as with uncontrolled shaking or dancing.The type of yoga found in most western yoga classes derives from Hatha yoga, a traditional practice that focuses on the physical aspect of yoga known as asana (the poses). However, some other styles of yoga focus on different parts of the practice. Bhajana writes “Kundalini Yoga is the science to unite the finite with Infinity, and it’s the art to experience Infinity in the finite.”

Traditional tantra is divided into red tantra and white tantra. White tantra is the solo practice, which incorporate yoga and meditation. Red tantra is the sexual practice. Turner, Robert P.; Lukoff, David; Barnhouse, Ruth Tiffany; Lu, Francis G. (1995). "Religious or Spiritual Problem. A Culturally Sensitive Diagnostic Category in the DSM-IV". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 183 (7): 435–444. doi: 10.1097/00005053-199507000-00003. PMID 7623015.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

In kundalini tantra meditation, you work with sounds, colors, mantras, yantras, vibrations, and visualizations. Each tantric tool possesses distinct energy that uniquely affects us. However, they all have the same destined result: to awaken the serpent energy at the root chakra.

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Kundalini awakenings are often called spiritual awakenings, but they are technically not the same thing. This short book isn’t a comprehensive Tantra guide, but it focuses on a particular Tantric practice; the use of Tantric yantras. Yantras are precise geometric diagrams with specific forms and colors. They are ancient tools for self-realization, believed to help you obtain mystical power. Still, they are one of the most forgotten Tantric practices in the modern world. We immediately run into a problem here: there hasn’t been any major scholarly study of this topic. This is because the Sanskrit scholars who’ve looked into it, and are qualified to write about it, have realized that the topic is enormous, challenging to master and difficult to write about in a variety of ways. One of the challenges is that the word kuṇḍalinī has undergone a number of semantic shifts, meaning that it has changed its meaning over time and in different contexts. To parse all the ways in which this key term was used in the various stages of the Tantric traditions would be an enormous and difficult study. There is actually only one book on Kuṇḍalinī written by a Sanskrit scholar; a book originally written in French by Lilian Silburn in 1983. Silburn was unfortunately not a great Sanskritist, and though her book cites some very important primary sources, she simply didn’t understand those sources as well as one might have wished. Her book fascinates but also obfuscates. But it was still a valiant attempt, and there’s been no further attempt in the scholarly world in the 40 years since. And there simply cannot be an authoritative book on Kuṇḍalinī not written by a Sanskritist, because the vast majority of sources on the topic have never been translated (many of them still exist only in manuscript form, meaning they have not even been published in Sanskrit, let alone in translation). In the absence of authoritative work on the topic, there’s a huge amount of speculation. In modern spiritual culture, ‘Kundalini’ is a buzzword that is pressed into service by different people to serve their particular spiritual, and sometimes even financial, agendas. This energy is said to travel along the ida (left), pingala (right) and central, or sushumna nadi - the main channels of pranic energy in the body. [22] Well-written, comprehensive and accessible, Radha’s guide informs and inspires, and is a must-have for any Kundalini book collection. #4: Kundalini: An Untold Story by Om Swami

Last but certainly not least on our list of the best Kundalini books is The Aquarian Teacher Kri International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, Sets and Meditations by Yogi Bhajana.However, Kundalini awakenings can be unpleasant and even dangerous if you attempt them without guidance. For example, suppose Kundalini prematurely awakens in someone unprepared and not ready for it. In that case, it can result in very uncomfortable symptoms, possibly causing immense havoc to that person’s state of mind. This is why following and practicing spiritual disciplines like Kundalini yoga is essential before trying to awaken the energy. Woodroffe, John. 'The Serpent Power'. Illustrations, Tables, Highlights and Images by Veeraswamy Krishnara (PDF). pp.88–89 . Retrieved 25 October 2015. YOGA is sometimes understood as meaning the result and not the process which leads to it. According to this meaning of the term, and from the standpoint of natural dualism, Yoga has been described to be the union of the individual spirit with god." and "the ecstatic condition in which the 'equality' that is identity of Jīvātmā and Paramātma is realized. The experience is achieved after the absorption (Laya) of Prāṇa and Manas and the cessation of all ideation (Saṁkalpa) You can also try this 15-minute guided Nyasa meditation by Tioka Yoga, which follows a similar but more in-depth method to the one above. Tantra colors: red Tantra vs. white Tantra