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Over the years I have helped a number of people integrate a kundalini awakening experience into their lives. For some people kundalini awakening is euphoric and compartmentalised into a relatively short space of time, for others it is a rollercoaster that lasts years (I was the latter). We wrote a blog post in May 2024 called ‘Light Bulb Moment - An Accidental Ascension’ which outlined a mini-enlightenment as a result of creative inspiration. Another lesser-known phenomenon is kundalini awakening (or a mini awakening that contributes to the overall awakening) as a result of a worldly experience.
At the time this occurred for me I was deep in practice and everything was already quite open energetically speaking. However one of the most powerful energetic experiences I had came as a result of euphoria experienced when having something of a breakthrough with the Tai Chi Empowerment business. It happened when I had just come off the phone, talking whilst looking out of the window. It was the strongest I’ve ever felt that very real sensation of a serpent ascending my spine, followed by the jade pillow softening and then my third eye opening. There were some strong sensations in the lower energy centres too despite that being a relatively repressed part of the process to date. I wasn’t sure how to embrace it so I took up the embracing the tree pose to ride it out. The sun came out, but not the Earth’s sun, it was from within, and the the wind started blowing through the open back door, gale force winds that came out of nowhere (these aren’t metaphors but physical reality). I stood for about 90 minutes and was aching later in the day!
It is worth noting that this can also occur from a negative life experience such as a significant emotional or physical trauma, and this is not pleasant. More often than not these individuals won’t have a point of reference for what is going on so don’t even know what they don’t know and are left in the wilderness.
I cannot emphasise enough what a great tool zhan zhuang is for this kind of endeavour (including seated adaptations). It has built in grounding to make the experience comfortable and safe and it deals with energy inside the body as well as in the auric zone immediately around the body. It has a physical component which slowly builds the physical body as a more effective conduit for the energy as well as the physical work providing variety, health benefits and a break from the energy heavy stuff.
If you are feeling energetically imbalanced and need a therapeutic practice or you want to get on the path to a challenging but ultimately transcendent experience; get in touch for a private lesson or hit the store for downloadable materials you can get started with immediately.
Tim - Head Instructor WXTBA and founder of Tai Chi Empowerment