Awakening the kundalini
QUESTION: Masters, is kundalini energy dangerous? What should you do if someone thinks they might have got this after some yoga exercise (tingling sensation in hands and feet and on head and warmth feeling under feet and sometimes faster heartbeat)? ~Erika, Sweden
ANSWER: The Kundalini or kundalini energy is life-source energy, directly connected to your essence and, therefore, to the oneness of Source. To tap into this energy is the lifelong dream of mystics and aspiring masters. The name comes from the Sanskrit meaning coiled, sometimes translated as snake. This refers to the fact that it remains coiled within the physical body until it is awakened through intention or by stimulation of some sort. Yoga practices, meditation, psychotropic drugs, and other means may cause it to uncoil and rise unbidden.
Since it is so powerful, it can affect the senses in all kinds of ways, from the ones you describe, to out-of-body experiences and psychic expansion. With discipline, the kundalini energy may be brought under control and used to connect to Source energy, your soul essence, and the unconditional love of the universe, generally called “bliss.”
Kundalini energy is only dangerous when people get freaked out by its appearance and fight the effects. There may be a psychic break from third-dimensional reality, causing difficulties with everyday life. If they relax and meditate on these new, enlarged feelings, they will learn to control when it is active and how far it transports them into the other dimensions. If you suspect or are aware that the kundalini is causing you discomfort, you may use your intention to push it back into a coiled, non-reactive state.