How It Can Happen

Kundalini can awaken spontaneously or through years of urging the process of awakening.

Raja Yoga is geared towards awakening the Kundalini, and many practitioners (or Yogis) will spend years, if not decades, refining their bodies, minds and spirits to facilitate a healthy awakening process. Even then, it still may not happen.

Over the course of history, however, there are people who awaken spontaneously as well. 

This can happen through: 

- Yoga, as already mentioned

- Trauma (physical or psychological)

- Near Death Experiences

- Childbirth

- Shaktipat (awakening from a Kundalini active person)

- Drugs

- Simply, if you are ready.

From an ancient proverb, God said, “I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.”

My awakening happened through the use of drugs which was condensed over a short period of time - or in other words, a binge of partying. 

Anything that causes a shift in consciousness can awaken the Serpent Fire. 

Kundalini lays dormant in all of us until it is awakened. It is a good rule of thumb to keep in mind that regardless of how it happened to you, it is because you are ready to handle it. 

© Shannon Naithair Teine, 2011