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As a yoga instructor and a budding yoga therapist, I have not only experienced many of these symptoms myself, but have heard many of my students and clients describe similar baffling experiences. In ancient yoga philosophy many of the above symptoms and a myriad of others were attributed to a phenomenon called “Kundalini rising.” (Read: Gopi Krisha's Living with Kundalini) Roughly, Kundalini is the energy of enlightenment said to be lying dormant at the base of the spine. Represented symbolically as a coiled serpent, Kundalini energy or “shakti” is said to climb up the spine as ever-greater spiritual truths are grasped, often wreaking havoc on its host in the process. Here are some signs that you may be in spiritual crisis or under Kundalini's powerful shift:

1) Varied and rotating mental, emotional, and physical symptoms: There are a wide variety of ways people have reported Kundalini impacting their bodies, and it appears to be highly individual depending on the areas of power you're coping with and your own unique energetic profile. However, the near constant shifting of symptoms appears to be one telltale sign. For example, in any given week, under the spell of Kundalini you might gyrate through a myriad of emotional and physical states. Physically, you may feel hopelessly fatigued one day and the next highly-energized, but “spacey.” You might experience travelling, vague aches and pains with no determined cause, or feel bizarre shifts, surges, or fluctuations in body energy - experienced as feelings of heaviness, heat, tingling, dissociation, breathlessness, etc. Of course, each of these taken by itself can be a sign or symptom of a medical condition and may require medical attention. However, key differences seem to be the sporadic nature of symptoms and their continuous shift interspersed with hours or even days of almost complete “relief.”

2) Concomitant shift in perceptual awareness: For me, a perceptual shift first manifested as a transient, but profound recognition of the sanctity of all life. Vengeance against even the most heinous criminal no longer seemed like a “powerful” choice. It was not a pardoning of a perpetrator's guilt or a relinquishing of his accountability that felt “right,” but rather it was a sheer “knowing” that vengeance would neither alleviate anybody's suffering, nor lead to a more peaceful society. Importantly, this was not experienced merely as an intellectual understanding, but as a deep, bodily knowing. Surprisingly, I also began to lose some of the fear and dread that formerly consumed me when confronted with the concepts of death and suffering. Life became precious, but not dire. At times, I have a deeper appreciation for the simpler things in life and have begun to catch glimmers of cherished “light” in even the smallest of things. New perceptions continue to emerge with a frustrating “straddling” period between the new perceptual experience and return to old, stale beliefs and behaviors. Gradually, I suspect (at least hope) that many of the new perceptions will supplant the old.

3) Heightened awareness of external energies: You may begin to notice the subtle influence of the energies around you and you may even feel more profoundly affected by these energies. For instance, the atmosphere of a room will immediately and profoundly strike you as uplifting, supportive, or conversely dull, flat, “thick,” or even vicious. You'll begin to be more aware of, and perhaps even more sensitive to, the impact of individual people on your energetic state. You may start to notice the subtle energies supplied by elements of the environment as well, including everything from electronic equipment, to fragrance, to food and even seemingly inert objects such as rocks!

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