Kundalini is part of the body’s natural defense system. It helps the body preserve itself against death. This is what kicks in to get you or someone else out of harms way. The classic example is the parent lifting open a sealed shut window so they can save their child and themselves from a house-fire. It can also aid in our immune system to kick out an invading illness or disease. Kundalini carries with it that potential of Cheating Death. It’s the body’s natural life-force.
And just like anything else, other energy can get in the way. Doubt that your body is powerful enough to heal itself, or that you’re allowed to do so. Old beliefs that only certain “enlightened” individuals can possess this knowledge, or that someone else holds the key to this information. And then there is the fear of our own bodies: seeing them, feeling them, experiencing them… The body is full of taboos, isn’t it?
But your kundalini works for you. And it’s yours. You can own it. It’s not really there for anyone or anything else. And it’s a healing for your body to run it, to have access to it. It’s a natural part of living.
Even when you’re not under threat by outside forces or disease, your kundalini is a healing for you.
Kundalini is a pleasure enhancer. Turning up your senses. Validating your body because the experience of being in it can be so immensely wonderful. And the experience of being in the world can be wonderful too. Kundalini is the experience of ecstasy that reminds you of how beautiful, delicate, and incredible it is to be alive. Which is why it’s so taboo to own it and run it for yourself.
This is the runner’s high experience, or the joy that kicks in when you dance all night. The pleasure of being with a partner that you fully enjoy. It is the energy that kicks on when you reach the peak of the mountain and feel at once fully alive and in love with the world around you. It’s you. It’s a reminder of you and that you belong in the world.
In all of these experiences, Kundalini can bring us closer to our own spirit and deepen that relationship. We can create a life for ourselves that is rewarding and fulfilling, employing all of our own energy, empowering ourselves for the most impactful spiritual growth. Kundalini can bring us closer to our purpose, an energy that drives us. Kundalini is not a way out of our body, but as a way to more fully experience it.
You can learn tools to use your own Kundalini energy for you and in your life. This January, the elective class Inner Fire, Kundalini Energy begins. On Tuesday evenings, we’ll work this energy clairvoyantly and in a way that you can own for yourself, in a way that is empowering and invokes passion for living. No one holds the key to your own energy unless you give it up to them. Come find it for yourself.