Energy practices that went further than expected
Kundalini practice — whether through yoga, breathwork, or intentional energy work — appears in about one in six accounts. Some of these begin as deliberate practices that go further than expected; others begin spontaneously during yoga or intensive retreat.
The line between kundalini as a trigger and kundalini as a physical phenomenon (energy surge, involuntary movement) is often blurry in the accounts — the practice and the phenomenon are frequently the same event.
At age 23 I have a profound Kundalini Awakening which involved massive explosion of energy of prana of this Shakti from the base of my spine all the way up to the top of my head and out — there was experience of unconditional love of Oneness with everything.
The teachings of Kundalini yoga or the teachings of Kriya Yoga, you can't just teach somebody if you do not know and if you haven't experienced it yourself, because tomorrow if something goes wrong you won't be able to set it right and we are dealing with powerful energies.
So for a Westerner who's trying to have a healthy Kundalini awakening, I would say continue with your meditation practice and continue with your inner work and detachment and reaching the stillness and the various objectives in your meditation practice.
Therefore, the Kriya yoga practice, the basic Kriya yoga practice is the same.
Experience types that appear most often in accounts with this trigger.
Other triggers that co-occur most frequently in the same accounts.