Signs and Symptoms of Kundalini Energy Awakening

Common Manifestations of the Risen Kundalini Energy

• Muscle twitches, cramps or spasms.


• Energy rushes or immense electricity circulating the body


• Itching, vibrating, prickling, tingling, stinging or crawling sensations


• Intense heat or cold


• Involuntary bodily movements (occur more often during meditation, rest or sleep): jerking, tremors, shaking; feeling an inner force pushing one into postures or moving one's body in unusual ways. (May be misdiagnosed as epilepsy, restless legs syndrome, or PLMD


• Alterations in eating and sleeping patterns


• Episodes of extreme hyperactivity or, conversely, overwhelming fatigue


• Intensified or diminished sexual desires


• Headaches, pressures within the skull


• Racing heartbeat, pains in the chest


• Digestive system problems


• Numbness or pain in the limbs (particularly the left foot and leg)


• Pains and blockages anywhere; often in the back and neck


• Emotional outbursts; rapid mood shifts; seemingly unprovoked or excessive episodes of grief, fear, rage, depression


• Spontaneous vocalizations (including laughing and weeping) -- are as unintentional and uncontrollable as hiccoughs


• Hearing an inner sound or sounds, classically described as a flute, drum, waterfall, birds singing, bees buzzing but which may also sound like roaring, whooshing, or thunderous noises or like ringing in the ears.


• Mental confusion; difficulty concentrating


• Altered states of consciousness: heightened awareness; spontaneous trance states; mystical experiences (if the individuals prior belief system is too threatened by these, they can lead to bouts of psychosis or self-grandiosity)


• Heat, strange activity, and/or blissful sensations in the head, particularly in the crown area.


• Ecstasy, bliss and intervals of tremendous joy, love, peace and compassion


• Psychic experiences: extrasensory perception; out-of-body experiences; past life memories; astral travel; direct awareness of auras and chakras; contact with spirit guides through inner voices, dreams or visions; healing powers


• Increased creativity: new interests in self-expression and spiritual communication through music, art, poetry, etc.


• Intensified understanding and sensitivity: insight into ones own essence; deeper understanding of spiritual truths; exquisite awareness of ones environment (including "vibes" from others)


• Enlightenment experiences: direct Knowing of a more expansive reality; transcendent awareness