Spontaneous Kundalini Activation / Spiritual Awakening: Am I Going Crazy?

Have you ever sudden rushes of energy, intense emotions, visions, voices or knowings that left you wondering, “What’s happening to me? Am I going crazy?”

You might be experiencing a spontaneous Kundalini activation, or spiritual awakening- a powerful surge of serpent-like life force energy that blasts from the base of the spine up into the head, and can feel both exhilarating and overwhelming. This can happen as a result of meditation, breathwork, reiki or other energy work, extreme stress, or the cause may be a complete mystery!

 

 

Maybe you even went to a doctor or psychologist, who told you there was nothing physically wrong with you, and might have even offered you anti-anxiety or anti-psychotic medications.

If there is nothing physically wrong with you (it’s always a good idea to make sure if you’re worried), then you know it’s an energetic process, sometimes referred to as a Spiritual Emergence. This is a natural unfolding of your soul’s deeper potential through rapid transformation. It’s like waking up to a bigger version of yourself - one connected to the universe, your purpose, and the divine.

 

This process can manifest in many different ways:

  • Feelings/Interoception: intense and uncontrollable emotions, tingling or heat especially in the spine and head, feeling wired and restless

  • Vision: colours seem brighter, seeing auras, seeing energy, seeing spirits, visions, vivid dreams

  • Hearing: a high pitched buzzing noise, crackling of energy in the head, strange sounds, voices or even music

  • Energy: feeling intense energy in the body (especially the nervous system), shaking, feeling the energy of people and things around you

  • Spiritual: intuition/knowing, synchronicities, communication from guides, feeling connected with nature, god, the universe and everything

 

The problem is that this process requires you to process and release the energetic blocks as they clear (emotions, patterns of belief, or stories) and this can be painful and exhausting, especially as it can take some time for this process to play out. These experiences might also be outside of your belief system and areas of knowledge.

BUT you can speed things along, and find support – energetically, psychologically and spiritually!

At the Temple of the Soul on the Central Coast, I’ve seen clients describe these moments as both awe-inspiring and unsettling. One client, Sarah, shared, “I felt energy shooting up my back during a walk in nature. It was beautiful but scary. I thought I was losing my mind.”

 

Am I Going Crazy?


If you’re asking this question, you’re not alone. Spontaneous Kundalini activation and spiritual emergence can mimic symptoms of mental health issues, like anxiety or dissociation. The intensity can make you question your sanity, especially if you don’t have a framework to understand it.

You’re not going crazy.

This is an energetic activation that has kick-started your spiritual evolution. All the psychic and spiritual phenomena are by-products of your energy and consciousness raising. This can be very destabilising, and intensely painful, as painful emotions and sensations come up into consciousness to be cleared as this fiery Kundalini energy burns through the blocks and transmutes this energy into it’s highest form. This process can take a long time, and it can be relentless, especially if you don’t have someone to talk with about what’s happening.

I do suggest finding help if you need it. I thought I could work through all this myself with books and things on the internet. And while I did make progress, it would have been exponentially faster with help, and thankfully I finally found teachers. If you would like help from me – book a call or send an email now.

 

 

What Can I do?

In the meantime, here’s what you can do:

  • Time in nature: allow the energy of nature to stabilise and ground you

  • Good diet & sleep: avoid alcohol and other drugs

  • Sunlight: this is the energy of source consciousness – soak it up, breath it in

  • Breathwork: breath is also energy, and things like Wim Hof or pranayama are fantastic (you can also book in a private session, or we do have events that run here)

  • Reiki / Energy work: this can help greatly to clear, recharge, and relax - you can book in with me in person or via distance

  • Exercise: burn off energy so you can sleep, and it also makes you feel good

  • Journal, draw, paint, dance: express what’s going on to get it out, and this helps you externalise things to look at them from an external perspective (so you can see the forest from the trees)

  • Social connection: spend time with friends and community


When to Seek Help

While a spiritual emergence is ultimately a gift, it can feel overwhelming and scary without support. If you’re anxious, scared, stuck, confused or disassociating and unable to function – reach out for support. I’ve been working in the spiritual space for over a decade, and it’s something that has been an integral part of my life for over 30 years.

That’s not to say I’m a guru, or the person that can heal all your problems – that person is you. But I know how to guide, support and help you heal. Even coming onto the land at La Tierra Curativa (the healing land) is healing due to the accumulated high energy work and ceremony that has happened here, even before we became custodians of the land.

 

“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”

- Caroline Myss


Book a call with Andrew now, or you can send an email

 

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