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Suggestions on what to do if you’ve had a Kundalini Awakening

May 9, 2011 By 12 Comments
Kundalini Awakening

It can be scary, disorientating, dislocating and downright awful when Kundalini awakens. Sometimes a Kundalini Awakening will look like mental illness, physical illness or emotional difficulties. It can be difficult to figure out exactly what's going on, all you know is something freaky is happening. My own awakening began in 2000 and proceeded more or less unnoticed by me, except for strange jerkings of the body and poppings in the spine. A dangerous mix of emotional avoidance and LSD … [Read more...]

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What is a Kundalini Awakening and have I had one?

April 27, 2011 By 5 Comments
Kundalini Shakti

The following information is not gospel - it's just my reflections and my understandings based on my own experience of Kundalini Awakening. As always, don't believe a thing I say unless it resonates in your heart and works for you. Except maybe the bit about checking in with a medical professional if you have any physical symptoms - do that regardless! So... what is Kundalini? Kundalini is the feminine, creative, evolutionary force of infinite wisdom that lives inside every single one … [Read more...]

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Dude, where’s my Guru?

April 18, 2011 By 14 Comments
Where's my Guru?

Last week's article, Dude, where's my teacher, totally surprised me.  I didn't expect people to resonate with it so much. There were all kinds of comments, as it flitted around the social media sky. The weird thing was, I'd written it on the Sunday night, exhausted, out of time, just wanting to go to bed, and I thought it had sucked. I knew I hadn't captured the most important  nuances of my search for a Real Yoga Teacher. So I'm back to dish up those nuances and set the record … [Read more...]

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My third eye’s a’twitchin’ – does that mean she’s awakening?

November 24, 2010 By 11 Comments
Kara-Leah

My third eye has been twitching all afternoon, a sensation which started during my recent trip to LA for teacher training with Shiva Rea. The last time I can remember it doing this I was sitting in a Wellington restaurant with my Aunt, who's a straight-up, salt of the earth, farmer and local government politician turned Minister of Parliament. I'd just flown back from Canada, about a week after having two psychotic episodes, being committed to the Acute Psych Ward of Lions Gate Hospital, … [Read more...]

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How a non-certified yoga teacher with no guru ended up teaching (and should she be?)

June 11, 2010 By 11 Comments
Kara-Leah playing in asana

This is a question I have contemplated many times since teaching was first thrust upon me. And it's also one this website has explored extensively in recent weeks. After reading all of the responses from other teachers, I began to wonder... how on earth can I call myself a yoga teacher? I have no qualifications. I've never attended a teacher training of any real length. I've never studied under a guru, nor a teacher for any length of time. I'm a long way from mastering asana to any … [Read more...]

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