Maybe you’ve had some awakening experiences and are looking for greater clarity on what they are all about. Maybe you’re curious about Kundalini, or how to integrate Kundalini experiences into ordinary life. Or maybe you’re ready to expand your yoga out into activism that impacts the greater world.
Here you’ll find all kinds of in-depth articles that answer those questions and more:
Lawrence Edwards on The Divine Power of Kundalini Awakening
Is Awakening the Evolutionary Destiny of Humanity?
Thoughts on living in an awakening world
My third eye’s a’twitchin’ – does that mean she’s awakening?
And many, many more…
You can navigate Starting via the sub-categories below, or by the article grid under that. We’ve also included some videos related to Awakening down below.
Whatever brings you to this place, I hope that you find encouragement and hope in the words and videos collected here.
With love,
Lucinda, Editor of The Yoga Lunchbox
“Kara-Leah truly embodies what she is talking about and her loving presence creates space for deep transformation.” ~ Sophia Ushamani
The Process of Waking Up
Waking Up isn’t just one moment – it’s how we work with bringing our unconsciousness into consciousness.
KL's Musings from the Mat
Kara-Leah experienced an Awakening in 2004. These articles are her journey to integrate the insights and understandings into ordinary life.
The Process of Kundalini
Articles from people who’ve directly experienced Kundalini, and Awakening.
Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful Life
Shambhavi Sarasvati on Direct Realization Tantra & The Play of Awakening
by Kara-Leah Grant I discovered Shambhavi Sarasvati when I went looking for Tantra books to deepen my knowledge of the Trika Shaivism lineage. I found The Play of Awakening, which is an accessible, enjoyable, gem of a book. I felt like I was sitting in satsang with Shambhavi, and had many insights and a’ha! moments through reading her words. I […]
Dr Scott Lyons on Somatic Stress Release, Trauma & Boundaries
by Lucinda Staniland It’s always fascinating to touch base with Dr. Scott Lyons (DO, PhD, MS, MFA, CHT, BMCP/T, RSMT, SME, BMCP, IDME, SEP, CST, BFA, RYT-500), co-founder of Embodied Flow. Scott has done a lot of academic learning (as evidenced in that extremely long string of letters after his name!) but the thing that is so refreshing and surprising […]
The Yoga Teachers & Studios Who Won Big at the NZ Exercise Industry Awards
Yoga was well represented at this year’s New Zealand Exercise Industry Awards. Justine Hamill of Wellington’s Awhi Yoga won the prestigious Mind Body Instructor of the Year award, and Christchurch yoga studio, Adapted Yoga and Pilates won both the Studio of the Year and the Supreme Facility of the Year, beating local and international gym franchises to take out the […]
Why Meditating WITH The Body is So Important
by Dyana Wells, Open Ground School of Meditation & Somatic Enquiry In the modern world, there is a tendency for us to live exclusively through our conceptual minds. We live in bubble worlds of thoughts and emotions, rather than in the world of direct experience. The body, however, experiences itself and the world directly. It is shaped – moment to […]
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