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If you believe you may be experiencing a Kundalini awakening, below is a list of possible expressions it may take. This awakening manifests differently in each individual, yet although some of the symptoms listed may point to other conditions, the combination of symptoms from the psychological, physical, spiritual, and energetic is an undeniable Kundalini landmark. If you are experiencing extreme or intense symptoms, remember that this process is fluid and that what you are feeling will constantly shift and eventually pass.
A list of common Kundalini Awakening symptoms and manifestations:
Kundalini awakening symptoms can manifest across several dimensions of experience, including spiritual, energetic, psychological, and physical changes. These categories naturally overlap, and some experiences may be simultaneously spiritual, psychological, energetic, and physical:
Spiritual:
Blissful experiences of Oneness and seeing the divine in everything (can be a glimpse or last for months). This bliss can be accompanied by a sense of dissociation from the physical body.
The world can seem highly lucid, vivid, and alive.
Out-of-body experiences.
Temporary psychic experiences: for example, seeing light forms, or hearing guidance, or music seemingly out of nowhere.
Developing lasting extrasensory perception: Clairsentience (feeling or touching), Clairaudience (hearing or listening), Clairolfactus (smelling), Claircognizance (knowing).
Spontaneous past life regressions.
Grandiose feelings of being the chosen one or called to heal and save the world.
Constant insights and “downloads”.
Feeling that there is no veil between the spiritual realm and the physical realm.
Ability to absorb an immense amount of spiritual material.
Dark night of the soul experiences, or extreme soul-deep loss of meaning. Read more about it here.
Energetic:
A sense of something moving inside you, like an electrical current or a bloodstream you can feel. At times it can feel like overflowing water, fire, or wind.
Shaking of the entire body or involuntary jerking of different parts of your body, known as “Kriyas”. Kriyas can also manifest as the body going into spontaneous Yoga poses – even if you never practiced Yoga before.
Lack of energetic boundaries: a feeling that someone else’s energy can go through you or feeling overly empathetic.
Heat at the bottom of the spine, a sense of inner burning, can be felt in other parts of your body too.
Changes in your breathing.
Intense energy surges through the body and spine, or milder sensations of energy “working” in some area of the body, such as feeling a tingling sensation in the brain.
Energetic intolerance: Inability to tolerate certain people; your energy body rejects them. Feeling very uncomfortable or ill near a person without a logical reason.
Feeling fragmented or as if you have “no center”.
Psychological:
Anxiety, fear, and terror: some people may experience panic attacks.
Ego death experiences: dissolution of a sense of self. You can learn more about this experience here.
Experiencing constant shifts in mood regardless of external triggers.
Bliss and childlike joy.
Long periods of heart openings and increased love and compassion for all of life.
Overwhelm.
A feeling of extreme belonging, or extreme alienation.
Depersonalization / Derealization that can be experienced for moments or prolonged periods.
Collective pain: being highly empathetic to a point of feeling like you connect and feel the pain of the entire world.
Feeling Raw: feeling like a child emotionally; this occurs through spontaneous regressions into old emotional pain and the age when it was caused, with little ability to separate into your adult self.
Depression or grief: periods of grief are normal while letting go of former paradigms.
Feeling empty, nihilistic even, that nothing has meaning: Common after periods of extreme bliss and finding meaning in everything or after letting go of core beliefs.
Extreme sensitivity to content: having no ability to tolerate any form of violence, sarcasm, news, or graphic sex scenes on TV or the Internet, in books or in conversations around you.
Dreams of snakes: The snake symbolizes transformation, transmutation, and death and rebirth. The snake is a known ancient symbol of Kundalini.
Vivid dreams and lucid dreams.
Physical:
Overstimulation: a lack of ability to tolerate light, sound, strong smells, and large crowds. A feeling that everyday life and stimuli are too overwhelming and almost offensive to your nervous system. See grounding tips here.
Unprovoked sexual stimulation and spontaneous orgasms.
Digestive issues: A need to constantly change diet, lack of appetite, too much appetite and strange cravings, food allergies or intolerances, nausea, IBS.
Temporary changes in eyesight and hearing.
Weight fluctuations: Losing or gaining weight without changes to diet. The body’s metabolism may be affected for a while and slow down.
Insomnia or the opposite, extreme tiredness or fatigue and a need to sleep all the time.
Feeling cold or hot: your body’s temperature may be changing as well; you may feel overly heated or colder than your usual body temperature.
Pressure or pain in random places in the body or the chakra centers; the pain can last a day or longer.
Headaches.
Skin conditions: Rashes and itching or feeling pins and needles all over your skin.
It is not uncommon to experience autoimmune conditions (CFS/ME, thyroid issues, and fibromyalgia) during Kundalini and adrenal stress-related issues.
Kundalini awakening can coincide with unusual physical symptoms that may not always have an obvious explanation, such as heart palpitations, numbness or tingling in the limbs, and other temporary changes in the body. Unusual, persistent, or recurring physical symptoms should still be medically evaluated.
People undergoing Kundalini awakening may experience physical symptoms that don't have an obvious explanation, but new, severe, or persistent physical symptoms should still be medically evaluated. Seeking medical or mental health support when needed does not invalidate the awakening experience; both body and mind may need care and support throughout this process.
If you are navigating a Kundalini awakening yourself and would like individual support, you can learn more about working with me here.