Greetings all,

I am writing to seek advice regarding a specific style of yoga meditation that I have come to enjoy, it's similarities to Kundalini yoga and it's safety. I would love to hear all of your differing opinions, and it would be even better if I could find someone in Wisconsin who practices kundalini yoga/meditation who would be interested in having a conversation with me.

First of all I must state that I am very new to meditation (avg once per week to once per month for the last 1.5 years), so I do appologize for any naiveté.

I have been practicing yoga on and off most of my life and have gotten very into my practice over the last few years, I also have been enjoying meditation but hadn't quite found the one that was right for me. I tried Buddhist meditation, a christian based chakra balancing meditation (that was just odd), and Twin Hearts meditation - which I loved with the instructor in my old city but have relocated and the Twin Hearts group in my new city is just not the same. ANYWHO, I came across this program called "Chakra Balancing - A guide to healing and awakening your energy body" by Anodea Judith. It consists of Chakra evaluating meditation, guided sun salutation yoga meditation that goes through each of the chakras, and a sitting meditation. In it there is much mention of imagining Kundalini.

I have done this yoga/meditation program twice and really enjoyed it! However, for about 24 after doing this yoga meditation I felt very wired and had a rush of energy and jitters! Not completely pleasant but not completely unpleasant either. I am wondering if this is Kundalini energy and if I should not do this program again for risk of awakening energy that I am not ready to channel?

I wrote to the author questioning the safety of the program, and she told me that the program was designed to cleanse the chakras for a pleasant passing of Kundalini energy when the person is ready. She also told me that few people who try for Kundalini awakening are ever able to have a full Kundalini awakening.

I have found though through the small amount of meditation experience that I have that I am very good at visualizing and focusing my energy, I have had some very strong physical and emotional sensations when doing Twin Hearts meditations focusing on the heart and crown chakras. I do not know enough about Kundalini to know if this mediation is safe or not, I do not want to accidentally awaken Kundalini before I am ready, and I don't feel ready at this point in time.

However, I am a self admitted worry-wort and could just be interpreting high energy levels from healthy chakras as anxiety and Kundalini.

I really enjoyed doing this program and want to continue if it is safe! I have tried to contact teachers of Kundalini yoga in my area but all who I have spoken with just try to get me to take a class with them first- I just want to ask questions!!!

Please give me your opinions, especially if you have any experience with the Chakra Balancing by Anodea Judith. Also if you are a Kundalini practitioner in Wisconsin I would love to hear from you.

Thank you.