New Anthology DeMystifies Kundalini Energy
to Support and Catalyze Readers’ Awakening Experiences
“Kundalini” is a term you’ve likely heard for years – and perhaps even an experience you’ve consciously attempted to cultivate. But what does it really mean? For the first time, here is a comprehensive exploration featuring premier voices from the fields of kundalini yoga, integral psychology, spirituality, and neuroscience—as well as everyday practitioners who have experienced kundalini directly. This new anthology is Kundalini Rising: Exploring the Energy of Awakening (Sounds True, September 2009). Visit the online press kit: http://bit.ly/9k2Ka.
“Here is the book I wish I’d had twenty-five years ago,” writes Sounds True founder and publisher Tami Simon, in the book’s introduction. “Gathered into one volume, Kundalini Rising comprises twenty-four essays on different aspects of the kundalini experience, including what transpersonal psychologists have to say about kundalini; understanding the yogic brain from a scientific perspective; the relationship between near-death experiences and kundalini awakening; understanding the relationship between kundalini energy and sexual energy; yogic exercises to catalyze the kundalini process; the role that kundalini awakening plays in the unfolding of our highest human potential; and more.” Read Tami’s full introduction to Kundalini Rising.
Kundalini spiritual awakenings are a growing topic of online conversation, as well as scientific research by organizations such as the Kundalini Research Network and the Kundalini Research Institute. This anthology includes personal accounts and findings from those who have experienced kundalini, and those who are researching its effects on health.
Kundalini expert Bonnie Greenwell writes, “Kundalini energy, or the life force, may expand gently and quietly in some people, or move steadily, like an overflowing river bouncing up the chakras in others, bringing shifts in consciousness along with physical and psychic eruptions. But in a few people it explodes like a geyser, and they feel like they are blowing apart.”
As another contributor, Stuart Perrin, writes, “Enlightenment is not just a matter of releasing dormant kundalini energy, because, when kundalini awakens, it could easily tip sanity’s balance…Enlightenment is a matter of building a chakra system capable of handling kundalini—a chakra system developed gradually over a long period of time—and an inner life that has a strong foundation and a quiet mind, an inner life that makes it possible for us to live every moment with an open heart. ”
Kundalini yoga is one of the fastest-growing yoga disciplines. It is a physical and meditative discipline within the tradition of yoga, associated with the subdivision of hatha yoga.
“We are moving into the Aquarian Age and nearing the awakening of a new era marked by the year 2012,” writes Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in her chapter, Let Your Presence Work Through the Power of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. “An evolutionary leap is happening in much of humanity. I have been exploring this form of yoga for many years, and I have never before seen students changing, evolving, and having such profound experiences as I have of late. In all confidence, I can safely say that this evolution will pick up speed over the next few years.”
A companion product also being released by Sounds True is Kundalini Meditation Music, a compilation album with seven uniquely focused chants, mantras, and gong tones selected for their beneficial effect on relationships, prosperity, health, and more. Infused with the pure energy and bliss of artists steeped in the Kundalini tradition, this album weaves heartfelt vocals with ancient and modern instrumentation to create a vibrational bridge that connects your deepest dreams and aspirations to reality. It includes a booklet with full lyrics and practice instructions. Featured musicians include Snatam Kaur, Harijiwan Khalso, Guruganesha Sing, Joseph Michael Levy (Gurunam), and others. Listen to a sound clip…
