Debra
Exactly right.
You wouldn't set out to climb Mt. Everest if your only preparation was a twice-daily stroll around the block with your pooch. When I was taking yoga teacher training, one of our teachers--practicing for over 30 years, lived in an ashram, yoga is her way of life--told us about a friend who was guided into a kundalini awakening. But he was ill-prepared and within a day suffered great pain and was disabled and unable to work for almost a year as a result. Her warning: if you have "weird energy experiences" that are not clearly linked to some aspect of your practice and which don't resolve fairly quickly, see a doctor.
You wouldn't set out to climb Mt. Everest if your only preparation was a twice-daily stroll around the block with your pooch. When I was taking yoga teacher training, one of our teachers--practicing for over 30 years, lived in an ashram, yoga is her way of life--told us about a friend who was guided into a kundalini awakening. But he was ill-prepared and within a day suffered great pain and was disabled and unable to work for almost a year as a result. Her warning: if you have "weird energy experiences" that are not clearly linked to some aspect of your practice and which don't resolve fairly quickly, see a doctor.
