Working With Kundalini, Mary Mueller Shutan

An Experiential Guide to the Process of Awakening

A guide to moving gracefully through the 3-phase process of Kundalini awakening

• Explains the three phases of Kundalini awakening, the effects of pre-Kundalini and neuro-Kundalini, and Kundalini’s connection to the chakras and the spiritual heart

• Describes the physical, emotional, and spiritual effects of Kundalini energy, including the rerouting of digestive fire, which can lead to food allergies and sensitivities

• Explores supportive dietary and alternative health modalities, including fasting, paleo, keto, vegetarian, and mono diets, herbal allies, meditation, and work with gemstones

Kundalini awakenings can have profound physical, emotional, and mental effects, making it difficult to cope with everyday life, yet these powerful awakenings can also allow you to release past trauma, see past the illusions of the false self, and awaken your spiritual heart, enabling you to recognize the divine self.

In this step-by-step guide to the 3-phase process of Kundalini awakening, Mary Shutan delivers practical information on how to deal with such a spiritual emergence in our modern world. Starting with her own story, she describes the nature of Kundalini energy, the reasons for the energy rising, and the connection to the chakra system. Debunking the myths associated with Kundalini awakening, she explains how the first phase of Kundalini rising involves a surging up of fire—the fire of purification. It releases the past, liberates you from past bondages and beliefs, and disrupts the neuro-endocrine systems of the body. The second phase involves expansive experiences of ecstasy, peace, bliss, and emptiness states as the upper chakras open, greater perspective on life comes in, and you connect with cosmis consciousness. The third phase, the opening of the spiritual heart, is a shift from upward-flowing energy to a downward flow of grace into the heart center, leading to compassion, re-anchoring in the world, and the embodiment of light.

Exploring how Kundalini profoundly rewires the physical body and the mind, the author describes the rerouting of digestive fire during the rising of Kundalini energy. She explores the relationship between Kundalini and food allergies and sensitivities as well as supportive dietary and alternative health modalities, including fasting; paleo, keto, vegetarian, vegan, and mono diets; herbal allies; mineral supplements; and work with gemstones. She also explores sexual practices that may help or hinder the process and meditation techniques to facilitate Kundalini awakening during each phase.

Providing detailed guidance for each phase of Kundalini awakening, this experiential guide supports you as you transform not only emotionally and spiritually but also physically and socially into your divine self.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 My Story
Kundalini Emerges
The First Wave of Kundalini
The Pause In Between
The Second Wave of Kundalini
Trauma and Otherness
A Path of Service

2 The Nature of Kundalini
Kundalini as Consciousness
Kundalini and Qi
An Overview of Kundalini Awakening
Challenges along the Path
Expansion and Contraction

3 The Chakra System and Kundalini
The First Chakra
The Second Chakra
The Third Chakra
The Fourth Chakra
The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chakras
The Spiritual Heart

4 The Knots and Chakra Sheaths
Working through the Sheaths
Untangling the Knots

5 Why and How Kundalini Awakens
How Kundalini Arises
Why Kundalini Arises
Other Models of Kundalini
On Surrender
Illusion and Kundalini

6 Pre-kundalini and Neuro-kundalini
Kundalini Stirring & Kundalini Experiences

7 The First Phase of Kundalini Awakening
Symptoms of Kundalini Awakening
The Three Bodies
The Three Types of Kundalini Awakenings
The First Stage and Symptoms
Digestion, Sleep, and Energy Fluctuations
Release of the Old: Death and Rebirth
My Experiences of the First Stage
Healing Suggestions for the First Stage

8 The Second Phase of Kundalini Awakening
The Dark Night of the Soul
The Cosmic Joke of Becoming Ordinary
Layers of Knowledge
Addictions and Meaninglessness
Liberation through the Emotions
Realization of Identity Separate from Conditioning
Timelessness and Constructs of Created Reality
Menstrual Cycle and Kundalini
Shamanism and Kundalini
Being on a Spiritual Path to Benefit Others
My Experiences of the Second Stage
Healing for the Second Stage
Questions for Self-Enquiry

9 The Third Phase of Kundalini Awakening
Societal Conditioning
The Spiritual Heart
My Experiences of the Third Phase

10 Diet, Lifestyle, and Kundalini
Diets and Fasting
Meditation Advice
Herbal Supplements and Herbal Support

11 Finding Assistance
The Body Deva
CranioSacral Therapy
Yoga
Ayurveda
Zero Balancing
Hakomi
Spiritual Healing (Shamanic Healing)
Ayahuasca, Marijuana, and Plant Medicines
Castellino Pre- and Perinatal Work
Thai Bodywork and Shiatsu
Rolfing
Acupuncture
Chiropractic
Naturopathic
Psychotherapy
What to Look for in a Spiritual Teacher