Kundalini yoga is NOT at all what is nowadays called Kundalini activation. They might have the same intention and make you dive inside yourself, but everything else is different, including even the outcomes…

Kundalini yoga is an ancient yogic technology composed of physical exercice (that often looks rather strange to westerners), asana, pranayama, bandha, mudra, meditation, visualisation, chanting, sound … that is extremely resourcing, centering (in your true-Self) and healing.

Kundalini yoga works gradually and steadily on your physical body: muscles, joints, glands, organs, brain…on your energy centers and channels, on your emotions and traumas, on your thought patterns and your very basic attitude toward life and others, your fundamental sensations and project.

It is ideally done in a well-intentioned community, or at least with a present and available teacher who has some knowledge, experience, empathy, depth and lots of commitment, integrity, openness and love.

Kundalini yoga is already extremely powerful, yet balanced, cautious, wise, safe… it is a beautiful and regular work on all aspects of yourself. Whilst Kundalini Yoga is so effective, it is thoroughly preparing you for all that WILL come and giving you means to be more alive, stable, realised, sincere, authentic, active, present, yourself, with deeper impact…better in your life. You will be your own facilitator and Master and you will know what, how and why you are doing to yourself.

Kundalini activation is mostly compared with Shakti- or Pranapat in yogic tradition.

Often you will just feel your emotions, strengthened by the breathwork, music and focus (do in each case try taking 1,5 h of your time for yourself with a mighty spiritual music playlist from time to time, all phones turned off and odds are that you will be very surprised by what is going on in you! 

Sometimes though the activation will be instantaneous, very powerful , mind-blowing (and not to forget lazy-friendly  ) and it will connect you for a while.

SUch an activation would NEVER be performed by any yogi (or a responsable person) on a business trip, without an established link, without a thorough preparation and follow-up throughout the entire integration period (who knows how long?) out of several reasons: it can be very destabilizing for all aspects of your worldly life, egotizing, blocked halfways and it more than often completely fails its essence - which is never anything less than the transformation of yourself to the state of a stable union with the Absolute.

Yelena, your Philosophy, Kundalini-& Hatha Yoga teacher and Sophrologue