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A series of conversations and interviews about the Kundalini and spiritual awakening journey, with people who are going through the journey. Click the link below for the youtube channel or scroll down to find a story that interests you.

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Katie Mottram - Mental Health, Shadow Work and Spiritual Awakening - Podcast 13
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Katie Mottram - Mental Health, Shadow Work and Spiritual Awakening - Podcast 13

Katie is a campaign founder and author with a specialist interest in mental health and spirituality. She was one of the Founding Directors of the International Spiritual Emergence Network (ISEN), a global network supporting people going through a challenging spiritual emergence process, and founded the international campaign Emerging Proud in 2017, to champion the voices of people labelled with mental illness but wanting to reframe their experiences as transformational crises. Katie is currently studying Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology with the Alef Trust, where she's researching the transformative meanings people diagnosed with psychosis found in their extreme state experiences, and plans to start her PhD to continue this vital research in Oct 2024. Links: Founder www.emergingproud.com Co-founder www.spiritualemergencenetwork.org Films www.a-call-to-awakening.com/ Book mentioned. Warp & Weft: Psycho-emotional health, politics and experiences https://lisafannen.bandcamp.com/album/warp-weft The Kundalini Collective is a free peer to peer website dedicated to supporting people through the spiritual awakening process with information, resources and group support. www.kundalinicollective.org To donate please go to the top left hand side of the website and click 'Donate'. 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Katie's Story 8:15 Katie's spiritual awakening experience 15:00 Emerging Proud..support through spiritual emergence(cy) 29:00 Mental health profession response to spiritual emergency 43:40 Difference between mental health crisis and spiritual awakening? 1:00:00 Individual spiritual awakening and global awakening; inner and outer work 1:07:21 Shadow work/spiritual bypassing 1:16:40 Katie's current research. Psychosis//Spiritual awakening frameworks 1:24:00 The Future. Future research/human evolution/universal consciousness and social change 1:31:00 Need to allow wisdom to come through not pathologise 1:39:00 Revolutionary change from the grassroots 1:43:00 Emergence of the new and joining the dots 1:48:00 Emerging Proud website as a resource 1.49:00 Thank you 1:49:41 Finish
Anna Grear - Spiritual Awakening / Christian Mysticism / Chronic Fatigue Sydrome - KC Podcast 12
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Anna Grear - Spiritual Awakening / Christian Mysticism / Chronic Fatigue Sydrome - KC Podcast 12

Professor Anna Grear is an English academic, author, and political activist. Anna is the founder of several academic and activist organisations, including the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Anna is also Adjunct Professor of Law at The University of Waikato, Aotearoa/New Zealand and was Professor of Law and Theory at Cardiff University until August 31, 2023. She has written for such international newspapers as The Wire and Süddeutsche Zeitung and has a wide range of academic publications. Anna is also a member of the Kundalini Collective. Anna went through a Kundalini awakening in 1990 and has been a serious contemplative spiritual practitioner for decades (both before and after her Kundalini awakening). She now works as a coach to the unconscious mind and works with all aspects of human wellbeing: body, mind and spirit. She uses a wide range of modalities, including energy psychology and hypnosis. Anna is a registered member of the Complementary Medical Association (the world’s leading natural healthcare association), a Designated Certified Hypnotist with the International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy and works in Bristol, UK and online with clients from all over the world. You can find more about Anna's work here: https://www.hypnocatalyst.com/ https://humansandnature.org/anna-grear/ The Kundalini Collective is a free peer to peer website dedicated to supporting people through the spiritual awakening process with information, resources and group support. www.kundalinicollective.org To donate please go to the top left hand side of the website and click 'Donate'. 0:06 Introduction 0:44 Anna's journey 5:20 Christian Mysticism and Spiritual Awakening 29:00 Interaction of western and eastern spiritual traditions 42:30 Distinction between spiritual experiences and transformation 45:13 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) , Kundalini and approaches to healing 56:40 Trauma, CFS potentially facilitating spiritual growth 1:01:30 The importance of the human body within spiritual growth 1:06:00 A society out of tune with our true nature triggering CFS and Kundalini 1:09:00 Importance of embodiment and shadow work 1:20:30 Anna's work
Dr. Yvonne Kason - Spiritual Awakenings / NDES - KC podcast No. 11
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Dr. Yvonne Kason - Spiritual Awakenings / NDES - KC podcast No. 11

Dr Yvonne Kason, MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP, is a world renowned pioneer in the field of “Spiritually Transformative Experiences”, a term she coined in 1994. Spiritually Transformative Experiences is an umbrella term that encompasses: Mystical Experiences  of many types; Near-Death Experiences;  Kundalini /Spiritual Energy Awakenings ; Psychic or Intuitive Experiences of many kinds; Other Death-Related STEs; and Inspired Creativity. You can find more bout Yvonne and her book 'Touched by the Light' here: https://dryvonnekason.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Touched-Light-Spiritually-Transformative-Experiences/dp/1459745515 The Kundalini Collective is a free peer to peer website dediacted to supporting people through the spiritual awakening process with information, resources and group support. www.kundalinicollective.org To donate please go to the top left hand side of the website and click 'Donate'. 0:00 Introduction 1:23 Background to Yvonne's Spiritual Awakening, counselling and activism 7:01 Coming out of the spiritual closet. 9:30 Media interest in near death experiences 11:30 Spiritual Awakenings International 13:15 Definition of Spiritual Transformative Experiences 16:50 Types of STEs 24:45 Psychedelics 34:00 Glimpses and transformation 46:25 The shadow 47:35 Links between NDEs and Kundalini 1:02:22 NDEs increasing awareness of STEs 1:08:20 Spontaneous Kundalini Awakenings and the Indian model 1:10:50 STEs and trans dimensional non human intelligence 1:23:05 Spiritual awakening and human evolution 1:28:05 Information on books by Yvonne, and Spiritual Awakenings International activities 1:30:31 Finish
Ellie Paskell - Kundalini, Somatic Therapy and Trauma - KC Podcast No. 10
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Ellie Paskell - Kundalini, Somatic Therapy and Trauma - KC Podcast No. 10

Ellie Paskell is an embodiment coach, mindfulness based pain and stress management teacher and creative. Ellie is also a member of the Kundalini Collective and as well as hosting some of our Zoom meet ups she also offers 1 to 1 help to people going through the Kundalini journey. Her work as an embodiment coach channels the culmination of twenty five years working with her body in the healing and performing arts and, now, she support others to revolutionise their lives by honouring their own, undeniable truths. The development of her work as a somatic coach has seen her spend over 40,000 hours in mindful, reverent practice with her body; listening to and learning from my felt sense and guiding others to do the same. To receive a free copy of Ellie's Kundalini Awakening Support Guide, go to: https://www.elliepaskell.com/kundalini And to discover more about her work and how she can support you, go to her website: https://www.elliepaskell.com/ " Kundalini Collective is a free peer to peer website dediacted to supporting people through the spiritual awakening process with information, resources and group support. www.kundalinicollective.org To donate please go to the top left hand side of the website and click 'Donate'. 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Life before Kundalini Awakening 6:20 Kundalini Awakening 15:00 Fatigue and women 20:00 Sources of trauma 26:30 Links between trauma, KA and spontaneous movements 36:01 The shamanic and somatic 44:20 Nature of somatic therapy 46:12 Issues emerging for KC members 52:30 Inner knowing and the global shift 1:00:20 Trauma.ancestry; trauma and world change 1:26:00 Trust and be guided by your body and love 1:27:40 Kundalini Support Guide by Ellie and other services 1:30:30 Support through the Kundalini Collective and Kundalini Collective website
Joe DeRiso  -  Surrendering to Love / Sufi Path - KC Podcast 7
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Joe DeRiso - Surrendering to Love / Sufi Path - KC Podcast 7

In this podcast, Joe DeRiso describes his spiritual journey, beginning with a calling to the priesthood as a child. A year after resolving a period of the "dark night of the soul", by completely surrendering to love, Joe experienced a yoga-induced full Kundalini Awakening in 1976. In 1980, he embarked on a process of making the Divine a reality in his life, by following a Sufi path of inner transformation. Joe is a retired IT Project Leader and is currently developing his own style of Sacred Circle Dance which he calls "Radiant Dance". Some background on Sufism The 6-minute preview of this film presents an amazing introduction to the Sufi message of Hazrat Inayat Khan. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wayoftheheart Watch The Way of the Heart: The Life and Legacy of Hazrat Inayat Khan Online | Vimeo On Demand The Way of the Heart is a luminous chronicle of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s (1882-1927) journey to the West and the wisdom of Sufism he transmitted, and it reminds… vimeo.com Two interviews with Pir Vilayat further explains the teachings and practices of Sufism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYdlE9oh0o&t=205s 0:00 Surrendering to Love 1:04 Introduction 1:58 The full Kundalini Awakening event 4:29 Early life and career possibilities 7:00 Marriage and Divorce 9:47 Discovering dance 12:12 Starting a meditation practice 15:02 Reflections on the awakening experience 18:50 Following the Sufi path of inner transformation 24:40 Sufi path with a focus on dance 35:03 Kundalini as a clearing force; after effects of a full awakening 43:40 Sufi teachings; Awakening from a Sufi perspective 56:00 Surrendering to love as an awakening process 1:06:10 Being of service 1:10:23 Awakening beyond life and awakening within life 1:22:36 Thanks!
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