Three weeks ago, after a three or four year sabbatical, I stepped back into a Yoga Studio to teach. I’d stopped teaching because my practice no longer resembled a studio yoga class, and it was impossible to teach something I wasn’t doing. It felt contrived, and wrong.
Cannabis, Psychosis, Journeying & Accessing Trance States
by Kara-Leah Grant, This article has been a long time coming. Given that Canada has just legalised cannabis, and New Zealand is finally having a referendum on legalising it in 2020, it feels like now is the time. The danger in writing about the gifts and risks of using plant medicines, whether recreationally, ceremonially, or …
The Kundalini Awakening Process: An Inside Story
by Kara-Leah Grant It’s 7:15 pm and I’m upside down on the carpet in front of the fire, balancing on my hands and knees, head hanging low, not quite touching the carpet. I’m meant to be on the computer, working. But Kundalini has other plans for me. There’s been pressure building up in my neck and …
Nine Ways to Master Yourself, and Therefore Life
by Kara-Leah Grant There are two ways to live life. One is as a victim, getting upset and angry at what life throws at you, and trying to change the people and circumstances around you to make life easier. The second is as a Master, taking whatever life throws at you and using it to …
Suggestions on What to Do if You’ve Had a Kundalini Awakening
By Kara-Leah Grant It can be scary, disorientating, dislocating and downright awful when Kundalini awakens. Sometimes a Kundalini Awakening will look like mental illness, physical illness, or emotional difficulties. It can be difficult to figure out exactly what’s going on, all you know is something freaky is happening. My own awakening began in 2000 and proceeded more …
What is a Kundalini Awakening and Have I Had One?
By Kara-Leah Grant The following are my reflections and understandings based on my direct experience of Kundalini Awakening, and studying within the Yogic and Tantrik traditions. As always, don’t believe a thing I say unless it resonates in your heart and works for you. Except maybe the bit about checking in with a medical professional if …