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Awakening

How I was the source of my own suffering when I had an intense Kundalini Awakening (is this you too?)

September 24, 2025 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

Something that’s common amongst people experiencing an intense Kundalini Awakening is a desire for things to be different, a desire to fix or change things. It’s such a paradox but the doorway for a Kundalini Awakening, the portal, is our willingness to meet and embrace whatever’s unfolding exactly as it is. The paradox is that …

Category: Awakening, Enjoyment of Life, Kundalini, YogaTag: 1000 Day Practice, awakening, kundalini awakening, suffering, tantra, tantrik yoga practice, trauma

Cannabis as a Sacred Plant Medicine: Journeying, Accessing Trance States & Psychosis

September 23, 2025 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

by Kara-Leah Grant, (I wrote this in 2019, and only just published it, 2025) 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 …

Category: Awakening, Healing, Kundalini, Liberation, Mental Health, YogaTag: awakening, cannabis, mental health, psychosis

New Zealand’s Best Transformational Festivals

February 20, 2024 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

Transformational Festivals – What are they? My definition is that the purpose of the festival is not just to entertain, or party, but also to have a transformative effect on participants. If there are workshops like yoga, meditation, personal development, growth-orientated, green-focused, breathwork or education-focused, then it’s likely a transformational festival. If the organisers share …

Category: Awakening, The Best of Kara-Leah, YogaTag: dance, festivals

What is Traditional Tantra and Where Do I Learn It?

November 6, 2022 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

There is a resurgence of interest arising in traditional Tantra in large propelled by the work of scholar-practitioners such as Christopher Wallis and Christopher Tompkins, and informed by the publication of books like Tantra Illuminated and The Recognition Sutras. This resurgence was possibly seeded by the stratospheric rise — and burnout — of Anusara Yoga. It was founded …

Category: Awakening, Liberation, Tantra, Yoga

Everything You Need to Know About Kundalini Awakening (But Didn’t Know to Ask)

June 8, 2022 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

Kundalini Awakening, the activation and rising of Kundalini energy in the body, can be a frightening and even dangerous experience. This is especially the case if you experienced a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening before doing the work to prepare yourself for it. That’s when a Kundalini Awakening can lead to horror stories of out-of-control “crazy” behaviour …

Category: Awakening, The Best of Kara-Leah, Yoga

24 Hour Kirtan with the Hare Krishnas and the Unexpected Benefits

March 22, 2022 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

It was an irresistible invitation. Would I like to come to a 24 hour Kirtan with the Hare Krishnas who were at ProFestNZ?? Would I? Hell yes! I am a practice junkie, and whilst I’m dedicated to Tantra as my ‘path’, one of the beauties of Tantra is that it encompasses ALL practices, all paths, all religions, all …

Category: Awakening, Enjoyment of Life, Healing, Liberation, Tantra, Yoga

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