It was October, 2018. I was catching a ride to Day 3 of a three-day workshop with Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco. Nikki – giving me a ride – and I were talking about mountains and the energy they embody. I was sharing my recent experiences in Glenorchy, where I would sit outside at sunset …
Battling Spiritual Materialism: That Time I was Kicked off an Online Summit
Recently, I was invited to appear as a presenter on an online Summit that was focused on raising consciousness. Turns out it was likely all about spiritual materialism*. When the invite showed up in my inbox, from people I didn’t know, I went to check out the material, check out their website, and see who …
Awakening – what is it?
There’s a lot of terms that get thrown around all the time in spiritual circles… yet often there’s no examination of what we’re referring to by those terms. To that end, I’d like to start a new series focusing on The Basics of Tantrik Teachings, and in particularly focusing on explaining words. (Happy to take …
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 …
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 …
