Re:kundalini psychosis

I have seen transient acute psychotic states by practitioners of Kundalini Yoga who were not well supervised or were beginners practicing outside of intensive supervision.

In many cases, however, I believe that it is difficult to attribute such episodes to the Kundalini practice per se. It could be a person developing a psychosis, who happens to practice Kundalini. They could have been gardening, but you would not attribute their psychosis to gardening!

They may have been on their way to developing a psychosis, and the intensive Kundalini practice could have bumped them along. They could have been doing ANY intensive practice, or facing any stressor that could have "bumped" them into it.

They may have had some, for them, unusual experiences, and "CALLED" it a Kundalini Psychosis, but it was just a typical opening up of the mind as would be found in any intensive meditative practice.

Or, there may be an increased tendency to have a brief psychotic experince for some people doing Kundalini. I certainly have seen (and experieinced) unusual mental states resulting from various practices, but less so in non-forceful approaches.

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Re:kundalini psychosis, by mandala, 11/24/02

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