I've been quiet lately. For those of you that know me, you know that this is not a natural state of being for me! Maybe I shouldn't say that I've been quiet, although I've definitely been less talkative. A more accurate way of stating it is that I've been contemplative. I've finished reading two of Eckhart Tolle's books and also Be Here Now by Ram Dass. A fellow soul coach even sent a clip to the international group about a doctor in Boston that had a brain aneurism and she now talks about living in the "NOW". Do you think there is a message for me here?

I do. And, it is making me desire to be more silent. I've been writing less, e mailing less, talking on the phone less and even yelling at my kids less! The one thing that I have been doing more of is meditating. And yesterday a strange thing occurred. I am not a real student of yoga, though I occasionally take a class of Asanas and I understand that yoga is a complex practice that has little to do with the actual movements that we are familiar with in the West. For those of you that do study yoga, you'll be familiar with kundalini energy. Susun Weed writes books that talk about hot flashes during menopause as kundalini energy.

I'm 36 and while I certainly could experience pre-menopausal symptoms, I have had no indication that I'm at that point yet. So yesterday when I was by myself and I suddenly felt immense heat begin to shoot through my body I was confused. It started at the base of my spine, though more to the front of my body. I felt a wave of nausea, my hands began to shake and the heat just shot all the way up! My heart started to pump really hard and even my face could feel the immense heat. This lasted for about 45 minutes. I chalked it up to one of those weird woman experiences, but this morning, the term kundalini came to me. I've been meditating more and meditation is known to awaken the serpent energy that surges and opens your chakras (energy centers of the body). I think I just felt my first spiritual surge of awakening!
C