My kundalini awakening began from 2006 I think. In the beginning I was only bloated and I had no idea what caused that.
During the years 2007-2008-2009 I had the rest of the symptoms and this website helped me a lot with advice: http://biologyofkundalini.com/...ory=kundalinianddiet
When I had insomnia I had no idea what to do to sort it but my family sent me to the psychiatric hospital and the doctor gave me Zyprexa. In the beginning 20 mg and now I'm taking only 5 mg. My sleep patterns are ok now and I have a peaceful sleep but I'm concerned that Zyprexa is a strong medicine which gives addiction I've heard and if one is married you can't have children as it's very toxic.
I know that I'm in a perfect mental state and I know that my insomnia problems are due to kundalini awakening. I remember how I felt the fire in my stomach and I began eating more to feel better lol.

My question is: Where can I find a doctor to give me a natural remedy for my insomnia, such as Melatonin or something similar that would work fine? Are there such doctors who believe in this kundalini awakening and treat you accordingly?

Thank you

Looking forward to your response!

Hi there.

I wouldn't approach a regular practitioner of medicine with such ideas ( nor even a specialist come to that ) but for people in the USA I seem to remember, Bob Boyd's now defunct website, had links to this group.

http://www.kundalininet.org/

This may prove useful.

The best herbal remedy I know of for insomnia is take valerian extract tablets and combine them with a drink of hot chamomile tea before bed.

Personally, I'd seek someone with Kundalini knowledge, perhaps find a Kundalini Yoga studio, talk to a couple of the teachers, see their thoughts on it. If your going to bring in the issue of kundalini effecting your sleep, you'll be wasting your time with a traditional Western doctor.

I wouldn't go to a doctor with your kundalini problems.I made that mistake and they thought I was mad! luckily a member of my family recognised what was happening and put me in touch with a psychotherapist who did know and he was a great help and very affirmative but such as he are few and far between.

Hi Melinda

I work with lots of people who have kundalini problems and insomnia is unfortunately quite common. I myself had it as well.

It is extremely important to sleep, therefore I say to all my clients that in extreme cases of insomnia they should revert to sleeping tablets (first herbal and if that is not strong enough western medicine). I am obviously aware that there is a risk of dependency but on balance sleep is so crucial that we need to take that risk in times of crisis.

There is a another option,however, which I teach my clients and that is 'conscious sleep'. In a nutshell you learn how to alter your brainwaves by will so that your brain produces theta waves (which are usually only produced while sleeping) and you start to produce dream images even while you are still awake.

This conscious sleep is almost as good as real sleep. When you get up after a few hours of conscious sleep (and hopefully also a few hours of real sleep) you feel as if you have slept the whole night.

What's more, once you have learnt the art of conscious sleep it is much more likely to fall properly asleep.

Unfortunately, this is not a meditation that is one-size-fits-all and needs to made tailor-made to each person (e.g. if someone has anxiety issues they need to be dealt with first). But for general info you can google 'conscious sleep' or 'Tibetan dream yoga' or 'hypnagogic state of mind'.

Hope this helps.

Tara KundaliniTherapist

I've always been a very light sleeper, and learned years ago that prayer could be a suitable substitute for sleep during nights when I had insomnia. Sometimes this is a contemplative type of rest, where I am partly awake, but also just lying down and relaxing in God's presence. If sleep comes, that is fine; if not, then this prayerfulness will more than suffice to compensate. So I do not stress about getting enough sleep. Either way is fine, though I almost always do drift off into sleep shortly after resigning myself to contemplative prayerfulness.

Maybe that's similar to what you're describing as "conscious sleep," Tara. I'd never heard of that term. It's an oxymoron, if ever there was one. But I sort of know what you mean from my experience.

I was in correspondence with William Johnston S J for some years and met him when he came to London. He often spoke about insomnia, being caused by Kundalini and it was distressing for him; he sometimes had to resort to sleeping tablets. I certainly suffer from it,it isn't anything to do with anxiety, just the continuous awareness of burning energy. I wish it would diminish, I do take sleeping tablets sometimes.
but maybe it is slightly different for everyone.

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just the continuous awareness of burning energy. I wish it would diminish,

Yes its awful. Surgery in December awakened K again, and the insomnia has been unceasing. But am taking sleepers now, and on one hand im grateful, but they too have effected my daily life. So tired. So tired.