Many people are activating kundalini energy today, both through practice and spontaneously, but few understand how to cope with the powerful transformative process they have entered. They are surprised and challenged by the phenomena that follows an initial awakening. This talk will discuss the ways kundalini activates, the challenges that arise physically, emotionally and spiritually, and suggest ways to cope and support an awakening into the deep peace and creativity that is its potential.
In This Session:
Bonnie Greenwell, Ph.D. is a non-dual teacher and mentor in the lineage of non-dual wisdom teacher Adyashanti, and a transpersonal psychotherapist who has worked over 35 years supporting people who have felt challenged by the phenomena that arises when kundalini awakens, or by shifts in consciousness that accompany spiritual awakening.
Kundalini was the topic of Bonnie's doctoral research at ITP in 1988 and led to the publication of Energies of Transformation: A Guide to the Kundalini Process in 1990 , her participation in SEN and other major conferences, and her involvement in founding and directing the Kundalini Research Network. In 2000 she met the non-dual teacher Adyashanti, experienced a deeper realization of Truth, and was invited to teach in his lineage. Bonnie has since published three books related to kundalini and spiritual awakening: The Kundalini Guide, The Awakening Guide and most recently, When Spirit Leaps: Navigating the Process of Spiritual Awakening, all based on her extensive work with experiencers.
Bonnie currently does consultations and webinars for those in this transformative process, and offers satsang, non-dual educational programs and retreats in Oregon. She has a broad background in eastern and western spiritual teaditions, training in body therapies and Jungian psychology, and has trained therapists and others internationally to work effectively with the dynamics of awakening, and the embodiment of Self-Realization. Bonnie has been licensed for 35 years as a counselor, and has been a faculty member and director of the counseling center at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
