Some Characteristics of a Kundalini Process

Physical

• Feeling of energy flowing in the nerves and along the spinal cord
• Kriyas (involuntary body movements)
• Mudras (involuntary body postures)
• Sensations of excess heat in the body, beyond what is considered normal
• Sleep disturbances
• Undiagnosable, transient health problems
• Hyperactivity of the sex organs and orgasmic sensations along the spinal cord

Mental / Emotional

•   Heightened mental activity or awareness
•   Creative impulses and a desire to take up some type of artistic or creative endeavor
•   Enhanced intuition
•   Psychic sensitivity and paranormal abilities, such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, precognition, prophetic dreams, out-of-body experiences, awareness of the thoughts and emotions of others, etc.
•   Perception of light, internally or externally
•   Extreme mood swings -- periods of ecstasy or bliss possibly alternating with depression or lethargy
•   Profound changes in the personality
•   Obsessive / compulsive behavior or other neuroses, usually transient
•   Difficulty focusing the mind
•   Fear that one is ‘going crazy’

Spiritual

• Expansion of consciousness and a feeling of unity with the divine, and / or the universe
• Desire to take up a spiritual practice
• Need to lead a less materialistic lifestyle, and to do works of charity