I am writing about this as I continue to get questions about the origins of Kundalini Reiki and how it works, and as I enquire via my own experiences, it is easier for me to answer these questions based on my own intuition - though as always, this is my experience only and it is up to you to draw your own conclusions!
The word 'Kundalini' seems to throw people into spasms of delight or fear, depending on your outlook. I have to say that after a year of Kundalini Yoga, when I saw the word 'Kundalini' I almost fell over myself to get into the Kundalini Reiki class to learn it for myself. But for others I know the word 'Kundalini' conjures up all sorts of fears of energy blowing up inside the body etc etc. As with all energy healing, alternative or allopathic medicine, there is a right and wrong way to do anything, and improper training and use of any therapy can lead to fairly disastrous results.
But let's explore more deeply what Kundalini energy really is. If we look at the spine, we have many different levels of energy coursing through it and feeding all the different levels of our body energy. At the most basic biological level we have our skeletal system supported by the back bone, at the next level the back bone protects our central nervous system which supports all our bio-electrical energies. At the next level we have the Kundalini system which supports our etheric, emotional, and spiritual energy and this is the energy system we tap into when doing Reiki.
To clear it for the record, ALL Reiki makes use of the Kundalini energy of the body, whether it is Usui, Kundalini or many others. In the Usui system we first clear the energy of the Chakra system in order to attune the body to the Reiki energy. The Chakra system is essentially the gateway of the Kundalini system and this system ensures the energy flows through the body collecting Earth energy through the Root Chakra and Universal energy through the Crown Chakra. In Usui Reiki we clear all 7 Chakras to enable the Reiki to automatically flow through the Kundalini system and out the hands.
In Kundalini Reiki we do exactly the same thing but we do it in an accelerated manner and via one attunement instead of four. The Kundalini system is cleared in one step to allow the Reiki to flow. There are definitely differences in terms of how the attunements are performed, and how the energy is directed afterwards, but in essence the activation is the same and uses the same energy channel whether you call it Kundalini or Chakra - it is still accessing the highest energy channel of the body.
Reiki is, and always will be, an exceptionally gentle and easy to access system of healing. Reiki cannot do harm and its activation cannot cause harm - whichever system you choose to follow. For more information on these systems of healings, please come along to one of my free talks and try it out for yourself!
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