Kundalini in Diaphragm and Throat
Breathing is the key to the successful integration of kundalini. During an
awakening it’s hard to breathe sometimes, perhaps due to hyper or hypo-activity in
the vagus nerve, especially during heart expansion periods. Also histamine release
during panic attacks prompt nitric oxide to plump up the air passages making
breathing laborious. The breathing difficulty always arose at the same time as the
panic states for me. But rather than find it a source of “pathology” I interpreted
it as Spirit forcing me out of the house to go for long fast walks. One walk I
encountered a form a fish breathing in which I kind of breathed in and out at the
same time. As kundalini passes through the diaphragm muscle one can feel the
tension between the former contraction and the relaxation that has begun in the
connective tissue of the diaphragm. This change strikes at the core of one’s being
and every breath during this ordeal is a reminder of “love or death,” surrender or
decay. I felt it as a host of heavy black bats hanging from my diaphragm for several
days; and I got through it by walking long distances while deep breathing and
chanting “love or death.”
In the initial stages of an awakening you might find yourself fall into an episode
of spontaneous breath of fire; that is rapid panting breath for half an hour or so.
During the peak, kundalini moving through the diaphragm usually is associated
with a panic attack. This is no doubt a period in which the sympathetic nervous
system becomes dominant forcing a faster breathing rate, but histamine release
reduces the free intake of air. These breathing-panic events may occur during each
metamorphic cycle of the peak years. Then once substantiation has progressed
this breathing angst disappears and breathing deepens with the relaxation and
sensitization of the diaphragm muscle. This relaxed breathing feeds the Self and
not the ego and thus tends to stabilize the evolutionary changes. After peak/angst
cycles the movement of kundalini through the diaphragm creates profound
joy and a bubbly, tingly laughing effect. Usually in association with kundalini
moving through the digestive system and lungs around the months of September-
November.
Activity can be modulated in the brain hemispheres by breathing through
the opposite nostril. If you want to increase left-brain function close the right
nostril, or to increase right-brain function close the left nostril. Specifically for the
lungs you could try Alpha Lipoic, L-carnitine, Essential Fatty Acids, N-Acetyl-
Cysteine (NAC). Use the leaves, flowers and seeds of borage and you will find it
to be a Godsend for normalizing and calming. Make teas of borage, chamomile,
elderflower, lemon balm, marshmallow, mullein and peppermint. Eat bioflavonoid
rich foods...spinach, berries...think max color.
looseninG tHe GriP
If there is tightness in the chest you might try to put a heavy weight, or a
hot water bottle on your diaphragm area and breath into it to try and shift the
chemistry. Also the Primal Release Pose in the Kundalini Skills section relaxes both
the psoas and the diaphragm at the same time, this might be just what you need, it