Unusual neuromuscular behaviors

[Guest guest]

Over the last year a student of mine has been having some interesting

sensations in his physiology. They are often perceived as tingling,

twitching, and jumping muscles. Typically he is able to control these

movements with no problem. However, last night he began to experience

involuntary movements like his fingers tapping, twitching feet and

toes, and at one point his hand involuntarily slapping his face. The

student is a chiropractor and does know something about the nervous

system and neuromuscular functioning. I have advised him to talk with

a neurologist. At the same time I have seen these types of nervous

system behaviors occur in Holotropic breath work and in my own practice

but not to the extent that the student is describing. Explaining that

kundalini energies flowing through various channels precipitating these

types of neuromuscular movements is one explanation but I am wondering

what other teachers have observed or experience with regard to these

behaviors?

[Guest guest]

Michael

 

I have not had experiemce with twitching muscles. SSS did say that

it is better to shake now that when you are old. He also said that

when we consciously shake, it helps shaking when you are old. I

would have the student do bundle roll for 5 minutes every day. Great

for the nervous system.

 

GuruBandhu

 

Kundalini-Yoga , " Dr. Michael

Regets " <cmregets wrote:

>

> Over the last year a student of mine has been having some

interesting

> sensations in his physiology. They are often perceived as

tingling,

> twitching, and jumping muscles. Typically he is able to control

these

> movements with no problem. However, last night he began to

experience

> involuntary movements like his fingers tapping, twitching feet and

> toes, and at one point his hand involuntarily slapping his face.

The

> student is a chiropractor and does know something about the nervous

> system and neuromuscular functioning. I have advised him to talk

with

> a neurologist. At the same time I have seen these types of nervous

> system behaviors occur in Holotropic breath work and in my own

practice

> but not to the extent that the student is describing. Explaining

that

> kundalini energies flowing through various channels precipitating

these

> types of neuromuscular movements is one explanation but I am

wondering

> what other teachers have observed or experience with regard to

these

> behaviors?

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Michael:

 

I personally doubt that these are " kundalini " experiences. I think

they are muscular experiences. They are traumatic experiences that

were stored in the body that are now discharging energetically from

the body thanks to the yoga practice of your student. In this case

your student only needs to relax and let it happen. Either way, I

think it is best NOT to try to control these movements.

 

Also help him relax into the notion that these may or may not happen.

Some student unconsciously integrate these experiences as kundalini

experiences and then expect them to happen whenever they practice

kundalini yoga which then make these experiences happen simply through

expectation.

 

Gurucharan Singh (director of KRI) tells the story of a student going

into wild tremors whenever he did the breath of fire. Gurucharan Singh

asked him what he was doing. " I'm having a kundalini experience! " was

the response. Gurucharan singh simply said " Stop that! "

 

But you have to be sure of course before you say something like this.

 

You may suggest the following book to your student to see if it fits

and if my suggestion that it is trauma release seems right to him:

 

Waking the Tiger

Healing Trauma

by Peter A. Levine with Ann Frederick

 

Blessings,

Awtar Singh

Rochester, NY