Kundalini Unfiltered: Awakening, Fear, Devotion & the Nonlinear Path
In this episode, the Spiritual Shenanigans crew sit down with Sara Singh — kundalini practitioner, teacher, and founder of Art of Shakti — for a conversation that moves beyond the polished surface of spirituality and into the raw, lived reality of awakening.
Sara shares how her path into kundalini work was catalyzed by a deeply destabilizing experience during the pandemic — a moment that cracked something open and set her on a trajectory of profound transformation.
The hosts and Sara explore what it actually means to walk this path in a sustainable way — moving from intense, all-consuming practices into something more integrated, embodied, and livable.
This conversation weaves through devotion, discipline, and discernment — from working with deities and mantra as portals of connection, to the question of lifestyle choices like diet and how they intersect with spiritual practice.
They also go into the often misunderstood (and sometimes unsettling) reality of kundalini awakening — including the ways it can mimic psychological crises, the non-linear nature of healing, and how to navigate some of the more intense or frightening energetic symptoms that can arise along the way.
They talk about the tension between seeking guidance and learning to trust your own inner authority — and what it really means to become your own guru.
They also touch on psychedelics, breathwork, and the many entry points that can activate or accelerate awakening — and how to approach these tools with respect, awareness, and responsibility.
This episode is for anyone who has felt the stirrings of something deeper… and is learning how to hold that energy without losing themselves in the process.
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Sara’s origin story — and the crisis that initiated her awakening
• The evolution from intense spiritual discipline → sustainable daily practice
• Working with deities as energetic archetypes and guides
• Mantra as a technology for shifting consciousness
• Diet, lifestyle, and the question of eating meat on a spiritual path
• Kundalini awakening symptoms — and how they can mirror mental health crises
• The stages of awakening (and why they’re rarely linear)
• Navigating fear, intensity, and energetic overwhelm
• The concept of “being your own guru”
• Psychedelics as catalysts vs. destabilizers in awakening
• Breathwork practices that support regulation and integration
There’s a difference between awakening… and knowing how to live with what’s been awakened.
This conversation lives in that space.
To learn more about Nudrat & Saidah:
www.sacredspaceskollectiv.com
www.psychospiritualhealing.com
To learn more about Sara Singh:
www.artofshakti.com
Kundalini books/helpful links:
Sri Saundarya Lahari The Descent Saundarya Lahari Unveiled: A Practical Guide to Devi, Shakti, Tantra, Chakras, and Non-Dual AwakeningThe Self Realization Fellowship
