Why Did Kundalini Stop the Progress in You?

Kundalini awakening happened to you many decades ago, or maybe many months ago, but now…

You don’t feel that surge of energy flowing through your energy channels anymore, and nothing seems to be happening in your life in terms of spiritual awakening or spiritual progress. You feel that your life is stagnant. And it’s not as if you were living a very glamorous life before the Kundalini awakening journey began. But once Kundalini was awakened, you experienced a roller coaster ride of intense events that used to occur frequently, and you felt yourself progressing.

You used to feel that somehow, your level of consciousness was shifting. You were no longer operating solely from your mind, and you were able to see life from a completely different perspective. But now, all of that has come to a halt. There is no progress. The charm, the beauty, the transformation that was once happening inside you—that was so dear to your heart—you used to love the process of those changes taking place within you.

And why did you love it?

The prime reason is because it was challenging in nature, and yet it gave you hope—hope that you could be free. If any of that has now stopped within you, then all the hope for freedom has also vanished. You no longer feel that you could ever truly process Kundalini in this world.

That… is the condition of hopelessness.

The hopelessness has come to you…

And that is leading to more depression, agony, and loneliness. You feel that every day you are sinking deeper into the valley. You are rolling down the valley, and you have no control over escaping this state.

You were once on top of the mountain—or hilltop—and suddenly you find yourself rolling down… falling into depression, into a state of no return. You do not feel that you can ever come back to life. And your mind keeps on troubling you through the thoughts. The quality of thoughts is not good. They are so negative that they make you feel as if you have committed some crime.

You feel you have done some sin, and that is why you are suffering so much. The freedom is not near. The light at the end of the tunnel is not visible. You keep on trying every day to come out of this state, but you cannot do anything on your own.

What could be the reason for this stoppage of Kundalini working in you?

There are multiple—possible—reasons that could be your case. I will share with you in this discourse, from different dimensions, the different reasons that could have been responsible for the stoppage of Kundalini. And once you understand those perspectives—and if they resonate with you—you will feel a sense of relief: “Yes, I need to work,” or you will get a path…

A path through which you can take the next action. You will start to understand what could be the reason behind the stoppage. This could be the reason—you will get at least some idea. And that will be the rope of rescue from the Guru.

You are in depression. You are in the pit. Hopeless. And nobody knows that you are in the pit.

You have been there for decades, not able to come out. And then the Guru comes on a rescue mission. I am in the helicopter, searching—extending my helping hands to you, asking you to catch hold of it. I send the rope into the pit. You touch it, you hold it, and you come out.

So the dimensions I will reveal will bring the shift in you. They will bring the hope in you.

And you will begin to move—Kundalini moves with you. You cannot move Kundalini. You have to move with Kundalini. And Kundalini will begin to show you signs—signs of changes happening. You are no more stuck. You are no more stagnant. You are no more in the rut.

First of all, I will share with you the energetic and the most important reason for the stoppage in Kundalini, and that is the supply of prana that she needs in order to process. Kundalini needs a high volume of prana to function, and that prana is supplied into your system through your breath.

If years have passed and you have not come out of the freeze mode, then check your breath—right now.

If you are breathing from your chest and are not able to completely inhale and exhale from your belly—if you are all the time doing shallow breathing from your chest—then understand this: you are not supplying the prana required for Kundalini to process.

When you breathe in through your belly—with complete inhalation, inflating your belly, and deflating your belly as you exhale—your breath in inflates the belly, and your breath out deflates the belly.

When you are doing this correctly, what happens? The oxygen that you intake is embedded with—charged with—pranic energy, and that energy flows into the energy channels. This energy that enters the nadis is then processed—after supporting all the bodily functions—to create ojas.

When you perform life functions—when you eat food, drink water, and breathe—all the processes happening in the physical body contribute to the creation of ojas in the energy body.

The process is extremely simple, yet difficult to understand—because you cannot grasp it with the mind. When you understand it feeling-wise, energetically, you will sense the difference.

If you want to know how prana is embedded in your oxygen breath, then do this with me—you will feel and know the difference, both before and after.

I will make you do internal breath hold and external breath hold. These two breath-hold techniques will make you aware of how deeply it is required for you to do this kind of breathwork—taught by the Guru, guided by the Guru, in the presence of the Guru—and your Kundalini will begin to shift, even if just a little.

There is no side effect to this. But since your Kundalini has stopped functioning, at least you will start seeing changes within yourself, and it will begin to progress and process.

First, we begin with internal breath hold. This is important to activate your Pingala Nadi. When the Pingala Nadi is activated, all metabolic functions in your body become active.

This activation leads to digestion, absorption, assimilation, and the production of energy in the body. It supports the creation of blood, and that blood gives rise to the formation of different organs and tissues in the body, nourishing all the cells.

Eventually, a stage comes when all these elements created in the body—in the form of muscles, bones, blood cells—lead to the creation of ojas.

So both the internal breath hold and the external breath hold will help in the generation of ojas within you.

Now, let me also address your question regarding what the other reasons could be for the stoppage of Kundalini energy. But first, understand that both breath holds have a deeper connection with your energy, your body, your brain, and your nervous system.

The external breath hold, in particular, rejuvenates the nervous system. It supplies oxygen and prana to your brain region, while the internal breath hold ensures the supply of oxygen and prana to your entire body.

Therefore, you should begin with the internal breath hold to activate the Pingala Nadi, and then follow it with the external breath hold to balance and nourish the system.

When you practice both these breath holds together, they activate the vagus nerve in the physical body. The vagus nerve is central to regulating your autonomic nervous system. Its activation enables the Kundalini energy to flow smoothly through the Sushumna Nadi.

However, this flow will not happen on its own. Only if you are actively going through Kundalini awakening—and if, under my guidance, you are practicing it—or even while reading and practicing along with this discourse, then you will be able to experience the benefits.

Now, let’s get into the practical aspect of it.

Internal Breath Hold Practice:

Internal breath hold means that you first inhale completely, then hold the breath, and finally exhale completely. The duration of each phase can be modified based on your body’s current capacity. But let’s first learn the correct technique.

Inhale slowly. While inhaling, allow your belly to inflate.

Hold your breath. At the top of your inhalation, hold your breath comfortably.

Exhale slowly. Release the air either from your nose or mouth—whichever is more comfortable or accessible to your body at this moment.

You may notice that, initially, your body may not support full exhalation, especially if you have been breathing shallowly from your chest. Don’t worry—your body’s respiratory centers are frozen, and this process will gradually retrain them.

Use a simple counting pattern to support your practice. For instance:

• Inhale to a count of four,
• Hold to a count of six,
• Exhale to a count of eight.

You can vary the counts based on how you feel, but remember: your exhalation should ideally be longer than your inhalation. This longer exhalation is crucial for detoxification, parasympathetic activation, and carbon dioxide regulation in the blood.

When you practice this pattern regularly, several physiological benefits occur:

• It leads to vasodilation, improving blood flow.
• It activates respiratory centers in your brain and body.
• It increases your CO₂ tolerance, which enhances your oxygen absorption efficiency.
• Most importantly, the oxygen that reaches your cells becomes charged with prana.

Without this conscious breath regulation, your cells might receive oxygen, but they won’t absorb prana with it. When you perform directional internal combustion using breathwork like this, your cells begin to carry and store prana—something they cannot do through shallow breathing.

As this process continues:

• The quality of oxygen received by your nerve centers improves drastically.
• The nerve cells, which have the capacity to store prana, get revitalized.
• Your cells begin to produce energy charged with prana.
• Your system starts generating high-quality ojas.

Let’s walk through one full round again:

• Inhale…
• Hold…
• Exhale…

Do this for ten rounds.

Notice how your body responds. You might feel relief in your digestive system—perhaps gas is released, or your bowels move. You may feel more space in your gut or a sense of lightness in your body. These are real signs of physiological and energetic shifts.

Now we move to the second breathwork:

External Breath Hold Practice:

This is done by inhaling completely, then exhaling completely, and holding the breath out.

The purpose of this breath-hold is to:

• Clear mental clutter.
• Reduce brain fog.
• Enhance clarity and calmness.

Let’s try together:

• Inhale slowly…
• Exhale completely…
• Now hold your breath out…

Just hold it for a few seconds. Even one round of this practice can significantly improve mental clarity and reduce agitation.

Don’t force it. Begin with 3 to 5 seconds of breath hold. Gradually build up:

• 10 seconds,
• 15 seconds,
• Up to 20 or 30 seconds over the course of days or weeks.

Going beyond 30 seconds is only advisable if your body has developed the fitness and immunity to support it. There’s no need to push or rush. Let it evolve gently.

These two breath holds—internal and external—when practiced consistently, will:

• Ensure that prana is absorbed into your system.
• Restore the fuel generation process in your body.
• Reactivate the mechanism that once enabled your Kundalini to rise and flow.

The next thing you can do to increase prana in your system is to practice longer exhalation—especially through the mouth. Why? Because only during longer exhalation is oxygen absorbed efficiently into the blood from the lungs, and all the toxicity in the body begins to exit.

If you are breathing fast—quick inhalation and exhalation—most of the oxygen remains unabsorbed by your blood. It doesn’t reach the cells. And when oxygen is not exchanged properly with carbon dioxide, it leads to a buildup of oxidative stress. Free radicals accumulate. Inflammation increases. This imbalance creates a reactive, toxic environment inside your body.

So, if you are practicing shallow breathing, chest breathing, or rapid breathing, then know this: you’re not healing. You’re actually worsening your condition. Your focus should be on slow inhalation—and even slower, deeper exhalation.

Imagine your breath moving like a wave—gentle, rhythmic. You inhale slowly. Then you exhale… even slower.

Let’s take an example.

You inhale slowly—one long wave. Then you exhale—even longer. You may find that mouth exhalation gives more relief, especially when you are physically active or going through the day. You can practice longer mouth exhalation anytime, anywhere. It doesn’t need to be a formal session. Just remain aware—and do it often.

Longer exhalation activates the parasympathetic nervous system. It brings calmness. It resets the brain. It stabilizes the vagus nerve. And once the vagus nerve is activated, it signals the body that you are safe—that you can rest, digest, and heal.

Now read carefully.

Your blood circulatory system, lymphatic system, nervous system, and musculoskeletal system—they are all deeply influenced by how you breathe. When you learn how the brain breathes, you will be able to heal and rejuvenate your entire physical system. And only a healthy body, with a pure flow of blood, can generate a pure flow of prana.

The two are interconnected.

If your prana circulation is good, your blood circulation will be good. And if your blood circulation is good, your prana circulation will also be smooth. You need both to be in sync for Kundalini to work in you.

So what can you do?

Throughout the day, keep practicing like this: focus on the exhalation. Not on inhalation. The inhalation will happen. But the exhalation—that’s where the shift lies.

You can do 10 rounds… 20 rounds… 30 rounds in one go. And you can repeat this throughout the day. It’s that simple and that powerful.

But remember: internal breath hold should not be practiced in the evening. Why? Because it activates your Pingala Nadi. Pingala is responsible for action, activity, stimulation. It activates the sympathetic nervous system. It prepares the body to engage with the world. If you do this in the evening, you may feel overactive, restless, or unable to sleep.

On the other hand, external breath hold can be done at any time of the day—morning till bedtime. It activates the parasympathetic nervous system. It supports Kundalini awakening in a smooth, calm, balanced way.

Both are necessary.

If you are too lethargic, too lazy, too fatigued, your Kundalini progress will stop. On the opposite side, if you are hyperactive, too restless, your Kundalini will also stop. There has to be balance.

Now you may ask: how to practice a balancing sadhana that brings this harmony—something you can do in the evening to activate your vagus nerve and bring your system into equilibrium?

This is where the technique of Surya Bhedana Pranayama comes in. It’s a balancing practice that restores the body’s rhythm. This is the next layer of practice. Let me guide you.

To begin this sadhana, sit comfortably. Keep your spine erect and your body relaxed. Bring your right hand into Vishnu Mudra—where the thumb, ring finger, and little finger are used.

Now, here is the step-by-step process:

• Inhale from the right nostril (this is Surya Nadi, Pingala Nadi).
• After full inhalation, hold your breath inside. This is your internal retention.
• Then, exhale completely from the left nostril (this is Chandra Nadi, Ida Nadi).
• After exhalation, hold the breath out. This is your external retention.

This complete cycle not only stimulates and activates the vagus nerve but also triggers the respiratory centers in your brain. It reactivates your involuntary breathing mechanism, especially if it had gone into a freeze state. Your diaphragmatic breathing—which may have been frozen—will begin to work again.

Let’s do this together:

• Inhale from the right nostril.
• Hold the breath.
• Exhale through the left nostril.
• Hold again.

Repeat this cycle gently and mindfully. You can continue for a few rounds, as per your comfort. This breath pattern restores balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, revives your natural breath rhythm, and awakens the inner intelligence of the body.

Once you are comfortable, we move a step ahead.

Now, alternate the nostrils to activate both Pingala and Ida Nadis.

• Inhale from the right nostril.
• Hold.
• Exhale from the left nostril.
• Hold.
• Inhale again from the left nostril.
• Hold.
• Exhale from the right nostril.
• Hold.

This cycle creates a full loop of Nadi Shodhana, which purifies and energizes both sides of the pranic system. You are taking air in, circulating it, and releasing it with complete awareness.

You will begin to notice the change in your attention span, your focus, and your energy levels. Why?

Because this technique activates your third eye center. When the third eye becomes active, Kundalini gives you intuitive signals. Your inner vision opens. Your energy is directed inward. Your thought patterns reduce. Mental chatter dissolves.

And here lies the true sign that Kundalini has started working in you again—your lived experience of life changes. Not just your thoughts, but your feelings, your senses, your being begins to transform.

Breathwork is a universe in itself.

The circulation of prana determines the circulation of your Kundalini energy. And this must happen through multiple methods, multiple pathways. What I have just shared with you is only one aspect of why Kundalini may have stopped working in you.

This is the most important aspect, yes—but there are other aspects too. I will give you hints here and explore them more deeply in future discourses that you can read in detail.

Let me now take you into the next reason.

Another vital reason why Kundalini may have stopped working in you is related to your semen retention. If you are a man and you are not retaining your semen—if you are frequently ejaculating—then you are draining the very essence that fuels Kundalini.

And if you are a woman, and you have become more extroverted—constantly engaging in gossip, parties, worldly distractions, and mental noise—then your attention is scattered. You are disconnected from your inner reservoir. In both cases, the inner focus is lost.

Kundalini needs concentration of energy. When your attention is everywhere but within, Kundalini cannot function. She enters a state of hibernation. She withdraws.

Kundalini does not abandon you—but she waits. She waits for your attention to return. She waits for you to turn inward. She waits for your conscious effort to rise again.

The next reason is even deeper.

You have become too involved in the matrix. You are entangled in the illusion. You have stopped trusting the process of Kundalini. You have started doubting the path. You may have taken the Kundalini energy for granted. You may have taken the Guru for granted. You may have even taken life itself for granted.

You’re too much in the mind. Too much in desires. Too much in addictions. You’re driven by ego—wanting to fulfill its cravings without responsibility or transformation.

And you don’t really want concrete change. You want quick results. You want magic without effort. You want shortcuts.

But Kundalini does not work with laziness. Kundalini does not work with ego. Kundalini does not cooperate with people who disrespect the sacredness of the path.

She is a divine intelligence. She challenges you to become a new version of yourself. A higher version. A purer version. If you’re unwilling to rise, unwilling to surrender, unwilling to work—she pauses. She waits.

These are some of the prime reasons why Kundalini stops working in people.

But if you truly want to move Kundalini, then you must work with the Guru. You must come with a surrendered heart, with total commitment, with purity.

Now let me share with you the last and most dangerous reason why Kundalini may have stopped working in you…

It is the influence of Maya. It is the overwhelming energy of ego. It is the weight of your negative karmas and the stronghold of negative forces in your energy field.

These forces are not imaginary. They are real. They exist as energetic patterns, as psychic impressions, as deep-rooted entities embedded in your system. They are dense. They are dark. And they feed on your lower nature—your unconsciousness, your indulgence, your ignorance.

You may have unknowingly fed these energies over the years—through toxic thoughts, emotions, behaviors, addictions, and through a life lived in forgetfulness of your soul. These energies grow like viruses, like parasites, and they begin to block the flow of Kundalini.

If you continue living this way…

If you keep entertaining these dense frequencies…

If you keep ignoring your inner call and dismissing the sacredness of this process…

Then Kundalini will go silent. She will withdraw permanently. She will stop rising in this lifetime. And in this life, you may lose your chance to be free.

This is not fear. This is a truth that needs to be told.

So now, the choice is yours.

If you want to change your condition—from hopelessness to hope, from stagnation to movement, from darkness to light—then you must walk the path with commitment.

You must walk the path with your Guru. You must take responsibility. You must be fully involved—not just partially, not just when you feel like it.

No one else can do this for you.

Only you can rise again.

Only you can choose to transform.

And if you choose it, I am here with you.

I am holding the rope of rescue.

Catch it. Climb. And rise.

Alright. Have a great day.