Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

If you minimize your interactions with the world outside, the experiences will
subside after five or six days and you can resume your normal life. You should then start
searching for someone who can give you further guidance.
Proceed to an ashram
When you know that kundalini is arousing, as soon as you can, you should retire to a
congenial place. As far as I know, the only congenial place is an ashram, where you can
be with a guru and like-minded people. An ashram is a community where the inmates
have plenty of work, no attachments, no hatred or prejudices, a simple life, little to eat, no
comforts nor luxuries, only the bare essentials. There are no social expectations and
pressures in an ashram, there's no fashion, no show and no useless conversations and
gossip. People don't interfere with each other.
If you live in an ashram the awakening of kundalini can be streamlined and if a
mental crisis occurs, you are free to experience whatever happens. If you don't want to
eat, it's o'key; if you can't sleep and you just want to sit, it's alright; if you have emotional
problems or no emotions at all, people will understand and leave you alone.
If you stay with your family during the crisis period, they may send you off to a
mental hospital. If you don't feel like eating they'll say, 'Not eating today?' And when
they see you haven't eaten for a few days, they'll say, 'Something is wrong with him', and
they'll try to get you to see a doctor. Or of you are married, when your behaviour seems a
little strange, your partner might be ready to divorce you. So it is much better to get out
of these places. That is why there are so many monasteries and ashrams all over the
world.
What to practise in the ashram
In the ashram you should practise purification of the physical body through the
shatkarmas, to balance the acid, wind and mucus in the body. Physical and mental
purification will also take place on account of the pure and simple ashram diet. The
physical body must be kept very, very light and made sattvic and entirely free of toxins.
If you are a bhakta by temperament, spend your time in prayer, kirtan or bhajan. If
you are an intellectual, then read books, talk minimum, practise hatha yoga and fast from
time to time. If you are a very active person, work hard and dedicate yourself to karma
yoga.
It is also necessary to perfect the sitting posture, as you must be able to sit
comfortably in one of the three postures: siddhasana/siddha yoni asana, padmasana or
vajrasana. The best and most powerful of these is siddhasana/siddha yoni asana.
Some people think they should practise a lot of meditation or pranayama when
kundalini is ascending so it will go straight to sushumna. However, I don't think
meditation is necessary anymore, because when kundalini is in the process of transition,