Reddit reviews The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga

Further reading:

I've mostly skimmed this book, but it was fascinating from what I read: https://www.amazon.com/Theories-Chakras-Bridge-Higher-Consciousness/dp/8178220237

I have not finished reading this book yet, but I was told to read it by a friend which is supposedly all about Kundalini energies: https://www.amazon.com/Serpent-Power-Secrets-Tantric-Shaktic/dp/0486230589

I'm probably more experienced with actually practicing and using subtle energies than I am well read on them. I actually discovered Kundalini on Youtube, the class I link to in the article. But lately I got a subscription to https://www.yogaglo.com/ and I've been doing a lot of Kia Miller's classes. She's probably become my favorite Kundalini instructor, and you can practice from home.

As for the substances I mention, always start low and slow and work your way up with anything. Most recommended doses can be found online with a little research, and a lot of supplements have recommended dosages. Everything I listed can be safely consumed in high doses without major side effects, but you should still use caution.

The safest substance listed is probably the MSM, which you can take in large doses up to 20grams per day, but again start low and go slow. It is a powerful anti-inflammatory, and even has anti-parasitic properties and will clear out your blood. Its basically sulfur which is a binder and binds to all the toxins in your body and helps excrete them. So its common to have GI symptoms in the first week or two even at low doses as it removes toxins from your body.

Iodine is also critical as most of us our iodine deficient, but again a single drop can kill bacteria and parasites especially if you are deficient so go low slow. You can take up to 50mg per day safely, but start around 2.5mg. I still only take between 5-15mg per day, even after a year I have not been able to work myself higher because it is killing something.

As for meditation, Yogaglo and https://www.gaia.com/ are both great resources but both subscriptions. I also use Headspace for my daily meditation practice, but again another subscription service. There's a new app called Oak from Kevin Rose thats available on the App Store for iOS devices which is a good free starting place.

The key to meditation is to make it a daily practice. Its kind of like working out, except in this case you're trying to relax the brain and create a state of meditation which requires daily practice. There's really no other way around it. If you stop for even a few days you could of lose it and have to start over again. You're able to get back into more quickly if you know how to do it, but its still something that requires commitment and focus. I intend to publish more about this soon and may even start doing some video content so if you want to follow me on Medium or Twitter thats always an option.

Feel free to PM for more personal questions or reply here of course as well.

Anything by Sir John Woodroffe, such as this book. He was literally one of the first people to bring esoteric Hinduism to the West.

Also a great website:

http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/tantra.htm

edit: He published under Arthur Avalon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra

Read The Serpent Power by Woodroffe
link - https://www.amazon.com/Serpent-Power-Secrets-Tantric-Shaktic/dp/0486230589