The physical aspect of hair is seen as an antenna that can help promote and establish your spiritual connection.
Kundalini yoga teaches that hair is an antenna and conduit for spiritual energy (prana).
Hair is an extension of the nervous system and, as such, partakes in any sensory per soiree taking place at any given time on the body or mount.
The hair follicles on our head are all connected to meridian points in the body, which are energy pathways.
By letting our hair grow long, we allow this energy to flow freely through us and, as a result, supercharge our body and possibly trigger another state of consciousness.
Kundalini yoga practitioners are encouraged to let their hair grow long as it is said these energies then literally have more channels for traveling up and down the spine.
This tradition matches with the idea that hair can use this energy as a channel more efficiently.
This is something that really struck a chord with me when I first heard about it.
I stopped thinking of my hair as just another part of what I looked like and began to see it as an integral aspect of who I was spiritually.
There is also the tradition to wear tied hair, that I found intriguing.
Also known as the “Rishi knot,” this practice is prevalent in many yogic lineages.
Followers believe the act of tying up their hair will control, focus and contain energy, thus helping in meditation and other spiritual practices.
This can have a strong effect on the energy that flows in the body.
On a personal level, I began to play with these techniques myself more deeply some years ago when my hair was longer and often swept into a knot during meditation.
The effects were mild, but they changed my life. I experienced a different level of depth in my spiritual practices and was more aware than I ever had been.
I felt like my hair was really a connection to something even deeper.
This has changed the way in which I view and look after my hair simply because of this minor epiphany regarding how much our hair actually means to us on a spiritual level.
It has become less about beauty or style and more an homage to a spiritual part of me.
It is about the divine feminine
The connection between long hair and the divine feminine has shown up throughout history in many spiritual traditions.
As a man, I have always been fascinated by it. In native cultures, long hair is nearly synonymous with the goddess archetype and symbolizes various things, such as beauty, fertility, and wisdom.
Growing our hair long can be a way to honor the divine feminine.
Not only women do this, but also other men who aspire to the feminine aspects of their spirituality may keep long hair.
My journey on this path has been about accepting things such as intuition, compassion and creativity — qualities that have typically been associated with the divine feminine.
Modern spiritual movements hail the divine feminine as a wellspring of inner power. Long hair is a representation of this power.
It inspires me to develop these traits in myself, creating an internal harmony and equilibrium that supports my spiritual progress.
After growing it long (it is presently short), my hair has changed the way I understand myself and how others learn about me as well.
Beyond a physical transformation, it symbolizes my spiritual path and purpose in embodying both masculine and feminine principles.
Having long hair has allowed me to learn the qualities of patience and dedication.
Like the qualities of the divine feminine, you have to make time for it all daily.
This has turned into a ritual for me. It’s like praying to myself and reflecting as well spiritually.
Every hair represents a string of intuition, a hint of creativity and a magic of compassion.
I have discovered that working with the divine feminine in growing my hair out has given me an enriched perspective on spirituality.
I’ve drawn from a deep well of strength and knowledge within me that I had never visited before.
It has filled my life in a way that the only to describe, is wholeness – and I feel blessed for this deep connection.
People have a range of reactions to my long hair.
A few are curious, some supportive and others skeptical.
Now, this only highlights strengthened my determination to always walk the right path.
This work of incorporating the divine feminine into my life has equally changed how I interact with who and what is around me. It has made me more loving and understanding of new experiences.
Adopting this new frame of mind has strengthened my relationships and helped me connect more deeply with the people I meet.
It is about personal magnetism
At the start of this process, I was intrigued about how long hair can affect my magnetism. But as I let my hair grow, the way people treated me began to shift.
All of a sudden, things started to change as people began being more interested in who I was.
I felt as though my energy was more powerful and alive the longer and free-flowing my hair grew.
I found this new, improved personal magnetism particularly useful as a teacher.
My students frequently remark that I have been able to connect with them at an entirely different level.
They seem to be more engaged and thus, it has made the experience of teaching far less taxing than I thought.
I think part of that might have to do with the supercharged energy long hair is able to emit.
I feel that I take up more space in the classroom, and students can tell.
This greater magnetic energy through social situations has furthermore aided in bringing me a different type of responses.
One of those things is people telling me how good my vibes are and claiming they never noticed it as much when I had no hair.
It is about spiritual protection
Hair is a buffer to negative energies.
Being sensitive to the energies around me, I chose to take that plunge and experiment with growing my hair.
I felt myself becoming encased in an almost real feeling of safety.
Even the same situations that would have drained me dry emotionally seemed to just bounce off of this energetic shield my hair was erecting.
Hair being a receiver and transmitter for the higher energies was something that I intuitively knew.
As my hair grew longer, I felt like my hair could be antennae and then picked up the feedback from other people around me, pulling that negative energy out. It gave them a new confidence in protection.
It was more than a mindset but an almost physical transformation in how I experienced the world.
It is about the connection with nature
The spiritual benefit I gain from growing my hair comes in the form of how it increases my connection to nature.
As I grew my hair longer, it made me more sensitive to the seasons of life.
It was like my hair had become the roots of a tree, holding me down in a way that I had never felt before.
This grounding effect made my relationship with the natural world around me more intimate.
I came to be more conscious of the subtle shifts in seasons, moon phases and natural energies across the land.
It was a sense of calm and balance that I experienced from this newfound connection.
I was able to identify how the cycles of nature were impacting my natural tendencies and leading me in a great way toward a more balanced lifestyle.
One example I can offer is that now, I organize my work with the cycles of the moon.
Basically, my long hair has turned into a statement of: I CONNECT TO NATURE!
I’m Bulgarea Candin Stefan and I have started Spiritual Whirlwinds to pass my learnings from my spiritual journey. Spiritualwhirlwinds.com provides a space of spiritual awakening with guided meditations, e-books, mantras, and pendulum readings.
