Too much Kundalini?

How do I know if I am activating too much Kundalini through meditative, pranayam and Bhakti practices for where I am at on my journey. I was just going back through the 5Gateways book and saw the line about “premature kundalini activations by forced meditation practices - these can be very destabilizing and counterproductive without first having cleansed the density within….”. I have been doing the same meditative practices for almost 18 months and my Bhakti and Pranayam exercises for 9 months or so but it seems like the energy has really exploded in last few months. At first, I believe I was trying to push away the world with these practices but thought this had balanced out for the most part. However, I feel kind of space lately and not sure if this is a result of natural processes and unfolding or a sign of going too fast. “Grounding” has been brought up a couple times out of the blue by people in last week, without much context, as well.. Also, I had a dream last week where a tender older female placed her arms around my chest, where I saw an emerald color, and she said “you are so sensitive to energies”.. and something about “we will teach you” or “time to find a teacher now” (also seemed like heart chakra had closed up again lately.) Came out of dream feeling like maybe I was going too fast? Saw the line in the 5Gateways book today and thought I would throw this out there. I thought i had been following a natural unfolding process after spontaneous awakening but sometimes not so sure.. Curious what signs are relating to activating too much kundalini for current state of chakras etc. Thanks.