It has a repetitive nature, yes. There’s no such thing as a separate Kundalini awakening, there’s only one awakening and Kundalini is simply its effect on the body, just sensations your body goes through, and they are all temporary. Small awakening events bring small waves of Kundalini. The biggest wave of Kundalini follows self-realization. In complete enlightenment, all Kundalini rising ceases.

So yes, small waves in the beginning (unless your self-realization is sudden and complete - then you have no “beginning”, but that’s rare), the biggest wave in the middle, smaller waves, then even smaller waves, then no waves. It can take years from the biggest wave to no waves.