What Is Kundalini Yoga?

What Is Kundalini Yoga?

What Is Kundalini Yoga?

Kundalini (from kundala, or “coiled,” in Sanskrit) yoga is an approach to yoga that emphasizes yoga’s ability to release a powerful creative energy known in Sanskrit as kundalini– shakti (“female serpent power”). The kundalini energy is believed to lie dormant at the base of the spine, like a coiled snake. Through a variety of practices, including physical postures, special breathing techniques, mantra recitation, and meditation, practitioners of kundalini yoga strive to awaken this dormant energy. The awakening of the kundalini energy can help lead an individual to self-realization and enlightenment. Some practitioners translate kundalini as “the curl of the lock of hair of the beloved”—by uncoiling this lock of hair, we can unite our individual self with the consciousness of the universe.