Kundalini is a feature of Hindu chakra systems.

Kundalini is described as being coiled up at the base of the spine.

Through meditation, and various esoteric practices, such as Kundalini Yoga, Sahaja Yoga, and Kriya Yoga, the kundalini is awakened, and can rise up from the muladhara chakra through the central nadi, called sushumna, inside or alongside the spine and reaches the top of the head.

In Hinduism, Kundalini is a coiled serpent, the residual power of pure desire.

Nin Giz Zida is another name for the ancient Hindu concept of Kundalini, a Sanskrit word meaning either " coiled up " or " coiling like a snake ".

It has been suggested by Joseph Campbell that the symbol of snakes coiled around a staff is an ancient representation of Kundalini physiology.

Kundalini yoga (, = '" coiled " +, = " to yoke ") is a physical, mental and spiritual discipline for developing strength, awareness, character, and consciousness.

" Kundalini Yoga, at its highest form, is practiced for the purpose of attaining bliss, opening the heart center, developing power, serving others, attaining self-realization and ultimately merging into God consciousness.

Kundalini yoga differs at that point because its focus is on raising awareness and strengthening the nervous system to handle raising the internal human energy (" kundalini ") in order to help enhance the ultimate spiritual experience.

An earlier written mention of Kundalini Yoga is in the Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad, one of the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.

It is believed that Kundalini yoga is that which arouses the sleeping Kundalini Shakti from its coiled base through the 6 chakras, and penetrate the 7th chakra, or crown.

Technically, Kundalini energy is understood as being sparked during yogic breathing when prana and apana blends at the 3rd chakra ( naval center ) at which point it initially drops down to the 1st and 2nd chakras before traveling up to the spine to the higher centers of the brain to activate the golden cord-the connection between the pituitary and pineal glands-and penetrate the 7 chakras.

According to one school of thought, there being four main forms of yoga, Mantra yoga, Hatha yoga, Laya yoga and Raja yoga ; Kundalini yoga is really considered a Laya yoga.

According to some Hindu traditions, Kundalini yoga is considered a highly developed spiritual awakening which relies upon a technique called shaktipat to attain enlightenment under the guidance of a spiritual master.

Kundalini can therefore be used by believers to refer to the latent energy within the human body which is constantly trying to manifest as our insight, power and bliss.

Along with the many kriyas, meditations and practices of Kundalini Yoga, a simple breathing technique of alternate nostril breathing ( left nostril, right nostril ) is taught as a method to cleanse the nadis, or subtle channels and pathways, to help awaken Kundalini energy.

In the Upanishads, it is mentioned that the control of the three bhandas, along with the control of held and expired breaths, are the keys to releasing and harnessing Kundalini energy.

According to some traditions Kundalini techniques are only communicated from master to disciple once the disciple is deemed ready.

That is, he interprets Kundalini Yoga as a catalyst for psycho-spiritual growth and bodily maturation.

According to Osho, the Gurdjieff system is incomplete, drawing from Dervish sources inimical to Kundalini.

According to various teachers and authors, Kundalini Yoga has been described as: " A contrast of active and passive approaches designed to awaken the kundalini.

" A similar state that could be described as religious ecstasy may occur in the rituals and dances of other religious and cultural traditions ; for example Kundalini awakening through shaktipat.

Traveling extensively in Europe and North America, he dedicated his life to promoting the scientific study of Kundalini and developing the Kundalini hypothesis which is described in “ A Memorandum for Kundalini Research ”.

Numerous non-buddhist tantras of the Shakta and Shaiva traditions ( generally termed Hindu by westerners ) speak of Kundalini, which is generally described as a coiled energy at the base of the spine, at the first chakra.

It is at the base of this " Sushumna " where the " Kundalini " lies coiled in three and a half coils, in a dormant or sleeping state.

On his website, Brooks states that his potential followers must first prepare by combining the junk food diet with the meditative incantation of five magic " fifth-dimensional " words which appear on his website, some of which are words from Kundalini yoga.

The Yogi raises the Kundalini or life force through and thus transcends each chakra in turn, until he reaches the crown chakra and liberation.

During the practice of sexual alchemy, the Kundalini is said to awaken which is claimed to be a conscious spiritual force which is often represented by a serpent coiled at the base of the spinal column.

Kundalini, the cosmic force that was so active in his body is seen in the yogic tradition as feminine.

Another interpretation is that Kundalini equates to the entwined serpents of the caduceus, the entwined serpents representing medicine in the west or, esoterically, human DNA.

But his main thrust over the years was to write about mystical experience and the evolution of consciousness from a scientific point of view-that there is a biological mechanism in the human body, known from ancient times in India as Kundalini, which is responsible for creativity, genius, psychic ability, religious and mystical experience, as well as some types of aberrant mental illness.

The knot between these three nerves together can awake or arose the " Kundalini sakthi " ( vital energy of the body ) of the human body.

Kundalini (,, Thai: ก ุ ณ ฺ ฑล ิ น ี) literally means coiled.

Other vedic texts mention a cosmic serpent called Kundalini, present in every living form at the base of the spinal cord.

These five vayus through yoga can be controlled through Pranayama which can lead to Kundalini awakening leading to higher levels of consciousness.

Kundalini refers to the mothering intelligence behind yogic awakening and spiritual maturation leading to altered states of consciousness.

At the path of method the practitioner engages in Kundalini yoga practices.

Kundalini yoga uses a series of asanas, meditations, active and passive kriya sequences, pranayama, and control of the body to empower personal change and improve physical and mental health.

Practitioners call Kundalini yoga the yoga of awareness because it focuses on the expansion of sensory awareness and intuition in order to raise individual consciousness and merge it with the Infinite consciousness of God.

Several definitions of Kundalini yoga have been used in Eastern and modern Western teachings.

" Kundalini Yoga consists of active and passive asana-based kriyas, pranayama, and meditations which target the whole body system ( nervous system, glands, mental faculties, chakras ) to develop awareness, consciousness and spiritual strength.

Before contemporary times, Kundalini Yoga was on the whole a secretive technology.

In 1935 Sri Swami Sivananda penned a detailed depiction of some historically classic Kundalini Yoga practices in a treatise called Kundalini Yoga.