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Kundalini yoga (kuṇḍalinī-yoga) is a spiritual practice in the yogic and tantric traditions of Hinduism, centered on awakening the kundalini energy.This energy, often symbolized as a serpent coiled at the root chakra at the base of the spine, is guided upward through the chakras until it reaches the crown chakra at the top of the head.
In Hinduism, kundalini (Sanskrit: कुण्डलिनी, romanized: kuṇḍalinī, lit. 'coiled snake', pronunciation ⓘ) is a form of divine feminine energy (or Shakti) believed to be located at the base of the spine, in the muladhara.
The Yogatattva Upanishad shares ideas with the Yogasutra, Hatha Yoga, and Kundalini Yoga. [1] It includes a discussion of four styles of yoga: Mantra, Laya , Hatha yoga and Raja . [ 12 ] As an expounder of Vedanta philosophy , the Upanishad is devoted to the elaboration of the meaning of Atman (Soul, Self) through the process of yoga, starting ...
In kundalini yoga there are various yogic practices held to incite the energy in Muladhara: asanas (such as Garudasana, Shashankasana, Balasana and Siddhasana); nosetip gazing, or Nasikagra Drishti; specific pranayamas; and most importantly the practice of Mula Bandha, involving the contraction of the perineum, which awakens kundalini, and is ...
Here Kundalini passes into the supreme void, which is the experience of asamprajnata or nirvikalpa samadhi, and becomes Shankhini. Shankhini wraps around and absorbs the Supreme Bindu, which is the void; then the Supreme Nada; then Shakti; and then unites with and absorbs Sakala Shiva; before finally being absorbed into Parama Shiva, which is ...
Practices in kundalini yoga to control and balance the energy in Svadhisthana chakra include vajroli mudra (contraction of the genitals), ashvini mudra (contraction of the anus), and various asanas and pranayamas.
Statue of Patañjali, its traditional snake form indicating kundalini or an incarnation of Shesha. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (IAST: Patañjali yoga-sūtras) is a compilation "from a variety of sources" [1] of Sanskrit sutras on the practice of yoga – 195 sutras (according to Vyāsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras (according to others, including BKS Iyengar).
The text has been a reference for studies on Kundalini theories [9] and tantra traditions. [10] Richard Rosen dates Yogachudamani Upanishad to about 14th- to 15th-century CE. [ 11 ] Swami Satyadharma Saraswati says that this Upanishad is an advanced treatise for higher sadhana or learning for Yogins.