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Kundalini in the concept of Dharma, refers to a form of primal energy or shakti reported to be located at the bottom of the spinal column. Different spiritual traditions teach methods of awakening kundalini for the purpose of reaching spiritual enlightenment and a range of supernormal forces.

Writer Joseph Campbell details the concept of Kundalini as the shape of an coiled woman serpent a serpent goddess not of gross but of understated substance which is usually to be thought of as surviving in a torpid, slumbering condition in a refined center, the first of the seven, near to the base of the spine the purpose of the yoga exercise then being to rouse this serpent, lift up her mind, and bring her up a delicate nerve or channel of the vertebrae to the so called thousand petaled lotus Sahasrara at the crown of the head.

She, growing from the lowest to the best lotus center, will go through and wake the five between, and with each waking the psychology and personality of the practitioner will be entirely and fundamentally altered. Kundalini awakening is thought to result from deep meditation, and consequently enlightenment and bliss.

However, as every individual is exclusive, Kundalini awakenings can occur through a number of methods not limited by deep yoga. This awakening involves the Kundalini actually moving up the central channel to attain within the Sahasrara Chakra at the top of the head. Many systems of yoga concentrate on awakening Kundalini through deep breathing, pranayama respiration, the practice of asana and chanting of mantras. In physical conditions, the Kundalini experience is generally reported to be always a feeling of electric energy running across the spine.