Kundalini Experience, Meditation in Leeds 1meditation

Kundalini in the concept of Dharma, refers to a form of primal energy or shakti reported to be located at the base of the back. Different spiritual practices teach ways of awakening kundalini for the purpose of reaching religious enlightenment and a range of supernormal forces.

Writer Joseph Campbell describes the idea of Kundalini as the body of the coiled feminine serpent a serpent goddess not of gross but of refined substance which is usually to be regarded as surviving in a torpid, slumbering express in a subtle center, the first of the seven, close to the foot of the spine the aim of the yoga exercises then being to rouse this serpent, lift her brain, and bring her up a subtle nerve or route of the back to the so called thousand petaled lotus Sahasrara at the crown of the top.

She, growing from the lowest to the highest lotus center, will pass through and wake the five between, and with each waking the psychology and personality of the practitioner will be totally and fundamentally changed. Kundalini awakening is thought to result from deep meditation, and therefore enlightenment and bliss.

However, as each individual is unique, Kundalini awakenings can occur through a variety of methods not limited to deep deep breathing. This awakening involves the Kundalini bodily moving up the central channel to reach within the Sahasrara Chakra at the top of the top. Many systems of yoga focus on awakening Kundalini through meditation, pranayama respiration, the practice of asana and chanting of mantras. In physical conditions, the Kundalini experience is generally reported to be a feeling of electric energy running across the spine.