Kundalini Tantra: Song of Liberation by Jan Esmann

Kundalini in the idea of Dharma, identifies a form of primal energy or shakti reported to be located at the base of the spinal column. Different spiritual practices teach ways of awakening kundalini for the purpose of reaching religious enlightenment and a variety of supernormal powers.

Article writer Joseph Campbell details the concept of Kundalini as the shape of your coiled woman serpent a serpent goddess not of gross but of refined substance which is usually to be regarded as surviving in a torpid, slumbering point out in a delicate center, the to begin the seven, close to the base of the spine the purpose of the yoga exercise then being to rouse this serpent, lift her head, and bring her up a delicate nerve or channel of the backbone to the so called thousand petaled lotus Sahasrara at the crown of the top.

She, growing from the cheapest to the best lotus center, will pass through and wake the five between, and with each waking the mindset and personality of the practitioner will be entirely and fundamentally transformed. Kundalini awakening is said to result from profound meditation, and consequently enlightenment and bliss.

However, as every individual is exclusive, Kundalini awakenings can occur through a number of methods not limited to deep yoga. This awakening requires the Kundalini actually upgrading the central channel to attain 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 frequently reported to be always a feeling of electric energy running over the spine.