Knowra Kundalini Kundalini Kundalini is a latent spiritual power described in Hindu tantric traditions, commonly envisioned as a serpent coiled at the base of the spine. Tantric practices aim to awaken and guide it through subtle channels toward spiritual realization.
Chakra : A subtle-body center in South Asian religious traditions, often associated with particular locations and functions. Kundalini is said to rise through a sequence of these centers.
Tantra : A diverse body of South Asian religious traditions and practices centered on ritual, mantra, initiation, and esoteric teachings. Kundalini teachings developed within particular tantric frameworks.
Kubjika : A Hindu tantric goddess associated with the Kaula traditions and early teachings about the coiled power. Her traditions preserve some of the earliest prominent Kundalini doctrines.
Laya yoga : A form of yoga focused on absorption or dissolution of ordinary awareness through meditation and related practices. It can describe yogic absorption without making Kundalini's ascent the central mechanism.
Nadi : A channel in the subtle body through which vital forces are understood to flow in Indian traditions. Tantric accounts describe Kundalini moving through subtle channels, especially the central one.
Subtle body : A nonphysical body described in several South Asian traditions, with channels, centers, and vital forces. Kundalini's location and movement belong to this model rather than ordinary anatomy.
Kaula : A family of Hindu tantric traditions emphasizing ritual, initiation, and the worship of divine power. Kaula sources developed influential accounts of Kundalini and subtle-body practice.
Raja yoga : A modern label for yoga emphasizing meditative discipline and mental concentration, often associated with Patanjali's eight limbs. Its common modern presentation centers mental discipline rather than tantric energy awakening.
Sushumna : The central subtle channel in yoga and tantric models of the body, running along the spine. It is the principal route assigned to awakened Kundalini.
Shakti : Divine power or creative energy, especially personified as the Goddess in Hindu traditions. Kundalini is understood in some traditions as an individual form of Shakti.
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