page_title: Kundalini yoga
hierarchical_section_title: Kundalini yoga
caption_attribution_description: Tantric figure. Tantrika painting. Cakras in the body Indian depiction of the cakra and nadi in the Saiva tradition Colour painting of a cross legged meditor showing cakras and kundalini. Wellcome Images Keywords: ms indic 511; ORIENTAL; tantric figure
context_page_description: Kundalini yoga derives from kundalini, defined in Vedantic culture as energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine until it is activated and channeled upward through the chakras in the process of spiritual perfection. Kundalini is believed to be power associated with the divine feminine. Kundalini yoga as a school of yoga is influenced by Shaktism and Tantra schools of Hinduism. It derives its name through a focus on awakening kundalini energy through regular practice of mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga, or meditation.
context_section_description: Kundalini yoga (kuṇḍalinī-yoga) derives from kundalini, defined in Vedantic culture as energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine until it is activated (as by the practice of yoga) and channeled upward through the chakras in the process of spiritual perfection. Kundalini is believed to be power associated with the divine feminine. Kundalini yoga as a school of yoga is influenced by Shaktism and Tantra schools of Hinduism. It derives its name through a focus on awakening kundalini energy through regular practice of mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga, or meditation.
caption: Indian Tantric illustration of the subtle body channels which kundalini transverses
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