Kundalini Yoga (कुण्डलिनी योग) — "the yoga of the coiled one" (kundala = coil) — is the practice of awakening the dormant spiritual energy (kundalini shakti) believed to lie coiled at the base of the spine in the muladhara chakra. When awakened through practice, this energy rises through the central channel (sushumna nadi) of the subtle body, piercing each of the seven chakras, until it reaches the crown (sahasrara) where it merges with Shiva consciousness. This awakening is said to result in sp
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