The Kundalini Guide: A Companion For the Inward Journey (Companions For the Inward Journey Book 1) by Bonnie Greenwell

Author:Bonnie Greenwell [Greenwell, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shanti River Press
Published: 2014-04-21T07:00:00+00:00

Kundalini Science

In India the study of kundalini energy developed centuries ago, and is a significant part of the yogic and tantric traditions. Because it was studied thoroughly, there are classical texts describing how it moves and affects the human body, mind and spiritual development. India is a vast country and there have been numerous variations over the centuries, so there is little consistency in the practices and methods offered by kundalini masters, tantric practitioners, or numerous other schools of yoga. But it is useful to note the general model that describes how and why kundalini energy moves as it does, because few westerners have an understanding of it, despite the fact they engage in many practices that can awaken it. So this discussion of the science of kundalini is not meant to be a final word, or the only word, on the topic, but may offer some direction for people caught in the experience.

Although there are some correlations with the framework used for Chinese acupuncture, QiGong and Tai Chi, because they also address the subtle body, the elements, and the streams of energy in the body, it is beyond the scope of this book and its author to describe the Chinese system.

Kundalini Science describes humans as existing within three bodies: the physical or gross body, the subtle or energy body, and the causal body. The physical body consists of all that is material, the molecular structures we appear to be, with skin, bones, organs, blood, etc. The subtle or energy body is said to be a network of 72,000 invisible lines of energy called nadis, arranged with numerous chakras which interlace it into the physical form. The tradition identifies 36 primary nadis and 7 major chakras, and these are of the most interest for someone doing yoga practices, although I have been told by a yogi master there are actually 50 chakras throughout the body, primarily located in the legs. Tantra also describes a number of esoteric chakras extending above the head, which are beyond the scope of my research.

Within the subtle body are 3 finer elemental bodies carrying emotions, thought and senses, and all of our internal activities flow through these bodies. Prana is the term for the energy as it goes through us, and it is fueled by breath. Prana is differentiated into five kinds, said to be responsible for all movements, voluntary and involuntary, such as sneezing, coughing, the circulation of the heart, elimination, sexual action, movement, blinking, etc. Each of the five pranas has a certain directional flow, up or down or circular. Breathing and concentration practices in yoga are used to expand prana, or manipulate it in specific ways to strengthen the body, and facilitate the activation of kundalini.

When kundalini awakens at the base of the spine some yogis say there are six possible energy channels through which it will arise, all within or around the spine. Sometimes awakened energy moves through channels that cannot go all the way to the crown of the head but stops at lower chakras.

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