Definition of "kundalini" []

• Hinduism 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. (noun)

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• "My friends asked me about what I was seeing, and insisted I was experiencing what Indian mystics call a kundalini activation."
• "This knowledge belongs to a branch of yoga called kundalini yoga, a specialized branch of the path of raja yoga."
• "Sexual energy (called kundalini in Eastern terminology) is supposedly housed in the root chakra (a spiritual center located in the genital area) and can be channeled through other chakras, or spiritual centers, to the crown chakra located at the top of the head."