Kundalini Yoga is a blend of Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Shakti Yoga. A well-taught Kundalini Yoga class transmits you through a feeling like you might have never experienced. It feels as though you have gone to therapy. The objective of Kundalini Yoga is to implement a mode of quality by which people tend to achieve their maximum creative potential, they tend to free themselves from Karma and accomplish their Life Goals.
Things that happen in a Kundalini Yoga Class are best understood when we know why Kundalini yoga is important. To know how Kundalini works first we have to understand that there is a snake present in our spine. The Sanskrit word kundal means “circular”. The concept of Kundalini was adopted in Hatha yoga in the 15th century and by the 16th century was used in the Yoga Upanishads.
The tradition of kriyas and meditations in Kundalini Yoga is designed in such a way that it raises body awareness in order to prepare the body, the nervous system, and our minds to handle the strength of Kundalini rising. Most of the physical postures in Kundalini Yoga focus on naval activity, the activity of the spine, and selective pressurization of body points. Accompanying the kriyas, meditations and practices of Kundalini Yoga, a simple breathing technique that involves alternate nostril breathing is explained as a method to cleanse the nadis, to help stimulate Kundalini energy.
Benefits of Kundalini Yoga
The practice of Kundalini Yoga is reckoned to stir the sleeping Kundalini Shakti from its coiled foot within the six chakras that dwell along the spine and through the seventh chakra. Chakras are wheels, or centres of energy, along which energy, prana that is life progresses to distribute energy completely in the body. These days Kundalini yoga has also come to be known as the integration of many traditions. Many physical postures are intended to stimulate the navel, spine, and focal points of pressurization on energy points. During the varied breath work (pranayama) and the applicability of yogic locks of energy, the deliverance, direction, and control of the flow of Kundalini energy is delivered.
Alternate nostril breathing which is described as a simple breathing technique is one of the often-utilized techniques. When you’re dealing with a packed up nose when suffering from cold, there’s nothing easy about breathing out of one nostril. Particularly the one that is plugged up. Kundalini yoga thus helps in getting rid of the congestion you feel in your nostrils.
As it is known to be an uplifting blend of spiritual and physical practices, Kundalini Yoga consolidates movement, dynamic breathing techniques, meditation, and mantra chanting, such as Sat Nam, meaning "truth is my identity." The goal, therefore, is to build physical endurance and increase consciousness through a varied practice.