Kundalini

     Kundalini is an ancient  Sanskrit word derived from the roots "kund", which means to burn, and "kunda", which means coiling like a serpent. A coiled female serpent.  

      Kundalini is the dominant spiritual energy in all human beings, that is awakened through spiritual development. After awakening, this energy is the dynamic force behind meditation. It is an elemental, creative force of the astral body which, like a serpent, rests coiled at the base of the spine. 

      The male and female forces are represented in the balanced Ida and Pingala subtle channels. 

      Everyone uses Kundalini power to think with and to maintain consciousness, but it very seldom rises up the central spinal channel of Sushumna beyond the first center. 

     Various disciplines are used to  arouse the "sleeping serpent" to ascend to the higher centers.

Brahmadvara:(Sanskrit) -The Brahma Knot, The 

door where the kundalini enters the spine. Technically speaking, the Kundalini is considered awakened when the shell of the Kundalini is broken and so is the knot of the Base Chakra, referred to as the Brahma Knot since this knot is very close to the Kundalini Center. It is associated with cocyccical body.

 

After the Kundalini energy opens the the heart chakra, the  Kundalini energy can flow easier toward different parts of the body.When the Kundalini opens the third and last big chakra knot at the ajna (third eye chakra), called the Rudra, the person is only one step away from getting the crown chakra open. As the crown chakra opens, one will be able to achieve self realization, cosmic realization, and then Yoga.