Kundalini energy
Kundalini yoga is often described as the yoga of awareness. It uses specific combinations of asanas (posture), pranayam (breathing), mantra, bandh (body locks) and meditations to work out the mind, body and soul.
There are thousands of different kundalini yoga sets known as kriyas. Each kriya works to produce a particular effect and strengthens and balances the nervous and glandular systems. This prepares the body for the awakening of the Kundalini energy, which leads to expanded awareness on physical, emotional and spiritual levels, which enables us to realise our highest potential.
In yoga philosophy, Kundalini energy is described as the creative energy of the soul, it is our untapped human potential, which lies dormant at the base of the spine. Once awakened this energy opens the gateway to enlightenment, manifestation and liberation.
Mantra
Mantra can be described as the ‘creative projection of the mind through sound’. Mantras are used as a way to consciously and positively transcend any limitations of the mind.
Our emotions can be described as vibratory frequencies or thought waves which underlie the patterns that our mind plays out. The pattern we choose to play in any moment defines our vibration and projection. By using mantra we are consciously choosing to project a positive vibration.
Mantras are essentially sound formulas that through their meaning and repetition change the patterns of the mind, alter the chemistry of brain and ultimately work to elevate consciousness.
Transition
We are entering a time of radical change. As we shift from an age defined by machinery, hierarchy and secrecy into an age of awareness, openness, information and energy, we need tools to integrate the radical shift in our inner and outer worlds.
We need to cultivate flexibility, intuition, wisdom, stamina, introspection and renewal. As our sense of personal identity shifts and we are exposed to ever increasing paradoxes, insecurity and fear increase and the need for unity intensifies. At this point, the need to integrate our spiritual and material worlds becomes critical.
We need the ability to consider every action we take within an interconnected ecological, global and universal context. As the complexity of our worlds increases, so does our need to develop the ability to deal with it. This is where the practice of yoga and meditation becomes fundamental.
To reconcile the increasing information, choice and complexity of our outer world with the landscape of our inner world, we must develop the ability to filter information through cultivating the neutral or meditative mind. Kundalini Yoga is a technology that can generate the inner energy we need to thrive, as we consciously shift with awareness into a new age of openness, unity and compassion.
