Overview Chakras in Kundalini Yoga
Cerebrospinal centers or chakras also represent behavioral characteristics
Every one of the centersthat are called chakras corresponds to an area of the |
body, certain behavioral characteristics and a stage |
of spiritual growth. Chakras represent specific psychophysical |
energies that are activated one by one through the breath |
along with the flow of the elements throughout daily |
life. Aroused by the practices of |
Yoga, the dormant spiritual Kundalini |
Energy can be made to leave the first chakra and |
pierce the chakras above, causing various |
spiritual experiences to occur. |
Each |
of the seven chakras represents a definite set of desires |
that correspond to a particular element (up to the fifth |
chakra). While desires should not be cultivated, they |
should be fulfilled if they are found to be really present |
instead of artificial. Otherwise one will be inevitably |
drawn back to them. The understanding of the seven chakras |
offers a way to balance ones desires and lead a more |
happy and spiritual life along personal destiny. |
Kundalini |
yoga or Laya yoga, a large set of techniques is |
used to concentrate all life force in the "Sushumna |
Nadi and raise the coiled Kundalini energy through |
all seven chakras towards the seventh chakra. In this |
way, the divine mother Shakti, |
in the form of Kundalini, can find union with her beloved, |
the supreme Shiva, |
who resides in eternal bliss at the top of the skull. |
Thus one can move beyond the elements and achieve the |
non-dual consciousness that brings liberation from the |
