Kundalini Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years and activates stored energy at base of spine. Kundalini Shakti is the feminine power and in Sanskrit means coiled power and refers to the sleeping serpent. This powerful energy is in every human being but dormant in most people. Once awakened it travels up spine to Sahasrara to unite with Lord Shiva, the masculine power.
There are many benefits of Kundalini Yoga including:
Balancing Chakras
Grounding and calming
Activates and balances energy and to body, mind, and spirit
Releases physical and emotional tension
Deeply relaxing, healing and restorative
Re-energising
Clear blocks in the energetic field
Energises the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous and endocrine systems
Restoring body balance
Awakens inner body wisdom
Energetic cleansing of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual layers
Kundalini yoga also incorporates chanting, meditation and body postures.
The Breath of fire – a Kundalini breathing technique involves quickly pumping your navel in and out, forced exhales through the nose and arms can be extended above your head but there are many variations.
Celebrities who practice Kundalini Yoga include:
Miranda Kerr
- Michelle Williams
- Jennifer Aniston
- Kate Hudson
- Melissa Etheridge
- Gisele Bündchen
- Russel Crowe
- Gwenyth Paltrow
- Russell Brand
- Sting
