Glossary
Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kumbhaka( kum-bha-ka) | Holding or retention of the breath |
| Kundalini ( kun – da lee-nee) | Serpent Power- the primordial cosmic energy located within an individual- potential psychic energy |
| Kundalini Shakti | Refers to the human's potential energy lying dormant in mooladhara (base) chakra like a coiled serpent. When awakened it rises up through the sushumna nadi. |
| Kundalini Yoga | Also known as Laya Yoga is an approach/ school of Yoga. Based on a 1935 approach by Sivananda Saraswati Kundalini yoga was influenced by the tantra and shakta schools of Hinduism |