20/01/2026
I tried many forms of yoga before Kundalini.
Hatha.
Vinyasa.
Bikram.
Yin.
Each gave me something – strength, flexibility, stillness but none of them stayed with me.
Kundalini did.
It was the first practice that didn’t just work my body but reorganised my nervous system, my cravings, my capacity to sit with myself. I can trace my sobriety, my emotional regulation and a deep reclamation of inner authority back to this practice.
Not because it’s extreme.
But because it’s precise.
Kundalini didn’t distract me from myself it brought me back to my Self.
Kundalini is not a trend. It is not a personality or a status.
It is not about dramatic awakenings or spiritual theatre.
At its root, Kundalini refers to a latent biological–energetic intelligence that exists within the human system. In yogic language, it is described as a coiled potential (serpent) at the base of the spine. In modern terms, it correlates strongly with:
Kundalini Yoga is a technology designed to safely circulate this intelligence through breath, rhythm, posture, sound and focused attention.
It is not about “raising energy.”
It is about removing obstruction so the body’s innate intelligence can do what it already knows how to do.
Kundalini is often referred to as the seed yoga and that’s accurate.
Its roots sit in early tantric and yogic traditions that predate the modern yoga systems most people are familiar with. Long before yoga became primarily physical, it was a system for nervous system mastery and consciousness regulation.
Hatha, Raja, Bhakti and even modern Vinyasa can be understood as branches.
Kundalini is closer to the trunk.
It integrates:
Not as separate practices but as one coherent circuit.
Modern research increasingly mirrors what these practices have known for centuries.
Kundalini-style practices have been shown to:
Breath ratios, rhythmic movement, and sound directly affect:
This is not mystical.
It’s physiological.
The “awakening” people speak about is often the body remembering how to self-regulate.
Kundalini has always made people uncomfortable.
Not because it’s dangerous but because it’s effective.
Historically, it was kept within lineages because activating the nervous system without grounding, discipline or ethical context can destabilise people. Not spiritually but neurologically.
In modern times, it’s been shunned for different reasons:
Kundalini doesn’t let you bypass yourself.
And systems that thrive on distraction tend not to like that.
Most fear around Kundalini comes from misunderstanding.
People hear stories of:
And label these as “too much.”
But what’s actually happening is this:
The nervous system is moving from survival in to coherence. It naturally does what it can to find it's way to equanimity.
When the body exits chronic fight-or-flight, old coping mechanisms fall away.
Cravings change.
Relationships shift.
Truth becomes harder to avoid.
That can feel destabilising especially if someone’s identity was built on numbing, over-functioning or control.
What hooked me wasn’t intensity. It was clarity.
Kundalini gave me:
It taught me how to sit with sensation instead of escaping it.
How to discharge stress instead of storing it.
How to meet myself without needing to disappear. That’s no small thing. To be honest it totally changed my life. Nowadays Ive released the intensity of a daily Sadhana and now I move between Qi Gong practices, Kundalini and somatic fascia and yin release but that's a story for another musing.
Kundalini doesn’t create chaos.
It reveals where chaos already exists
Kundalini isn’t for everyone. And it shouldn’t be marketed as such.
But for those who are ready to take responsibility for their nervous system, their habits and their inner life it can be profoundly stabilising.
This isn’t about awakening something exotic. It’s about coming back online. And having fun in the process.
