What Is Kundalini?

Kundalini is arguably one of the most important concepts in yoga, and one that’s little understood in the West, especially if you’ve primarily been practicing postural yoga.

Like most ineffable experiences, something as profound and powerful as kundalini is hard to describe with mere words. You could say the same thing about kundalini that Lao Tzu said about the Tao: “The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.” The concept is not the experience. But I will do my best nevertheless.