Kundalini Tantra  (English, Paperback, Saraswati Satyananda)

Kundalini Tantra is a detailed manual on the practice of Kundalini Yoga, a practice that awakens the Kundalini shakti and brings confluence between the mind, body and spirit.

Summary Of The Book

Kundalini is an energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine. This energy, if awakened, is believed to heighten awareness, bring a convergence of the spiritual and the material, and bind the physical with the higher plane.

Kundalini Tantra is a detailed work on awakening this energy and managing it. The book begins with a definition of what Kundalini is and what it can do. It explains the interaction of Kundalini with the body and the brain.

To awaken the energy, the practitioner has to go through various asanas, accompanied by specific breathing techniques and body movements to facilitate the dormant energy to awaken and move up through the various levels or chakras. This series of asanas and techniques is called kriya and thus this form of yoga is also called Kriya Yoga.

The book explains the 20 kriyas involved in the awakening of the Kundalini energy and controlling it. It describes each chakra through which the energy rises. It shows how to balance each centre to achieve greater harmony in mind, body and spirit.

It also discusses the signs and effects of awakening the Kundalini. The book also explains the potential risks if this yoga is not done in the correct way under proper guidance. The final section of Kundalini Tantra goes into the scientific research being conducted into this practice. It cites various research studies and their findings on Kundalini Yoga.

This book is thus a comprehensive exposition on Kundalini, the energy itself, the chakras through which it rises and the practices involved in awakening this energy. It examines the positive effects of awakening this energy, and also warns of the risks involved.

About Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Swami Satyananda Saraswati was a sannyasin and a Yoga teacher.

Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha, Dynamics of Yoga: The Foundations of Bihar Yoga, and Meditations from the Tantras, With Live Class Transcriptions are a few of his other works.

Swami Satyananda Saraswati was born in 1923. He studied the vedas and the Upanishads. He joined the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh and was given the spiritual name of Satyananda Saraswati. He founded the Bihar School of Yoga and established the International Yoga Fellowship.