Kundalini Cooperation

Muscular locks and special positions (bandhas & mudras) combined with breath infusion and introspection are used in kundalini yoga practice for igniting, directing and absorbing the kundalini life force. This is contrasted to random experiences with kundalini or to sexual pleasure surges in which the flash of kundalini may be observed dispassionately.

At first when doing kundalini yoga, it is important to apply the muscular locks and to be internally observant of the energy flashes and movements. If the yogi fails to do this, the aroused kundalini may go in a random direction and will not remain centralize in the sushumna nadi central passage. There are certain routes in the psyche which are maintained as a matter of course because of the central nervous system.

For instance in sex pleasure experience, the kundalini surges like lightning through special nadi subtle tubes. However in some other experiences when kundalini is arouse suddenly, it may travel in a direction whereby the observing self has no control of it.

In higher yoga, when the focus in the subtle body becomes the habit of the yogi, there is a switch where the muscular contractions lose importance. This is because the yogi focuses in the subtle body and most of the energy of the aroused kundalini no longer desires to go in a random way and does not desire to be resistant to the will of the yogi. At this time the subtle skin of the subtle body is taut. That tautness acts as a lock to keep the kundalini expression under control. In such practice no physical actions are required to keep kundalini under control. Kundalini develops an introvert attitude and no longer has desires to go outside the psyche to seek sense fulfillments. There is no need to lock it in because it developed a disinterest in the physical reality and in the lower astral experiences. This is the completion of the pratyahar sensual energy withdrawal practice, which aids the yogi so that he can spend more time with transcendence absorption (samyama).