Kundalini Yoga focuses on describing Kundalini Shakti and the chakras. It is a method for arousing the dormant Kundalini Shakti, and includes techniques for achieving the union of Shakti with Siva in the topmost Sahasrara chakra.
The Nature of Kundalini
 Shakti, Divine energy, has two aspects, the static and the dynamic. One cannot have Shakti in the dynamic form without having it in static form, much like the poles of magnet. Such a polarity is necessary for maintaining equilibrium in the universe. The Cosmic Shakti manifests in the human body as Kundalini and Prana. Kundalini is the static support for the moving vital forces.
The human being is the microcosm, or interior cosmos. Whatever exists in the outer universe exists in the body. Siva resides the Sahasrara chakra at the crown of the head. Kundalini resides in the Muladhara chakra at the base of the spinal column. Muladhara means 'root-support'. Kundalini is the primordial energy that lies in the basal Muladhara chakra in a dormant, potential state. It is the cosmic power in the individual bodies. It is not a spiritual force, but a spiritual potential. It is an electric fiery, occult power, the mighty pristine force which underlies all organic and inorganic matter. It is called the serpent power, because of its spiral-like working in the body of the Yogi. When awakened, it makes the hissing sound of a serpent and proceeds to rise upwards through the central canal within the Sushumna (spinal code). The rising of the Kundalini Shakti and Her union with Lord Siva in the Sahasrara Chakra brings about a state of supreme consciousness and spiritual experience.
YOGA ASANAS AND KUNDALINI
 The ultimate purpose of Yoga is the awakening of KUNDALINI SHAKTI, the evolutionary energy in man. Practicing asanas stimulates the chakras, distributing the generated energy of Kundalini all over the body. About thirty-five Asanas are specifically geared to this purpose: Bhujangasana (Cobra) for Manipura chakra, Sarvangasana (Shoulder stand) for Visuddha Chakra, Sirshasana (Headstand) for Sahasrara Chakra and so on. The other Asanas (Yoga postures) regulate and purify the Nadis facilitating the conduction of Prana throughout the body.
The main object of Yoga practice is to create balance between the interacting activities and processes of the Pranic and mental forces. Once this has been achieved, the impulses generated give a call of awakening to Sushumna Nadi, the central pathway in the spine, through which the Kundalini Shakti rises to Sahasrara chakra, thereby illumining the higher Centrex of human consciousness.
Yoga, therefore, not only strengthens the body and improves health but also activates and awakens the higher centres responsible for the evolution of human consciousness.
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