kundalini

American  

[koon-dl-ee-nee] / ˌkʊn dlˈi ni /

noun

Hinduism.

1. the vital force lying dormant within one until activated by the practice of yoga, which leads one toward spiritual power and eventual salvation.

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kundalini British  

/ ˈkʊndəˌliːnɪ /

noun

1. (sometimes capital) (in yoga) the life force that resides at the base of the spine

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Etymology

Origin of kundalini

From the Sanskrit word kuṇḍalinī

Example Sentences

Breathwork, daily meditation, kundalini yoga, morning pages and at least seven to 10 white candles from the botánica burning in my apartment at any given time is the spiritual practice that’s grounding me lately.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Pace reminded the actors to breathe as if they were doing kundalini breathing in a yoga class.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2020

Born to an American mother from Long Beach, California, and a Swedish father, Westman briefly lived on a kundalini ashram in Los Angeles as a child and moved to Sweden at age 10.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2018

A kundalini yoga practitioner who believed meditation to be an “ancient technology of the mind”, Shannahoff-Khalsa had been so disillusioned by the final report, he’d refused to sign it.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2017

People didn’t come to Uncle Pete to free up their kundalini.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides