Energy Rising

Three Kundalini meditation teachers share techniques for tapping into the flow of energy within you—and moving toward spiritual awakening.

By Kathy Wyer

That calm feeling that I get from asana practice made me fall in love with yoga, and it was in my hatha practice that I first discovered how the breath can channel energy through the body. But I didn't immediately find the same benefits in meditation. Distracted by the natural impulse of my mind to jump about and wander, I rarely dipped into deep calm while meditating. That is, until one day when, trying to meditate, I had an 'aha!' moment: As I struggled to release my thoughts and focus on the flow, I suddenly realized that Kundalini (the flow of energy itself) was palpable. It felt like a swirl of energy within my body; I could focus on it and follow the flow, and the best part was that as I did so, my mind moved from a state of agitation to calm.

This was the first time I went beyond the concept of 'feeling into the flow' and had an actual experience of that flow. I'm not sure how it happened, but once it did, I saw how intense this energy could be and began to identify it more readily in my practice. And my firsthand taste of this flow made me realize that for hatha yogis who have experienced energy moving through the body, Kundalini meditation may be the most accessible form of meditation there is.

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