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A by the book explanation and experiment in Kundalini Yoga. Swami T was a student of Swami Dayananda, and also a well versed practitioner of meditation. He is an Advaita Vedanta teacher. Here, he examined the source materials in Sanskrit related to kundalini yoga and tries it out for several weeks. Interesting takes on the subject. He explains what is and what is not in the ancient source material and outlines a basic practice model.

चैतन्यमात्मा ॥१॥ caitanyamātmā ||1|| Consciousness which is omniscient and omnipotent (caitanyam) (is) the Self or true nature of Reality (ātmā) ||1|| Vasugupta (860–925 AD)

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