The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Kundalini
What people mean by Kundalini awakening, how meditation, breath, interoception and altered self-processing may contribute to the experience, and where the evidence ends
1,889-word article with 23 Harvard references.
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Kundalini is described in several Indian contemplative traditions as a latent power that rises through the body and transforms consciousness. People who use the term report heat, vibration, involuntary movement, altered breathing, emotional release, shifts in identity and experiences of unity. These experiences are real to the people having them, but neuroscience has not detected a unique Kundalini energy or brain signature. This fully referenced article separates Kundalini-specific findings from broader meditation and breathwork research, explains what interoception and altered autonomic states may contribute, and examines why careful support matters when an experience becomes frightening or destabilising.
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