The Serpent Power: Being the Sat-cakra-Nirupana and Paduka-Pancaka : Two Works on Laya-Yoga Book

Woodroffeís The Serpent PoweróThe Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga, is a source for many modern Western adaptations of Kundalini yoga practice. It is a philosophically sophisticated commentary on, and translation of, the Satcakra-nirupana (ìDescription of and Investigation into the Six Bodily Centresî) of Purnananda (dated c. AD 1550) and the Padukapancaka (ìFive-fold Footstool of the Guruî). The term ìSerpent Powerî refers to the Kundalini, an energy said to be released within an individual by meditation techniques. (jacket)