Kundalini

[Luis Gonzalez-Reimann]

Kundalini has long been associated to the vagus nerve by researchers.  See:
Vasant G. Rele, The Mysterious Kundalini.  Sorry, I don't have the full
reference on hand.
I'm not up to date on this research.

Luis Gonzalez-Reimann
UC, Berkeley

At 12:45 PM 1/1/97 GMT, Peter Flugel wrote:
>In the december issue of the Scientific American p.18ff Brenda DeKoker 
>('Sex and the Spinal Cord') reports new findings by B.R.Komisaruk & 
>B.Whiple of Rutgers University on the vagus nerve, apparently explaining 
>the possibility of non-genital orgasms in shoulder, chest and chin in 
>women with damaged spinal cords among other things: "Known to orchestrate 
>such mundane tasks as breathing, swallowing and vomiting, this nerve 
>wends its way through all major organs, bypassing the spinal column and 
>hooking directly into the base of the brain. It is precisely because the 
>vagus nerve does not touch the spinal column that its role in sex was 
>recently discovered"
>I wonder whether there is a link to South Asian kundalini doctrines. Does 
>any of our yoga experts know more about the current research on the 
>physiological background of yogic experiences?
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>Peter Fluegel                                                             
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