Near the end of class, Bev mentioned the awakening of Kundalini as the ultimate goal of yoga. Vaguely remembering her using that term at another class, Michelle could not recall what it meant. After class, she asked Bev to explain it again, as Monica and Sheila listened in. “Kundalini is a serpent goddess who is able to travel up a person’s spine during yoga practices and release the body’s psychic centers or chakras,” Bev stated matter-of-factly. “The final result can lead to a heightened state of enlightenment.”

