Shoonya and the Threshold of Samadhi

Shoonya, the “void,” is the point in meditation where the breath appears to stop and kundalini rises swiftly from muladhara to the brain. In my practice, this brief window is the hardest to sustain. It arrives instantly and can be overwhelming. The practitioner must hold a fine balance, so that the breath does not overpower the kundalini and the kundalini does not overwhelm the practitioner. If shoonya is held for a few seconds, samadhi follows almost immediately.