Meditation that is indulged for kundalini awakening is called kundalini meditation. Meditation is the word in English for yoga. In Hinduism yoga stands for effort of soul atman wanting to merge with Parmatman God Almighty, Brahman in Hinduism. The purpose of meditation is also same.
Kundalini meditation falls under purview of spirituality.
For spirituality to reach its desired potential, logical end full kundalini awakening is necessitated. Full kundalini awakening means activating the brain to full capacity 100%!
All enlightened ones used their brain 100% whereas normal human beings used their brain 1 to 2%, the remaining always lying dormant. The dormant lying portion of brain can be activated only by indulgence in spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita.
For indulging in Bhagavad Gita our mastering delicate art of contemplation (chintan) is necessitated. Path of spirituality, kundalini awakening can never be realized in absence of contemplation. If we desire reaching god in present life time we have to indulge in contemplation.
There never was a shortcut path to indulging in spirituality, kundalini awakening. Nothing in Bhagavad Gita can be understood literally, it demands indulgence in contemplation (chintan).
As per Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita we are primarily a spiritual being, a spirit on its cosmic life cycle. When human beings indulged in spirituality detailed in Bhagavad Gita, the journey of soul atman within expedited. The spirit, consciousness existing in heart wants liberation from cycle of birth and death at the earliest, desires regaining its lost original pure prime pristine primordial form.
When human beings guided by Bhagavad Gita indulged in spirituality it was a very pleasant moment for soul atman within. As a human being it is our duty to assist our soul atman in reaching cosmic end of life, 8.4 millionth manifestation. We can do so only by indulgence in spirituality never religion (path of rituals). Kundalini awakening is part of spirituality never religion.
Kundalini is the cosmic serpentine energy that lay dormant in base of spine. It can be activated only by practice of celibacy, absolute celibacy and indulgence in contemplation.
Practice of celibacy demands total abstention from sexual indulgence.
Practice of absolute celibacy means eradicating flow of negative thoughts to our brain in totality.
Contemplation is necessitated to reach underlying cosmic truths of life that lay hidden in sacred texts of different religions of world.