When you finish a round of Twin Serpent meditation, should the serpent be returned to the base as in Single Serpent meditation?
Single Serpent (Kundalini Shakti) Meditation: Visualizes the dormant Kundalini serpent coiled at the Muladhara chakra (base of the spine). It uncoils and rises straight up the Sushumna nadi (central channel), piercing and activating the chakras to the Sahasrara (crown). The ascent is the primary focus for awakening and union (samadhi).
Return to base: Often instructed for safety—gently guide the energy back down the Sushumna to the base after meditation. Prevents energetic overload, headaches, or "Kundalini syndrome".
Twin Serpent (Ida-Pingala) Meditation: Invokes the two serpents—Ida / nadi (left, white/lunar, cooling) and Pingala nadi (right, red/solar, heating)—entwined around the Sushumna like the caduceus.
Energies rise simultaneously or alternately, balancing prana (upward) and apana (downward).
Return to base: Not required in the same linear "descent" sense. Emphasizes circulation (prana looping): Energy rises up one nadi (e.g., Ida to crown), crosses over, and descends the other (Pingala back to base), creating a balanced circuit. No "storage" back at Muladhara like single Kundalini; goal is ongoing polarity balance/health, not piercing blockages for enlightenment.