The Kundalini, in the form
of latency, is coiled like a serpent.
One who impels this
Sakti(energy) to move will
attain liberation.
(Hathayoga-pradipika, Chap. 3, v.108)

jjThe divine power,
Kundalini, shines
like the stem of a young lotus;
like a snake,
coiled round upon herself,
she holds her tail in her mouth
and lies resting half asleep
at the base of the body.