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Ciqala and Supernova,
Just adding more to this very informed discussion - we all know bits and pieces and the combination is rounding out the picture...
There is a yoga for every chakra. So yoga preferences indicate what chakra you are predisposed to using in your life...where you live. Every chakra is also a dimension of existence, as well as a stage on the journey. People think chakras are just centers of energy and information but they are much more than that. It's where the idea of "seven heavens" (and "seven hells") comes from.
What I mean about Kundalini prompting the yogas that are custom made for the soul is that Kundalini is the Inner Guide (Holy Ghost, Inner Guru, Divine Self etc...) When you are doing hatha yoga and suddenly your body seems to be doing it all by itself, that is Kundalini doing it. When you are singing devotional songs and suddenly your voice is just a happening and you are watching and tremendous power and love is coming through your voice - that is Kundalini empowering Bhakti Yoga. If you are doing insight meditation and start to intuite all kinds of information...the kind that leads you to realizations about who you are and where you are headed (wisdom, divine inspiration)...that is Kundalini Yoga inspiring Raja Yoga.
With an awakened Kundalini, we are guided to use all the yogas OR only the yogas we as individuals need (because we may have dealt with issues in the past and don't need them anymore or because of our temperament and particular soul contract). It is not necessary to study "Kundalini Yoga" (I mean you can if you want to) but the Guide from within will guide you spontaneously and naturally.
The troublemaker is the limited ego, that lower self part of us that gets in the way... Attachment leads the ego to swing too far in any extreme, veering far from the middle way - that stillpoint or centre and is objective and balanced and in perfect harmony with everything around. This is when the Inner Guide isn't enough and we need a competent Outer Guide to help us interpret the promptings of the Inner Guide.
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