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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Pratyahara
antanjali
pingala nadi
anahata
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
2. Liberation of stagnant prana
yamas
vinyasa principles
saraswati
asana
3. Asana
posture
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
aitkari
bandha
4. Dhyana
samana vayu
meditation
Preclassical
god triad
5. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ayurvedic healing techniques
bija mantras in order
bhastrika
ida nadi
6. Chakra mantra
sattva guna
jnana yoga
bija mantra
abstinence
7. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
ajna
non harming
ida nadi
8. Yoga of mind
nadi shodana
jnana yoga
ayurveda
lakhski
9. Dhyana
meditation
saraswati
purusha
raja yoga
10. Through teeth; cold
asana
aitkari
Jiddu Krishnamurti
lakhski
11. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
bija mantras in order
5 elements
dourgha
prakriti
12. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
asana
Swami Vivekananda
non stealing
abstinence
13. Yoga of action
karma yoga
anahata
abstinence
tamas guna
14. 5 winds
chandra bhedana
ida nadi
pancha vayus
anahata
15. Santosha
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Preclassical
paths of yoga
contentment
16. Niyama
prakriti
yamas
B.K.S. Iyengar
observance
17. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
raja yoga
bija mantras in order
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
18. Everything after Pantanjali
vyana vayu
Postclassical
purusha
nnamaya kosha
19. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
pranamaya kosha
antanjali
devotion
20. W/Swami Vivekananda
yamas
anahata
Modern
nnamaya kosha
21. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
B.K.S. Iyengar
Swami Vivekananda
Sri Krishnamacharya
meditation
22. Aparigraha
bhastrika
Indra Devi
non-greed
study of self
23. Yama
study of self
abstinence
T.K.V. Desikachar
non harming
24. Spinal chord
concentration
sushumna nadi
sitali
god triad
25. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
observance
apana vayu
sushumna nadi
urity
26. Ishvarapranidhana
Modern
prana vayu
chandra bhedana
devotion
27. 5 winds
yamas
observance
pancha vayus
Sri Krishnamacharya
28. Lion's breath
simhasana
non-greed
rajas guna
contentment
29. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
prakriti
samana vayu
non-greed
surya bhedana
30. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
udana vayu
antanjali
manomaya kosha
vishuddha
31. Sick in youth - lived with brother in law (Krishnamacharya) - wrote 'Light on Yoga' 1966 - in 1952 friend - violinist Menuhin - introduced to world - use of props
muladhara
vinyasa principles
T.K.V. Desikachar
B.K.S. Iyengar
32. Lower mental body
concentration
dourgha
manomaya kosha
purusha
33. Disillusion
Jiddu Krishnamurti
raja yoga
kali
bhakti yoga
34. Spinal chord
antanjali
Postclassical
sushumna nadi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
35. Dharana
pingala nadi
Modern
samana vayu
concentration
36. Inertia
sitali
marma points
tamas guna
kali
37. 6th
types of meditation
Swami Vivekananda
ajna
surya bhedana
38. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
manomaya kosha
Modern
pancha vayus
39. Activity - movement
Vishnu
rajas guna
truthfulness
prakriti
40. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
Modern
Preclassical
bija mantras in order
pingala nadi
41. Yoga of heart
urity
B.K.S. Iyengar
non harming
bhakti yoga
42. 2nd
ida nadi
swadhisthana
surya bhedana
manomaya kosha
43. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
pancha vayus
T.K.V. Desikachar
vinyasa
concentration
44. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
pancha vayus
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bhastrika
vinyasa principles
45. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
B.K.S. Iyengar
Preclassical
Pattabhi Jois
anipura
46. Father of yoga
antanjali
udana vayu
asana
observance
47. Sick in youth - lived with brother in law (Krishnamacharya) - wrote 'Light on Yoga' 1966 - in 1952 friend - violinist Menuhin - introduced to world - use of props
sushumna nadi
bhastrika
B.K.S. Iyengar
swadhisthana
48. Cool; through tongue
marma points
doshas
ajna
sitali
49. Pranayama
breath control; cultivation of prana
sushumna nadi
yoga's origins
discipline
50. Protector
Vishnu
god triad
kali
bija mantras in order