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Yoga Vocab

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1. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
doshas
concentration
observance

2. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
lakhski
Pattabhi Jois
ajna

3. 1st chakra
vyana vayu
vinyasa principles
Brahma
muladhara

4. Inertia
muladhara
Swami Vivekananda
raja yoga
tamas guna

5. W/Swami Vivekananda
concentration
Modern
sitali
Postclassical

6. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
marma points
muladhara
Jiddu Krishnamurti
prana vayu

7. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
sahashrara
udana vayu
bhakti yoga

8. Lower mental body
5 elements
tamas guna
surya bhedana
manomaya kosha

9. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
vinyasa principles
Modern
Preclassical

10. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
vishuddha
raja yoga
Classical
pingala nadi

11. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
Vishnu
ida nadi
urity
vyana vayu

12. Tamas - rajas - sattva
vishuddha
saraswati
T.K.V. Desikachar
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)

13. Vata - pitta - kapha
bhastrika
apana vayu
doshas
ujjayi

14. Activity - movement
B.K.S. Iyengar
karma yoga
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
rajas guna

15. Wisdom
study of self
saraswati
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
yoga's origins

16. Saucha
urity
non stealing
tamas guna
Vedic

17. Spinal chord
apana vayu
sushumna nadi
bhakti yoga
dourgha

18. All prevading
vyana vayu
Vedic
bhastrika
sushumna nadi

19. 1st chakra
sushumna nadi
ayurvedic healing techniques
Brahma
muladhara

20. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
bandha
simhasana
aitkari

21. Restraints - observances
goddesses
types of meditation
niyamas
sitali

22. Disillusion
udana vayu
kali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
nnamaya kosha

23. Spirit
purusha
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
devotion
non stealing

24. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
posture
goddesses
ida nadi
T.K.V. Desikachar

25. Pranayama
study of self
posture
concentration
breath control; cultivation of prana

26. 5 winds
pancha vayus
raja yoga
marma points
sushumna nadi

27. Science of life
ayurveda
non-greed
Brahma
muladhara

28. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pranamaya kosha
anipura
vinyasa principles

29. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
study of self
concentration
Pancha Koshas
apana vayu

30. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
apana vayu
aitkari
marma points
raja yoga

31. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
study of self
samana vayu
bija mantras in order
aitkari

32. Lower mental body
Pattabhi Jois
muladhara
yamas
manomaya kosha

33. Pratyahara
Postclassical
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vishuddha
vinyasa

34. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago

35. Margas
nadi shodana
vinyasa principles
breath control; cultivation of prana
paths of yoga

36. Aparigraha
non-greed
bija mantra
vinyasa principles
observance

37. Higher intellectual body
Brahma
vijnanamaya
yamas
Vedic

38. Yoga of action
sattva guna
Classical
pingala nadi
karma yoga

39. Yama
prakriti
abstinence
niyamas
bhastrika

40. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
paths of yoga
vinyasa principles
abstinence
ujjayi

41. Asana
5 elements
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
posture
non stealing

42. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
asana
yoga's origins
Indra Devi
raja yoga

43. Chakra mantra
anipura
ayurvedic healing techniques
sitali
bija mantra

44. Rhythmic - increases auric body
Pancha Koshas
doshas
bhastrika
simhasana

45. Santosha
B.K.S. Iyengar
contentment
niyamas
Preclassical

46. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
Preclassical
5 elements
Preclassical
bija mantras in order

47. Santosha
contentment
bhakti yoga
observance
marma points

48. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
raja yoga
Vedic
nadi shodana
non harming

49. Purity
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Preclassical
5 elements
sattva guna

50. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
anipura
nnamaya kosha
god triad
concentration