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Yoga Vocab
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1. Ishvarapranidhana
pancha vayus
prana vayu
devotion
ajna
2. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
Vishnu
bandha
ayurvedic healing techniques
aitkari
3. Ahimsa
breath control; cultivation of prana
antanjali
swadhisthana
non harming
4. 2nd
yamas
concentration
swadhisthana
sattva guna
5. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
vijnanamaya
bhastrika
Classical
anandamaya
6. Lower mental body
rajas guna
discipline
manomaya kosha
dourgha
7. Cool; through tongue
sitali
B.K.S. Iyengar
truthfulness
Preclassical
8. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
T.K.V. Desikachar
Pattabhi Jois
vyana vayu
apana vayu
9. Svadhyaya
niyamas
raja yoga
bija mantras in order
study of self
10. 3rd
swadhisthana
anipura
T.K.V. Desikachar
pancha vayus
11. 5 winds
ajna
Sri Krishnamacharya
ayurvedic healing techniques
pancha vayus
12. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Vedic
Sri Krishnamacharya
aitkari
yoga's origins
13. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
purusha
yoga's origins
bandha
T.K.V. Desikachar
14. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
tamas guna
vinyasa
Preclassical
nadi shodana
15. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
bija mantras in order
ayurvedic healing techniques
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bhastrika
16. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
breath control; cultivation of prana
samana vayu
vijnanamaya
17. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
asana
Preclassical
lakhski
karma yoga
18. Spirit
ayurvedic healing techniques
tamas guna
sushumna nadi
purusha
19. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
study of self
pancha vayus
goddesses
prakriti
20. All prevading
abstinence
Postclassical
bhakti yoga
vyana vayu
21. W/Swami Vivekananda
ujjayi
bandha
Modern
sitali
22. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
anipura
ujjayi
23. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
Modern
prakriti
bandha
24. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
pingala nadi
ajna
anipura
25. Pratyahara
concentration
ayurveda
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
purusha
26. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
anipura
yamas
meditation
bandha
27. Ahimsa
vinyasa principles
non harming
prana vayu
aitkari
28. Yoga of action
karma yoga
purusha
ujjayi
vyana vayu
29. W/Swami Vivekananda
anandamaya
non harming
Modern
sattva guna
30. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
pingala nadi
bandha
ayurvedic healing techniques
swadhisthana
31. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa
types of meditation
karma yoga
vinyasa principles
32. 4th
anahata
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Postclassical
B.K.S. Iyengar
33. Vata - pitta - kapha
self restraint
bija mantras in order
doshas
ayurvedic healing techniques
34. Purity
god triad
5 elements
sattva guna
non stealing
35. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
prakriti
prana vayu
36. Niyama
Indra Devi
vyana vayu
observance
ida nadi
37. Energy/emo body
rajas guna
goddesses
pranamaya kosha
abstinence
38. 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
Postclassical
ujjayi
Pattabhi Jois
B.K.S. Iyengar
39. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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40. Yama
abstinence
sahashrara
Indra Devi
karma yoga
41. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
antanjali
non harming
ida nadi
vinyasa
42. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
truthfulness
sushumna nadi
ujjayi
T.K.V. Desikachar
43. Brahmacharya
lakhski
non stealing
self restraint
yoga's origins
44. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Postclassical
paths of yoga
Pancha Koshas
kali
45. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
bija mantra
Swami Vivekananda
sattva guna
aitkari
46. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
nadi shodana
surya bhedana
vinyasa principles
karma yoga
47. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
prana vayu
aitkari
chandra bhedana
48. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
raja yoga
bandha
bija mantras in order
49. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
prakriti
Classical
goddesses
Vishnu
50. Science of life
jnana yoga
samana vayu
bija mantra
ayurveda