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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
Pancha Koshas
apana vayu
chandra bhedana
urity
2. Cool; through tongue
sitali
antanjali
Vishnu
contentment
3. 3rd
manomaya kosha
anipura
non harming
vyana vayu
4. Yama
Pattabhi Jois
abstinence
Modern
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
5. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
raja yoga
5 elements
bija mantra
6. Santosha
bija mantra
contentment
T.K.V. Desikachar
bandha
7. Wisdom
sahashrara
sitali
saraswati
simhasana
8. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
Pancha Koshas
vijnanamaya
nadi shodana
9. 1930s-1986 philosopher
yamas
bija mantra
Jiddu Krishnamurti
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
10. Satya
Pancha Koshas
truthfulness
Pancha Koshas
vishuddha
11. Satya
Swami Vivekananda
bhastrika
chandra bhedana
truthfulness
12. Matter
bija mantras in order
prakriti
samana vayu
observance
13. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
raja yoga
Pancha Koshas
marma points
14. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
observance
self restraint
Indra Devi
15. All prevading
bhakti yoga
paths of yoga
vyana vayu
udana vayu
16. Spirit
purusha
urity
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
B.K.S. Iyengar
17. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
bhakti yoga
breath control; cultivation of prana
kali
18. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
Brahma
rajas guna
pingala nadi
pancha vayus
19. Father of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
B.K.S. Iyengar
antanjali
saraswati
20. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
sattva guna
sahashrara
self restraint
ayurvedic healing techniques
21. Tapas
ayurveda
discipline
ujjayi
Vishnu
22. Saucha
sitali
rajas guna
udana vayu
urity
23. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
nadi shodana
devotion
bija mantra
24. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
non harming
Brahma
ida nadi
Swami Vivekananda
25. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
bija mantras in order
sushumna nadi
vishuddha
apana vayu
26. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
udana vayu
ayurvedic healing techniques
discipline
27. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
aitkari
anipura
self restraint
28. Asteya
Sri Krishnamacharya
non stealing
Postclassical
antanjali
29. 5th
purusha
goddesses
vishuddha
nadi shodana
30. Everything after Pantanjali
yamas
non stealing
bija mantras in order
Postclassical
31. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
bhastrika
vijnanamaya
prana vayu
anahata
32. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
contentment
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
purusha
33. Protector
Modern
bija mantras in order
Vishnu
Sri Krishnamacharya
34. Yoga of heart
devotion
sushumna nadi
urity
bhakti yoga
35. 1930s-1986 philosopher
anandamaya
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Jiddu Krishnamurti
5 elements
36. Samadhi
bija mantra
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
jnana yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
37. Purity
Pancha Koshas
aitkari
posture
sattva guna
38. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
apana vayu
lakhski
manomaya kosha
vinyasa principles
39. Dharana
concentration
nadi shodana
non harming
surya bhedana
40. Studied under Krisnamacharya
kali
apana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
pingala nadi
41. 7th
karma yoga
marma points
sahashrara
Brahma
42. Spirit
truthfulness
anipura
purusha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
43. All prevading
swadhisthana
muladhara
vyana vayu
god triad
44. Pratyahara
bhastrika
Classical
rajas guna
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
45. 3rd
vinyasa principles
contentment
anipura
antanjali
46. Yoga of physical and mental control
swadhisthana
pancha vayus
raja yoga
urity
47. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
bandha
sattva guna
T.K.V. Desikachar
48. 5 winds
vijnanamaya
Brahma
pancha vayus
yoga's origins
49. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Vedic
anipura
ayurveda
50. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
types of meditation
Sri Krishnamacharya
non stealing