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Yoga Vocab

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1. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
raja yoga
non-greed
5 elements

2. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
purusha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
sushumna nadi

3. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
kali
ida nadi
nadi shodana
muladhara

4. Pratyahara
karma yoga
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
aitkari
paths of yoga

5. Rhythmic - increases auric body
ujjayi
Swami Vivekananda
bhastrika
prakriti

6. Ahimsa
non harming
bhastrika
vishuddha
Classical

7. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
anipura
surya bhedana
bhakti yoga
non stealing

8. Yama
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
abstinence
bhakti yoga
antanjali

9. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
sushumna nadi
bija mantras in order
Brahma
marma points

10. Higher intellectual body
bhakti yoga
vijnanamaya
ujjayi
pancha vayus

11. Liberation of stagnant prana
kali
sitali
asana
yamas

12. Yoga of action
karma yoga
non-greed
urity
ayurveda

13. Samadhi
pancha vayus
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
vyana vayu
paths of yoga

14. 4th
discipline
anahata
paths of yoga
prakriti

15. Samadhi
swadhisthana
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
chandra bhedana
yoga's origins

16. Wisdom
saraswati
prana vayu
non-greed
paths of yoga

17. Physical body
Classical
bija mantras in order
nnamaya kosha
prana vayu

18. 4th
B.K.S. Iyengar
non harming
anahata
ida nadi

19. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Classical
B.K.S. Iyengar
study of self
prana vayu

20. 5 winds
pingala nadi
T.K.V. Desikachar
pancha vayus
non harming

21. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
bandha
5 elements
truthfulness
non harming

22. 2nd
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
swadhisthana
bija mantras in order
Vishnu

23. Lower mental body
surya bhedana
karma yoga
udana vayu
manomaya kosha

24. Restraints - observances
nnamaya kosha
niyamas
Preclassical
vijnanamaya

25. 6th
pancha vayus
marma points
ajna
bandha

26. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
aitkari
vinyasa principles
self restraint
vyana vayu

27. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
Pancha Koshas
abstinence
breath control; cultivation of prana
ayurvedic healing techniques

28. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
surya bhedana
Vedic
Jiddu Krishnamurti
ajna

29. Svadhyaya
saraswati
saraswati
study of self
surya bhedana

30. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
nnamaya kosha
prakriti
marma points
aitkari

31. Science of life
dourgha
ayurveda
saraswati
sahashrara

32. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
prana vayu
Pancha Koshas
Modern
nnamaya kosha

33. Bliss body
anandamaya
nnamaya kosha
tamas guna
types of meditation

34. 7th
devotion
sahashrara
pancha vayus
meditation

35. Studied under Krisnamacharya
marma points
non harming
Pattabhi Jois
ayurveda

36. Spirit
pingala nadi
purusha
niyamas
Preclassical

37. Energy/emo body
yoga's origins
B.K.S. Iyengar
posture
pranamaya kosha

38. Margas
aitkari
paths of yoga
marma points
antanjali

39. Margas
nadi shodana
ida nadi
paths of yoga
yamas

40. Spirit
purusha
types of meditation
prana vayu
sitali

41. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
pancha vayus
prana vayu
samana vayu
sitali

42. Svadhyaya
muladhara
study of self
samana vayu
god triad

43. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago

44. Activity - movement
sushumna nadi
lakhski
study of self
rajas guna

45. 5 winds
dourgha
ajna
pancha vayus
doshas

46. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
simhasana
Indra Devi
antanjali
abstinence

47. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
study of self
goddesses
non stealing
Indra Devi

48. Satya
truthfulness
bhastrika
surya bhedana
anahata

49. Disillusion
yoga's origins
kali
Pancha Koshas
vyana vayu

50. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
posture
ujjayi
sattva guna
goddesses