Yoga Vocab

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1. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
non harming
bhakti yoga
Swami Vivekananda


2. Everything after Pantanjali
samana vayu
goddesses
Postclassical
contentment


3. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ayurveda
dourgha
ujjayi
devotion


4. 4th
saraswati
anahata
breath control; cultivation of prana
lakhski


5. Yoga of physical and mental control
self restraint
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
raja yoga
types of meditation


6. Cool; through tongue
chandra bhedana
ujjayi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
sitali


7. Science of life
anipura
Pancha Koshas
rajas guna
ayurveda


8. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
muladhara
bhakti yoga
bija mantras in order
Modern


9. Protector
saraswati
Jiddu Krishnamurti
jnana yoga
Vishnu


10. Wisdom
saraswati
Preclassical
study of self
vinyasa principles


11. Yoga of heart
posture
paths of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
bhakti yoga


12. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
manomaya kosha
self restraint
bandha
ayurvedic healing techniques


13. Yoga of heart
apana vayu
bhakti yoga
sitali
purusha


14. Restraints - observances
niyamas
Indra Devi
observance
jnana yoga


15. Inertia
tamas guna
raja yoga
5 elements
dourgha


16. 5th
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Indra Devi
vishuddha
self restraint


17. Asana
posture
samana vayu
karma yoga
non-greed


18. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
doshas
bandha
tamas guna
kali


19. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
tamas guna
non stealing
antanjali


20. Rhythmic - increases auric body
niyamas
bhastrika
nnamaya kosha
Vishnu


21. 5 winds
prana vayu
bandha
concentration
pancha vayus


22. Brahmacharya
rajas guna
self restraint
vyana vayu
bija mantras in order


23. Physical body
anahata
Classical
nnamaya kosha
vinyasa principles


24. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
devotion
purusha
truthfulness


25. Lower mental body
self restraint
vyana vayu
manomaya kosha
non-greed


26. 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
discipline
B.K.S. Iyengar
posture
dourgha


27. Higher intellectual body
doshas
kali
vijnanamaya
discipline


28. Yama
abstinence
Indra Devi
asana
ayurvedic healing techniques


29. Science of life
self restraint
non-greed
bhastrika
ayurveda


30. Satya
ayurveda
Swami Vivekananda
pranamaya kosha
truthfulness


31. Matter
prakriti
sushumna nadi
tamas guna
non stealing


32. Saucha
pancha vayus
urity
nadi shodana
raja yoga


33. Spinal chord
simhasana
prana vayu
Jiddu Krishnamurti
sushumna nadi


34. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago


35. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
non-greed
meditation
sahashrara


36. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
vinyasa
niyamas
nadi shodana
Classical


37. Niyama
bhastrika
discipline
Indra Devi
observance


38. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
discipline
non-greed
marma points
Vedic


39. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
observance
marma points
manomaya kosha
apana vayu


40. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago


41. 1930s-1986 philosopher
sushumna nadi
abstinence
kali
Jiddu Krishnamurti


42. Wisdom
saraswati
manomaya kosha
bija mantras in order
bhastrika


43. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pancha Koshas
surya bhedana
Pattabhi Jois
muladhara


44. 1st chakra
devotion
muladhara
antanjali
sattva guna


45. Studied under Krisnamacharya
saraswati
god triad
Pattabhi Jois
vinyasa principles


46. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
antanjali
T.K.V. Desikachar
T.K.V. Desikachar


47. Bliss body
anandamaya
prana vayu
udana vayu
apana vayu


48. Asteya
raja yoga
vinyasa
contentment
non stealing


49. 7th
5 elements
observance
sahashrara
aitkari


50. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
vyana vayu
goddesses
T.K.V. Desikachar