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Yoga Vocab
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1. Creator
tamas guna
prakriti
Brahma
anipura
2. W/Swami Vivekananda
ida nadi
sattva guna
Modern
marma points
3. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
ida nadi
niyamas
Pancha Koshas
4. Yoga of action
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Vedic
karma yoga
ajna
5. Vata - pitta - kapha
swadhisthana
sitali
T.K.V. Desikachar
doshas
6. Brahmacharya
self restraint
vinyasa
sahashrara
anahata
7. Ahimsa
non harming
Vishnu
discipline
swadhisthana
8. Activity - movement
B.K.S. Iyengar
rajas guna
chandra bhedana
manomaya kosha
9. Abundance
yoga's origins
Vishnu
Modern
lakhski
10. Samadhi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
ajna
bija mantra
11. Svadhyaya
5 elements
anahata
study of self
Sri Krishnamacharya
12. Bliss body
prakriti
anandamaya
aitkari
surya bhedana
13. Father of yoga
antanjali
ajna
bhakti yoga
Jiddu Krishnamurti
14. 1st chakra
god triad
samana vayu
kali
muladhara
15. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
marma points
god triad
devotion
bija mantras in order
16. Liberation of stagnant prana
bhakti yoga
prakriti
asana
vijnanamaya
17. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
kali
nnamaya kosha
asana
18. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
lakhski
prakriti
B.K.S. Iyengar
udana vayu
19. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
vishuddha
sahashrara
bhakti yoga
20. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
anipura
niyamas
bandha
21. Studied under Krisnamacharya
saraswati
Pattabhi Jois
Brahma
non stealing
22. Studied under Krisnamacharya
T.K.V. Desikachar
Pattabhi Jois
anipura
Sri Krishnamacharya
23. Higher intellectual body
saraswati
urity
vijnanamaya
chandra bhedana
24. Rhythmic - increases auric body
bhastrika
asana
study of self
god triad
25. W/Swami Vivekananda
anandamaya
Modern
T.K.V. Desikachar
kali
26. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
ayurvedic healing techniques
vinyasa principles
types of meditation
vinyasa
27. Through teeth; cold
doshas
yamas
aitkari
truthfulness
28. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
vijnanamaya
prana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
yamas
29. Wisdom
saraswati
vijnanamaya
yamas
sushumna nadi
30. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
bandha
dourgha
vyana vayu
31. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
non harming
rajas guna
bandha
self restraint
32. 6th
pancha vayus
bija mantras in order
ujjayi
ajna
33. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
pranamaya kosha
truthfulness
truthfulness
T.K.V. Desikachar
34. Cool; through tongue
tamas guna
sahashrara
Preclassical
sitali
35. Protector
discipline
god triad
sahashrara
Vishnu
36. Science of life
5 elements
lakhski
ayurveda
posture
37. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
concentration
doshas
Pancha Koshas
jnana yoga
38. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
prakriti
prakriti
pingala nadi
vinyasa
39. Activity - movement
yamas
bija mantras in order
abstinence
rajas guna
40. 2nd
ajna
swadhisthana
aitkari
breath control; cultivation of prana
41. Dhyana
urity
Indra Devi
non stealing
meditation
42. Svadhyaya
observance
yamas
study of self
samana vayu
43. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
self restraint
bija mantra
prana vayu
44. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
anipura
surya bhedana
pranamaya kosha
contentment
45. 3rd
vinyasa principles
anipura
observance
chandra bhedana
46. Lion's breath
vijnanamaya
yamas
lakhski
simhasana
47. Through teeth; cold
simhasana
aitkari
Indra Devi
bandha
48. Lower mental body
udana vayu
surya bhedana
manomaya kosha
vinyasa
49. Father of yoga
non harming
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
antanjali
non harming
50. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
muladhara
meditation
Classical
meditation