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Yoga Vocab
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1. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Preclassical
raja yoga
tamas guna
Vedic
2. Lower mental body
contentment
tamas guna
manomaya kosha
Vedic
3. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
Pattabhi Jois
Swami Vivekananda
lakhski
5 elements
4. Satya
5 elements
marma points
types of meditation
truthfulness
5. Higher intellectual body
vinyasa principles
sahashrara
vijnanamaya
marma points
6. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
bhakti yoga
vinyasa principles
karma yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
7. Abundance
pancha vayus
self restraint
lakhski
B.K.S. Iyengar
8. Restraints - observances
lakhski
non stealing
vyana vayu
niyamas
9. 7th
non-greed
goddesses
devotion
sahashrara
10. Aparigraha
Indra Devi
surya bhedana
non-greed
Modern
11. Purity
udana vayu
non harming
study of self
sattva guna
12. Wisdom
saraswati
kali
prana vayu
goddesses
13. Chakra mantra
nnamaya kosha
pancha vayus
simhasana
bija mantra
14. Through teeth; cold
ajna
goddesses
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
aitkari
15. Vata - pitta - kapha
antanjali
doshas
prana vayu
sitali
16. Wisdom
meditation
saraswati
Pattabhi Jois
non stealing
17. Protector
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Vishnu
prakriti
non-greed
18. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
anipura
paths of yoga
kali
19. Svadhyaya
sushumna nadi
non-greed
study of self
abstinence
20. Bliss body
ujjayi
anandamaya
simhasana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
21. 4th
pingala nadi
types of meditation
lakhski
anahata
22. 7th
sahashrara
udana vayu
bija mantras in order
yamas
23. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
truthfulness
dourgha
aitkari
god triad
24. Matter
vinyasa principles
prakriti
sahashrara
yoga's origins
25. Margas
paths of yoga
karma yoga
purusha
ayurveda
26. 5 winds
paths of yoga
pancha vayus
marma points
Classical
27. Pranayama
goddesses
sushumna nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
ajna
28. Saucha
urity
udana vayu
aitkari
purusha
29. Asteya
sattva guna
non stealing
raja yoga
non harming
30. Lion's breath
anahata
simhasana
prakriti
sahashrara
31. Spinal chord
devotion
sushumna nadi
Vishnu
sahashrara
32. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
tamas guna
raja yoga
sitali
33. Activity - movement
rajas guna
prakriti
nadi shodana
asana
34. W/Swami Vivekananda
tamas guna
T.K.V. Desikachar
Modern
anahata
35. Asteya
Brahma
vishuddha
non stealing
posture
36. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
goddesses
Classical
paths of yoga
paths of yoga
37. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
self restraint
ayurvedic healing techniques
dourgha
purusha
38. Liberation of stagnant prana
prakriti
samana vayu
asana
marma points
39. 1st chakra
lakhski
muladhara
chandra bhedana
nnamaya kosha
40. Santosha
pancha vayus
contentment
anipura
antanjali
41. Creator
bija mantras in order
Brahma
raja yoga
Preclassical
42. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
anandamaya
prana vayu
rajas guna
apana vayu
43. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
antanjali
bandha
vinyasa
Indra Devi
44. Dead fast resolve
paths of yoga
dourgha
Pancha Koshas
Sri Krishnamacharya
45. Inertia
bandha
T.K.V. Desikachar
ayurvedic healing techniques
tamas guna
46. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
bija mantra
vijnanamaya
pranamaya kosha
types of meditation
47. 3rd
manomaya kosha
vinyasa
Pancha Koshas
anipura
48. Matter
pingala nadi
sitali
prakriti
goddesses
49. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
purusha
observance
vishuddha
50. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
surya bhedana
manomaya kosha
ayurvedic healing techniques
prana vayu