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Yoga Vocab
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1. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
bija mantra
god triad
Classical
ujjayi
2. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
bhakti yoga
bija mantra
paths of yoga
udana vayu
3. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
udana vayu
rajas guna
chandra bhedana
yamas
4. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Pancha Koshas
Postclassical
Vedic
Pattabhi Jois
5. Energy/emo body
devotion
dourgha
pranamaya kosha
sushumna nadi
6. 6th
ajna
jnana yoga
raja yoga
karma yoga
7. Lion's breath
sushumna nadi
abstinence
paths of yoga
simhasana
8. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
saraswati
concentration
Sri Krishnamacharya
vinyasa
9. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
breath control; cultivation of prana
Brahma
karma yoga
10. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
jnana yoga
types of meditation
saraswati
discipline
11. Pranayama
pingala nadi
vijnanamaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
Indra Devi
12. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
pancha vayus
goddesses
surya bhedana
bhakti yoga
13. Science of life
ayurveda
B.K.S. Iyengar
non harming
paths of yoga
14. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
yoga's origins
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Sri Krishnamacharya
udana vayu
15. Disillusion
doshas
kali
antanjali
contentment
16. Ishvarapranidhana
paths of yoga
pranamaya kosha
self restraint
devotion
17. Spirit
ida nadi
purusha
urity
kali
18. Energy/emo body
breath control; cultivation of prana
Modern
pranamaya kosha
5 elements
19. Aparigraha
paths of yoga
jnana yoga
Vishnu
non-greed
20. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
bandha
T.K.V. Desikachar
non-greed
21. Disillusion
kali
prana vayu
ida nadi
self restraint
22. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
pancha vayus
purusha
Pancha Koshas
23. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
sushumna nadi
Sri Krishnamacharya
bhastrika
pancha vayus
24. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Brahma
Jiddu Krishnamurti
paths of yoga
bhastrika
25. Lower mental body
manomaya kosha
god triad
sattva guna
anahata
26. Restraints - observances
god triad
niyamas
self restraint
chandra bhedana
27. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
pranamaya kosha
aitkari
bandha
28. All prevading
Sri Krishnamacharya
doshas
vyana vayu
kali
29. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
nadi shodana
antanjali
ujjayi
bija mantras in order
30. Ahimsa
non harming
self restraint
B.K.S. Iyengar
ajna
31. Spirit
sushumna nadi
non harming
purusha
god triad
32. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
vyana vayu
self restraint
pingala nadi
33. Matter
prakriti
Sri Krishnamacharya
doshas
antanjali
34. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
Sri Krishnamacharya
god triad
nadi shodana
non harming
35. Tapas
apana vayu
bhakti yoga
paths of yoga
discipline
36. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
vishuddha
yamas
37. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
contentment
Postclassical
vinyasa principles
Preclassical
38. Through teeth; cold
muladhara
discipline
karma yoga
aitkari
39. Dhyana
jnana yoga
meditation
concentration
samana vayu
40. 2nd
vinyasa
bija mantra
swadhisthana
Pattabhi Jois
41. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
anahata
anandamaya
nnamaya kosha
42. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
sahashrara
pingala nadi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
43. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Pancha Koshas
T.K.V. Desikachar
asana
asana
44. Chakra mantra
pingala nadi
bija mantra
Vedic
marma points
45. Purity
surya bhedana
sattva guna
sushumna nadi
sahashrara
46. Yoga of action
pranamaya kosha
sushumna nadi
karma yoga
ajna
47. Creator
asana
saraswati
vinyasa principles
Brahma
48. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
yoga's origins
goddesses
ujjayi
manomaya kosha
49. Liberation of stagnant prana
vishuddha
asana
doshas
Swami Vivekananda
50. 5 winds
aitkari
pancha vayus
vinyasa
T.K.V. Desikachar