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Yoga Vocab
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1. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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2. Aparigraha
non-greed
rajas guna
vishuddha
concentration
3. Vata - pitta - kapha
swadhisthana
posture
doshas
nnamaya kosha
4. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
samana vayu
simhasana
yamas
devotion
5. Science of life
ayurveda
study of self
Indra Devi
antanjali
6. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
5 elements
aitkari
Swami Vivekananda
vyana vayu
7. Wisdom
Vishnu
tamas guna
lakhski
saraswati
8. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
ayurvedic healing techniques
types of meditation
observance
bandha
9. W/Swami Vivekananda
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Modern
bhastrika
concentration
10. Yoga of physical and mental control
vinyasa
Vedic
raja yoga
Pattabhi Jois
11. Cool; through tongue
sitali
yoga's origins
ayurvedic healing techniques
apana vayu
12. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Classical
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pranamaya kosha
kali
13. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
chandra bhedana
surya bhedana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
14. Dhyana
ida nadi
vinyasa principles
meditation
surya bhedana
15. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
Jiddu Krishnamurti
samana vayu
marma points
16. Saucha
urity
nnamaya kosha
surya bhedana
observance
17. Pranayama
non-greed
Indra Devi
breath control; cultivation of prana
anahata
18. Brahmacharya
Vedic
purusha
Indra Devi
self restraint
19. Bliss body
ayurveda
bija mantra
anandamaya
abstinence
20. 5 winds
antanjali
simhasana
bhastrika
pancha vayus
21. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
goddesses
chandra bhedana
Classical
sattva guna
22. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Sri Krishnamacharya
nnamaya kosha
Vishnu
23. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
anandamaya
5 elements
yamas
anahata
24. Svadhyaya
study of self
urity
pranamaya kosha
truthfulness
25. Margas
dourgha
vyana vayu
karma yoga
paths of yoga
26. Yama
jnana yoga
pranamaya kosha
types of meditation
abstinence
27. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
Vedic
nadi shodana
Modern
28. Niyama
pancha vayus
apana vayu
yoga's origins
observance
29. 5th
truthfulness
vishuddha
Vishnu
self restraint
30. Everything after Pantanjali
vinyasa
Postclassical
meditation
vyana vayu
31. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
breath control; cultivation of prana
contentment
Swami Vivekananda
32. Tamas - rajas - sattva
meditation
urity
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
33. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
bija mantras in order
5 elements
Classical
34. Dead fast resolve
chandra bhedana
Postclassical
dourgha
types of meditation
35. Matter
prakriti
Preclassical
purusha
ujjayi
36. Ishvarapranidhana
abstinence
god triad
Sri Krishnamacharya
devotion
37. Dharana
paths of yoga
simhasana
sattva guna
concentration
38. Ahimsa
ajna
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non harming
udana vayu
39. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
Vishnu
vishuddha
raja yoga
40. Santosha
Modern
sushumna nadi
yamas
contentment
41. Studied under Krisnamacharya
discipline
Preclassical
kali
Pattabhi Jois
42. Father of yoga
karma yoga
antanjali
yoga's origins
non-greed
43. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
yoga's origins
truthfulness
udana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
44. Chakra mantra
niyamas
rajas guna
bija mantra
non harming
45. Svadhyaya
non harming
study of self
rajas guna
purusha
46. Asana
non harming
posture
T.K.V. Desikachar
manomaya kosha
47. Cool; through tongue
sitali
marma points
vinyasa
contentment
48. Physical body
surya bhedana
T.K.V. Desikachar
tamas guna
nnamaya kosha
49. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vyana vayu
god triad
B.K.S. Iyengar
vinyasa principles
50. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
contentment
Sri Krishnamacharya
types of meditation
jnana yoga