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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Ishvarapranidhana
posture
prakriti
devotion
vinyasa
2. Tamas - rajas - sattva
ujjayi
urity
Preclassical
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
3. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
asana
kali
pingala nadi
yamas
4. Tapas
Brahma
discipline
doshas
types of meditation
5. Father of yoga
sitali
non harming
antanjali
meditation
6. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
purusha
ayurvedic healing techniques
Pancha Koshas
Postclassical
7. Bliss body
vinyasa principles
anandamaya
Indra Devi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
8. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
observance
rajas guna
vinyasa principles
rajas guna
9. Pratyahara
purusha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
study of self
nnamaya kosha
10. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
Modern
vijnanamaya
goddesses
ida nadi
11. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
muladhara
Vishnu
surya bhedana
12. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
sattva guna
muladhara
manomaya kosha
13. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
anipura
muladhara
yamas
14. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
discipline
surya bhedana
Preclassical
15. Through teeth; cold
Modern
nadi shodana
aitkari
posture
16. 3rd
observance
marma points
anipura
sushumna nadi
17. Santosha
goddesses
dourgha
contentment
Vishnu
18. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
purusha
marma points
Classical
Pancha Koshas
19. Everything after Pantanjali
ida nadi
concentration
contentment
Postclassical
20. Wisdom
devotion
saraswati
bija mantras in order
lakhski
21. Wisdom
discipline
Vedic
devotion
saraswati
22. Ahimsa
non harming
Indra Devi
asana
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
23. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
rajas guna
yoga's origins
Postclassical
24. Matter
Indra Devi
meditation
prakriti
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
25. 1st chakra
kali
anipura
muladhara
non stealing
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
B.K.S. Iyengar
bandha
vishuddha
doshas
27. 6th
ajna
abstinence
kali
manomaya kosha
28. Vata - pitta - kapha
urity
sattva guna
concentration
doshas
29. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
Classical
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
30. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
prana vayu
self restraint
vinyasa
goddesses
31. Activity - movement
rajas guna
nadi shodana
muladhara
marma points
32. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
study of self
doshas
Vedic
5 elements
33. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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34. Energy/emo body
observance
vijnanamaya
pranamaya kosha
B.K.S. Iyengar
35. 1st chakra
muladhara
kali
Pattabhi Jois
bhakti yoga
36. Physical body
chandra bhedana
nnamaya kosha
non-greed
god triad
37. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
study of self
apana vayu
abstinence
38. Aparigraha
concentration
marma points
non harming
non-greed
39. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
kali
samana vayu
Postclassical
muladhara
40. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
surya bhedana
anandamaya
asana
jnana yoga
41. Liberation of stagnant prana
abstinence
prana vayu
asana
contentment
42. Rhythmic - increases auric body
marma points
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Classical
bhastrika
43. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
dourgha
bhastrika
meditation
prana vayu
44. Abundance
self restraint
pranamaya kosha
lakhski
Postclassical
45. Tapas
discipline
Pattabhi Jois
muladhara
chandra bhedana
46. Matter
prakriti
B.K.S. Iyengar
lakhski
Vishnu
47. 2nd
saraswati
meditation
swadhisthana
lakhski
48. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
anahata
T.K.V. Desikachar
jnana yoga
bija mantras in order
49. Science of life
prakriti
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
ayurveda
swadhisthana
50. Restraints - observances
chandra bhedana
rajas guna
niyamas
pranamaya kosha