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Yoga Vocab
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1. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
purusha
karma yoga
bhakti yoga
2. 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
Sri Krishnamacharya
abstinence
B.K.S. Iyengar
Indra Devi
3. Ahimsa
asana
Modern
prakriti
non harming
4. Studied under Krisnamacharya
anipura
truthfulness
vinyasa
Pattabhi Jois
5. Dharana
vinyasa
Postclassical
purusha
concentration
6. 5 winds
self restraint
god triad
pancha vayus
urity
7. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
study of self
chandra bhedana
self restraint
meditation
8. 5 winds
pancha vayus
Brahma
non-greed
sushumna nadi
9. Bliss body
sushumna nadi
pingala nadi
vijnanamaya
anandamaya
10. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
meditation
Pancha Koshas
types of meditation
Sri Krishnamacharya
11. Asana
saraswati
posture
jnana yoga
Postclassical
12. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
asana
sattva guna
meditation
chandra bhedana
13. Santosha
contentment
sushumna nadi
anandamaya
goddesses
14. Lion's breath
lakhski
kali
nnamaya kosha
simhasana
15. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
nnamaya kosha
apana vayu
bandha
16. Higher intellectual body
purusha
vijnanamaya
non stealing
Preclassical
17. Matter
manomaya kosha
purusha
prakriti
Sri Krishnamacharya
18. Pranayama
non stealing
types of meditation
Classical
breath control; cultivation of prana
19. Samadhi
kali
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
non-greed
discipline
20. Ahimsa
vinyasa principles
non harming
swadhisthana
chandra bhedana
21. Protector
ida nadi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Vishnu
Pancha Koshas
22. Pratyahara
apana vayu
vijnanamaya
manomaya kosha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
23. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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24. Yoga of action
meditation
pingala nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
karma yoga
25. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
B.K.S. Iyengar
nnamaya kosha
ujjayi
Indra Devi
26. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
Jiddu Krishnamurti
ida nadi
bija mantras in order
lakhski
27. Asana
Classical
ujjayi
pancha vayus
posture
28. Cool; through tongue
ajna
sushumna nadi
sitali
saraswati
29. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
nadi shodana
vijnanamaya
Vedic
anipura
30. Rhythmic - increases auric body
bhastrika
Pattabhi Jois
aitkari
bhakti yoga
31. Aparigraha
pingala nadi
non-greed
bija mantras in order
chandra bhedana
32. Tamas - rajas - sattva
apana vayu
surya bhedana
lakhski
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
33. Activity - movement
Modern
ujjayi
rajas guna
vijnanamaya
34. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
goddesses
Vedic
dourgha
35. Dhyana
asana
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
meditation
tamas guna
36. Wisdom
sushumna nadi
samana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
saraswati
37. 5th
vishuddha
lakhski
kali
devotion
38. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
purusha
asana
marma points
sattva guna
39. Dead fast resolve
non-greed
T.K.V. Desikachar
dourgha
Brahma
40. Lion's breath
nnamaya kosha
simhasana
kali
surya bhedana
41. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
bandha
Pancha Koshas
42. 3rd
Vedic
anipura
Indra Devi
Preclassical
43. Asteya
ajna
non stealing
prana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
44. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
dourgha
devotion
aitkari
45. Inertia
lakhski
bandha
prana vayu
tamas guna
46. 2nd
lakhski
swadhisthana
ayurveda
Pancha Koshas
47. Wisdom
saraswati
meditation
anipura
swadhisthana
48. Brahmacharya
bandha
Pancha Koshas
self restraint
yoga's origins
49. Santosha
discipline
non harming
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
contentment
50. Dead fast resolve
Brahma
manomaya kosha
jnana yoga
dourgha