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Yoga Vocab
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1. Restraints - observances
Vishnu
non-greed
pranamaya kosha
niyamas
2. Studied under Krisnamacharya
urity
Pattabhi Jois
aitkari
sushumna nadi
3. Tapas
Jiddu Krishnamurti
udana vayu
discipline
pranamaya kosha
4. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
meditation
types of meditation
jnana yoga
5. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
goddesses
karma yoga
vijnanamaya
5 elements
6. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
doshas
non harming
Preclassical
antanjali
7. Lion's breath
paths of yoga
simhasana
Postclassical
purusha
8. Niyama
observance
aitkari
ajna
ujjayi
9. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
god triad
yoga's origins
sattva guna
10. Matter
god triad
non stealing
bija mantra
prakriti
11. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
contentment
prana vayu
bija mantra
Vishnu
12. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Sri Krishnamacharya
ayurvedic healing techniques
Vishnu
13. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
T.K.V. Desikachar
bandha
samana vayu
vijnanamaya
14. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
breath control; cultivation of prana
god triad
samana vayu
15. Chakra mantra
nnamaya kosha
yamas
meditation
bija mantra
16. Creator
Pattabhi Jois
karma yoga
Brahma
Sri Krishnamacharya
17. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
saraswati
vishuddha
anahata
bija mantras in order
18. Disillusion
swadhisthana
dourgha
kali
tamas guna
19. Inertia
tamas guna
ida nadi
paths of yoga
posture
20. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
saraswati
goddesses
sattva guna
21. Niyama
swadhisthana
self restraint
observance
paths of yoga
22. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
rajas guna
antanjali
study of self
nadi shodana
23. Wisdom
ida nadi
sushumna nadi
saraswati
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
24. Inertia
ayurvedic healing techniques
paths of yoga
apana vayu
tamas guna
25. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
anahata
yoga's origins
5 elements
Swami Vivekananda
26. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
pancha vayus
Vedic
simhasana
ayurvedic healing techniques
27. Bliss body
Swami Vivekananda
goddesses
Modern
anandamaya
28. 5 winds
raja yoga
pancha vayus
concentration
Jiddu Krishnamurti
29. Satya
sattva guna
contentment
Pattabhi Jois
truthfulness
30. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
T.K.V. Desikachar
sattva guna
ayurvedic healing techniques
31. Svadhyaya
study of self
concentration
samana vayu
jnana yoga
32. 5 winds
niyamas
pancha vayus
study of self
ayurveda
33. Bliss body
anandamaya
paths of yoga
breath control; cultivation of prana
ayurveda
34. Dharana
non harming
saraswati
concentration
urity
35. Liberation of stagnant prana
nadi shodana
asana
Classical
prana vayu
36. Cool; through tongue
sitali
devotion
vishuddha
purusha
37. 1st chakra
yamas
vijnanamaya
pranamaya kosha
muladhara
38. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
prana vayu
rajas guna
Pattabhi Jois
T.K.V. Desikachar
39. Asteya
non stealing
B.K.S. Iyengar
jnana yoga
pancha vayus
40. 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
dourgha
vyana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
non stealing
41. Margas
paths of yoga
devotion
nadi shodana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
42. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
udana vayu
god triad
surya bhedana
yamas
43. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
samana vayu
udana vayu
yamas
discipline
44. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
discipline
Postclassical
bandha
B.K.S. Iyengar
45. Activity - movement
apana vayu
rajas guna
concentration
ujjayi
46. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
self restraint
observance
purusha
47. Rhythmic - increases auric body
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bhastrika
types of meditation
swadhisthana
48. Science of life
Vedic
samana vayu
ayurveda
pingala nadi
49. Disillusion
non harming
pingala nadi
vijnanamaya
kali
50. Matter
prakriti
goddesses
Brahma
saraswati