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Yoga Vocab

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1. Brahmacharya
self restraint
prana vayu
nnamaya kosha
yamas

2. Wisdom
god triad
nnamaya kosha
saraswati
antanjali

3. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
Indra Devi
urity
swadhisthana

4. Yoga of mind
goddesses
tamas guna
breath control; cultivation of prana
jnana yoga

5. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
vinyasa
prana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
apana vayu

6. Lower mental body
manomaya kosha
niyamas
muladhara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

7. Spirit
doshas
purusha
samana vayu
Classical

8. Niyama
ajna
ida nadi
observance
rajas guna

9. Lion's breath
devotion
simhasana
kali
nadi shodana

10. Tamas - rajas - sattva
tamas guna
breath control; cultivation of prana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Swami Vivekananda

11. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
udana vayu
muladhara
ajna
Pancha Koshas

12. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
study of self
Vishnu
T.K.V. Desikachar

13. Brahmacharya
Postclassical
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Modern
self restraint

14. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vijnanamaya
marma points
yoga's origins
vinyasa

15. Purity
swadhisthana
sattva guna
anahata
vinyasa

16. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
Postclassical
samana vayu
nnamaya kosha

17. Inertia
tamas guna
ida nadi
abstinence
self restraint

18. Physical body
karma yoga
swadhisthana
nnamaya kosha
Swami Vivekananda

19. 3rd
anipura
udana vayu
purusha
chandra bhedana

20. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
udana vayu
urity
study of self

21. Pranayama
Swami Vivekananda
paths of yoga
breath control; cultivation of prana
truthfulness

22. Matter
anandamaya
kali
concentration
prakriti

23. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
bandha
truthfulness
5 elements
Jiddu Krishnamurti

24. Dhyana
yoga's origins
meditation
Vishnu
breath control; cultivation of prana

25. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
Pattabhi Jois
T.K.V. Desikachar
concentration
udana vayu

26. Cool; through tongue
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
non harming
abstinence
sitali

27. Through teeth; cold
antanjali
aitkari
vinyasa principles
Pancha Koshas

28. 2nd
pranamaya kosha
swadhisthana
Postclassical
marma points

29. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sushumna nadi
sattva guna
lakhski

30. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Preclassical
manomaya kosha
types of meditation

31. Pratyahara
yamas
vyana vayu
Pancha Koshas
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

32. Satya
truthfulness
ajna
Sri Krishnamacharya
vijnanamaya

33. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ayurvedic healing techniques
non harming
vinyasa principles
ujjayi

34. Spinal chord
Sri Krishnamacharya
ida nadi
vijnanamaya
sushumna nadi

35. Everything after Pantanjali
udana vayu
Postclassical
Swami Vivekananda
breath control; cultivation of prana

36. 1st chakra
god triad
ayurveda
muladhara
ujjayi

37. Science of life
pingala nadi
ayurveda
nnamaya kosha
Postclassical

38. Disillusion
kali
observance
jnana yoga
dourgha

39. Tapas
bhastrika
Classical
paths of yoga
discipline

40. 3rd
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anipura
udana vayu
vijnanamaya

41. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
vishuddha
samana vayu
study of self
rajas guna

42. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
udana vayu
doshas
Postclassical
pingala nadi

43. Asteya
vishuddha
Postclassical
nadi shodana
non stealing

44. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
antanjali
Pancha Koshas
non-greed

45. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
tamas guna
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
study of self
god triad

46. Lion's breath
surya bhedana
simhasana
ayurvedic healing techniques
udana vayu

47. 6th
observance
prakriti
ajna
karma yoga

48. W/Swami Vivekananda
kali
pingala nadi
Modern
types of meditation

49. 1st chakra
Pancha Koshas
lakhski
prana vayu
muladhara

50. Activity - movement
rajas guna
bhakti yoga
yoga's origins
study of self