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Yoga Vocab

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1. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
apana vayu
asana
yamas
pingala nadi

2. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
devotion
study of self
karma yoga
god triad

3. Purity
observance
udana vayu
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sattva guna

4. Inertia
tamas guna
Postclassical
niyamas
bandha

5. Wisdom
aitkari
saraswati
lakhski
kali

6. Niyama
prakriti
meditation
observance
Pancha Koshas

7. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
pancha vayus
Classical
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pranamaya kosha

8. Lower mental body
saraswati
study of self
manomaya kosha
anahata

9. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
truthfulness
types of meditation
pingala nadi
Indra Devi

10. Science of life
niyamas
ayurveda
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
aitkari

11. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
Vedic
Indra Devi
prana vayu

12. Asana
swadhisthana
ayurvedic healing techniques
posture
dourgha

13. Father of yoga
aitkari
ajna
antanjali
urity

14. Satya
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
asana
posture
truthfulness

15. Father of yoga
aitkari
pancha vayus
antanjali
vinyasa

16. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
Postclassical
bija mantras in order
Vishnu
Jiddu Krishnamurti

17. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
vijnanamaya
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Modern

18. Protector
Vishnu
prakriti
self restraint
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

19. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
Postclassical
ajna
contentment

20. Yama
abstinence
pranamaya kosha
non stealing
concentration

21. 3rd
Vedic
observance
anipura
raja yoga

22. Yama
bija mantras in order
abstinence
jnana yoga
swadhisthana

23. Pratyahara
non stealing
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
manomaya kosha
sushumna nadi

24. Through teeth; cold
anipura
aitkari
self restraint
study of self

25. Chakra mantra
aitkari
Postclassical
samana vayu
bija mantra

26. Activity - movement
vinyasa
jnana yoga
rajas guna
bhastrika

27. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
study of self
ajna
5 elements
lakhski

28. Dharana
ujjayi
concentration
abstinence
jnana yoga

29. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
vinyasa
saraswati
jnana yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar

30. Pranayama
non harming
anipura
Classical
breath control; cultivation of prana

31. Samadhi
yoga's origins
bandha
Indra Devi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture

32. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
bhastrika
discipline
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)

33. Yoga of mind
yamas
non stealing
jnana yoga
muladhara

34. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
sahashrara
Sri Krishnamacharya
jnana yoga
jnana yoga

35. Lion's breath
anipura
samana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
simhasana

36. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bija mantras in order
Vishnu

37. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
nnamaya kosha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
dourgha

38. Dead fast resolve
Sri Krishnamacharya
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
dourgha
abstinence

39. Svadhyaya
Preclassical
observance
bhastrika
study of self

40. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ajna
yoga's origins
ayurvedic healing techniques
raja yoga

41. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
chandra bhedana
goddesses
samana vayu

42. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
anipura
bija mantra
dourgha

43. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
ayurveda
prana vayu
vyana vayu

44. Higher intellectual body
bhastrika
vijnanamaya
karma yoga
surya bhedana

45. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
sushumna nadi
discipline
antanjali

46. 2nd
Sri Krishnamacharya
B.K.S. Iyengar
sitali
swadhisthana

47. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
surya bhedana
sitali
bija mantra
urity

48. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
kali
non stealing
vinyasa principles
Swami Vivekananda

49. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
yoga's origins
bija mantras in order
Sri Krishnamacharya
apana vayu

50. 6th
ajna
yoga's origins
Swami Vivekananda
ujjayi