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Yoga Vocab
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1. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
prana vayu
ayurveda
dourgha
marma points
2. Bliss body
udana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
Vishnu
anandamaya
3. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
bhastrika
vinyasa
anahata
prana vayu
4. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
Modern
T.K.V. Desikachar
Pancha Koshas
samana vayu
5. Activity - movement
niyamas
anandamaya
rajas guna
Jiddu Krishnamurti
6. Yoga of physical and mental control
paths of yoga
raja yoga
rajas guna
god triad
7. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
pingala nadi
vishuddha
vinyasa
ida nadi
8. Yoga of action
karma yoga
Jiddu Krishnamurti
bhastrika
Jiddu Krishnamurti
9. Tamas - rajas - sattva
sushumna nadi
Pancha Koshas
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
bija mantra
10. Lion's breath
posture
Swami Vivekananda
karma yoga
simhasana
11. Yoga of heart
bhakti yoga
observance
abstinence
lakhski
12. Higher intellectual body
saraswati
posture
pancha vayus
vijnanamaya
13. Lion's breath
Vedic
yamas
simhasana
vishuddha
14. Abundance
apana vayu
antanjali
sushumna nadi
lakhski
15. 6th
anipura
ajna
rajas guna
ayurvedic healing techniques
16. Asana
raja yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
posture
Indra Devi
17. Purity
saraswati
sattva guna
self restraint
bija mantra
18. Science of life
breath control; cultivation of prana
prana vayu
devotion
ayurveda
19. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
self restraint
types of meditation
niyamas
meditation
20. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
saraswati
marma points
Postclassical
21. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
study of self
5 elements
bija mantras in order
non harming
22. Inertia
rajas guna
vinyasa principles
Swami Vivekananda
tamas guna
23. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
sattva guna
T.K.V. Desikachar
ujjayi
non harming
24. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
vinyasa principles
aitkari
Vedic
25. Matter
non harming
discipline
concentration
prakriti
26. 4th
paths of yoga
abstinence
anahata
Jiddu Krishnamurti
27. 2nd
prana vayu
manomaya kosha
Vedic
swadhisthana
28. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
sushumna nadi
truthfulness
vinyasa
ajna
29. Svadhyaya
study of self
Swami Vivekananda
manomaya kosha
sushumna nadi
30. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
pancha vayus
Preclassical
B.K.S. Iyengar
sattva guna
31. Ahimsa
pranamaya kosha
non harming
aitkari
saraswati
32. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
33. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
doshas
sattva guna
niyamas
34. All prevading
vyana vayu
raja yoga
posture
surya bhedana
35. Yoga of action
manomaya kosha
antanjali
bhakti yoga
karma yoga
36. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
marma points
ida nadi
concentration
bandha
37. 5th
bhastrika
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
vishuddha
kali
38. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
concentration
nadi shodana
antanjali
Pattabhi Jois
39. 1st chakra
udana vayu
muladhara
Postclassical
non-greed
40. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
surya bhedana
Preclassical
simhasana
41. Energy/emo body
vinyasa principles
study of self
anipura
pranamaya kosha
42. Brahmacharya
contentment
self restraint
manomaya kosha
god triad
43. Vata - pitta - kapha
T.K.V. Desikachar
Jiddu Krishnamurti
doshas
anandamaya
44. Yoga of mind
Vishnu
bija mantras in order
jnana yoga
study of self
45. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
non harming
pancha vayus
god triad
B.K.S. Iyengar
46. Father of yoga
antanjali
vyana vayu
observance
paths of yoga
47. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
marma points
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
yoga's origins
48. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
bandha
Classical
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
devotion
49. Niyama
truthfulness
observance
Postclassical
vinyasa principles
50. Satya
truthfulness
rajas guna
ida nadi
bija mantra