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Yoga Vocab
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1. 4th
types of meditation
vishuddha
anahata
doshas
2. Santosha
contentment
sitali
prana vayu
Vedic
3. Samadhi
lakhski
Preclassical
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
4. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
Preclassical
bandha
bija mantras in order
anandamaya
5. Energy/emo body
karma yoga
Swami Vivekananda
yamas
pranamaya kosha
6. Inertia
tamas guna
prakriti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
udana vayu
7. Wisdom
breath control; cultivation of prana
discipline
saraswati
bija mantras in order
8. Pratyahara
nadi shodana
purusha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Brahma
9. Abundance
prana vayu
bandha
concentration
lakhski
10. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
tamas guna
doshas
ujjayi
Swami Vivekananda
11. Chakra mantra
bija mantra
samana vayu
Indra Devi
apana vayu
12. Asana
udana vayu
posture
karma yoga
pingala nadi
13. Pranayama
sushumna nadi
non harming
Brahma
breath control; cultivation of prana
14. 6th
Brahma
surya bhedana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
ajna
15. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
rajas guna
Vedic
non-greed
16. Dead fast resolve
chandra bhedana
udana vayu
dourgha
god triad
17. 3rd
anipura
B.K.S. Iyengar
chandra bhedana
5 elements
18. Spinal chord
muladhara
sattva guna
sushumna nadi
marma points
19. Niyama
goddesses
observance
meditation
kali
20. 2nd
jnana yoga
swadhisthana
apana vayu
muladhara
21. All prevading
vyana vayu
ujjayi
asana
meditation
22. Studied under Krisnamacharya
vishuddha
Pattabhi Jois
dourgha
sushumna nadi
23. Ahimsa
non harming
vinyasa principles
dourgha
bhastrika
24. Pranayama
truthfulness
breath control; cultivation of prana
yoga's origins
chandra bhedana
25. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
yoga's origins
pancha vayus
bija mantras in order
discipline
26. Father of yoga
antanjali
udana vayu
chandra bhedana
observance
27. Yama
swadhisthana
paths of yoga
rajas guna
abstinence
28. Activity - movement
rajas guna
udana vayu
chandra bhedana
pancha vayus
29. Everything after Pantanjali
doshas
nnamaya kosha
manomaya kosha
Postclassical
30. Pratyahara
Classical
doshas
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
purusha
31. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
Brahma
ujjayi
breath control; cultivation of prana
32. Yoga of mind
aitkari
ida nadi
ayurveda
jnana yoga
33. Tamas - rajas - sattva
prakriti
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Indra Devi
vinyasa principles
34. Through teeth; cold
Modern
aitkari
simhasana
prakriti
35. Santosha
nnamaya kosha
contentment
ujjayi
Vishnu
36. Yoga of heart
bhakti yoga
ujjayi
purusha
abstinence
37. Creator
Brahma
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vyana vayu
tamas guna
38. Protector
Vishnu
sitali
udana vayu
5 elements
39. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
T.K.V. Desikachar
Jiddu Krishnamurti
ida nadi
anipura
40. Disillusion
udana vayu
kali
bhastrika
bija mantra
41. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
doshas
goddesses
truthfulness
42. Yoga of physical and mental control
non-greed
saraswati
ujjayi
raja yoga
43. Yoga of action
bija mantra
Modern
vinyasa principles
karma yoga
44. Rhythmic - increases auric body
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
purusha
bhastrika
vyana vayu
45. Liberation of stagnant prana
non harming
tamas guna
Pancha Koshas
asana
46. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
Modern
saraswati
Vedic
5 elements
47. Matter
bija mantra
5 elements
pingala nadi
prakriti
48. Chakra mantra
breath control; cultivation of prana
study of self
ajna
bija mantra
49. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
doshas
prana vayu
god triad
saraswati
50. Inertia
tamas guna
nadi shodana
Postclassical
Vishnu