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Yoga Vocab
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1. Svadhyaya
posture
saraswati
study of self
Indra Devi
2. 2nd
Sri Krishnamacharya
meditation
muladhara
swadhisthana
3. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
muladhara
udana vayu
Indra Devi
anahata
4. Matter
prakriti
Swami Vivekananda
nnamaya kosha
concentration
5. 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
Pattabhi Jois
samana vayu
goddesses
6. Through teeth; cold
Sri Krishnamacharya
aitkari
karma yoga
pingala nadi
7. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
breath control; cultivation of prana
jnana yoga
prana vayu
Pancha Koshas
8. Samadhi
bhastrika
non-greed
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Vishnu
9. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
yoga's origins
vijnanamaya
pingala nadi
10. Ahimsa
vijnanamaya
vinyasa
non harming
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
11. W/Swami Vivekananda
Modern
Indra Devi
swadhisthana
udana vayu
12. 4th
devotion
Vedic
anahata
T.K.V. Desikachar
13. Science of life
doshas
ayurveda
saraswati
rajas guna
14. Tamas - rajas - sattva
Pattabhi Jois
paths of yoga
udana vayu
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
15. Inertia
antanjali
antanjali
manomaya kosha
tamas guna
16. Bliss body
B.K.S. Iyengar
anandamaya
Postclassical
nnamaya kosha
17. All prevading
vyana vayu
jnana yoga
sushumna nadi
Vedic
18. 4th
types of meditation
Postclassical
breath control; cultivation of prana
anahata
19. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
udana vayu
vijnanamaya
ayurveda
5 elements
20. Asana
Swami Vivekananda
manomaya kosha
sahashrara
posture
21. Yoga of mind
Swami Vivekananda
jnana yoga
truthfulness
bija mantras in order
22. Vata - pitta - kapha
Postclassical
doshas
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sattva guna
23. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
bhakti yoga
pranamaya kosha
24. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
Brahma
vinyasa
concentration
bija mantra
25. Satya
non-greed
truthfulness
anipura
god triad
26. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
vijnanamaya
ida nadi
yoga's origins
non stealing
27. Aparigraha
non-greed
discipline
goddesses
ayurveda
28. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
samana vayu
non stealing
god triad
29. Restraints - observances
niyamas
purusha
raja yoga
lakhski
30. Asteya
non stealing
udana vayu
sushumna nadi
non-greed
31. Santosha
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
ayurvedic healing techniques
contentment
nnamaya kosha
32. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Modern
Preclassical
prakriti
33. Protector
doshas
concentration
Vishnu
self restraint
34. Restraints - observances
niyamas
kali
sahashrara
samana vayu
35. 5th
vinyasa principles
5 elements
vishuddha
5 elements
36. Cool; through tongue
vyana vayu
dourgha
types of meditation
sitali
37. Activity - movement
pancha vayus
rajas guna
prana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
38. Disillusion
muladhara
anipura
urity
kali
39. Margas
Vishnu
paths of yoga
manomaya kosha
B.K.S. Iyengar
40. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
saraswati
chandra bhedana
Indra Devi
Postclassical
41. Activity - movement
purusha
surya bhedana
samana vayu
rajas guna
42. Lower mental body
manomaya kosha
paths of yoga
devotion
Brahma
43. Lion's breath
Swami Vivekananda
simhasana
Pancha Koshas
yamas
44. 1st chakra
muladhara
ida nadi
nnamaya kosha
types of meditation
45. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Indra Devi
ayurveda
Sri Krishnamacharya
bija mantras in order
46. 1st chakra
vinyasa
yamas
muladhara
prakriti
47. Physical body
antanjali
karma yoga
asana
nnamaya kosha
48. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
meditation
marma points
Sri Krishnamacharya
apana vayu
49. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
5 elements
god triad
karma yoga
anandamaya
50. Dhyana
urity
meditation
pancha vayus
nadi shodana