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Yoga Vocab
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1. Margas
Modern
nnamaya kosha
paths of yoga
niyamas
2. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
non harming
nnamaya kosha
bija mantras in order
Sri Krishnamacharya
3. Activity - movement
rajas guna
aitkari
pingala nadi
Pancha Koshas
4. 4th
non stealing
Vishnu
anahata
bija mantra
5. Matter
jnana yoga
vyana vayu
prakriti
purusha
6. Science of life
ayurveda
vijnanamaya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
ida nadi
7. Cool; through tongue
sitali
bija mantras in order
self restraint
Vedic
8. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
pranamaya kosha
T.K.V. Desikachar
bija mantras in order
kali
9. 2nd
raja yoga
types of meditation
swadhisthana
nadi shodana
10. Margas
paths of yoga
dourgha
bhastrika
bija mantras in order
11. Studied under Krisnamacharya
self restraint
Pattabhi Jois
prakriti
manomaya kosha
12. Pratyahara
sahashrara
paths of yoga
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
goddesses
13. 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
Brahma
B.K.S. Iyengar
meditation
self restraint
14. Santosha
niyamas
asana
contentment
ujjayi
15. Ishvarapranidhana
Modern
ujjayi
vishuddha
devotion
16. Pratyahara
bija mantras in order
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
bhastrika
Preclassical
17. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
meditation
saraswati
Sri Krishnamacharya
Swami Vivekananda
18. Asana
ajna
posture
Swami Vivekananda
non-greed
19. Rhythmic - increases auric body
Jiddu Krishnamurti
bhastrika
devotion
surya bhedana
20. Yoga of action
discipline
karma yoga
lakhski
5 elements
21. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
apana vayu
5 elements
goddesses
Indra Devi
22. Dharana
saraswati
concentration
bhakti yoga
yamas
23. Niyama
vyana vayu
yamas
observance
Swami Vivekananda
24. Energy/emo body
Swami Vivekananda
swadhisthana
pranamaya kosha
surya bhedana
25. Higher intellectual body
Modern
vijnanamaya
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
sattva guna
26. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
ida nadi
antanjali
ayurvedic healing techniques
27. Ishvarapranidhana
udana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
bhakti yoga
devotion
28. 5th
vishuddha
swadhisthana
yamas
abstinence
29. Higher intellectual body
bija mantra
vishuddha
Vishnu
vijnanamaya
30. Aparigraha
non-greed
B.K.S. Iyengar
Postclassical
anahata
31. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
Swami Vivekananda
surya bhedana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anipura
32. Father of yoga
types of meditation
antanjali
swadhisthana
niyamas
33. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
non stealing
yamas
nnamaya kosha
Sri Krishnamacharya
34. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
god triad
5 elements
lakhski
35. Purity
breath control; cultivation of prana
lakhski
anahata
sattva guna
36. 2nd
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
nnamaya kosha
swadhisthana
muladhara
37. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Classical
jnana yoga
niyamas
Jiddu Krishnamurti
38. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Pancha Koshas
Jiddu Krishnamurti
jnana yoga
39. 1st chakra
muladhara
marma points
pingala nadi
observance
40. Disillusion
kali
pingala nadi
muladhara
pranamaya kosha
41. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
42. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
niyamas
sattva guna
marma points
B.K.S. Iyengar
43. 5 winds
muladhara
pancha vayus
devotion
simhasana
44. Lion's breath
simhasana
sushumna nadi
abstinence
Pancha Koshas
45. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
god triad
non-greed
types of meditation
Swami Vivekananda
46. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
devotion
ayurvedic healing techniques
Preclassical
47. Spirit
prana vayu
swadhisthana
purusha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
48. Vata - pitta - kapha
sattva guna
sitali
observance
doshas
49. Bliss body
purusha
pingala nadi
Swami Vivekananda
anandamaya
50. Dhyana
meditation
Pancha Koshas
posture
Vishnu