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Yoga Vocab

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1. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
ajna
kali
Sri Krishnamacharya

2. 5 winds
marma points
discipline
pancha vayus
contentment

3. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
sattva guna
pranamaya kosha
antanjali

4. Disillusion
kali
discipline
non-greed
purusha

5. Asteya
ayurveda
Vishnu
vinyasa
non stealing

6. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
yamas
sitali
5 elements

7. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
swadhisthana
abstinence
anandamaya

8. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
samana vayu
nadi shodana
breath control; cultivation of prana
goddesses

9. Tapas
Modern
discipline
yamas
truthfulness

10. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
Brahma
yamas
asana
5 elements

11. Svadhyaya
contentment
apana vayu
study of self
meditation

12. Asana
rajas guna
saraswati
posture
study of self

13. Margas
ayurvedic healing techniques
bija mantras in order
lakhski
paths of yoga

14. Niyama
observance
apana vayu
yoga's origins
5 elements

15. Chakra mantra
bija mantra
ayurvedic healing techniques
karma yoga
udana vayu

16. Pranayama
rajas guna
god triad
bhakti yoga
breath control; cultivation of prana

17. Bliss body
karma yoga
anandamaya
bhakti yoga
bija mantra

18. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
kali
sitali
aitkari

19. Abundance
Indra Devi
sahashrara
lakhski
pranamaya kosha

20. Everything after Pantanjali
anandamaya
devotion
observance
Postclassical

21. Bliss body
nnamaya kosha
anandamaya
saraswati
god triad

22. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
yamas
posture
pingala nadi

23. 1st chakra
yamas
concentration
muladhara
contentment

24. 6th
ajna
simhasana
goddesses
god triad

25. Energy/emo body
prakriti
antanjali
Swami Vivekananda
pranamaya kosha

26. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
truthfulness
sushumna nadi
Vedic
purusha

27. All prevading
vyana vayu
pingala nadi
swadhisthana
Swami Vivekananda

28. Ahimsa
observance
non harming
Sri Krishnamacharya
samana vayu

29. Vata - pitta - kapha
nnamaya kosha
dourgha
anahata
doshas

30. Science of life
bija mantras in order
types of meditation
ayurveda
non stealing

31. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
truthfulness
Modern
muladhara
pingala nadi

32. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
ajna
Preclassical
concentration
Brahma

33. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
ajna
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
contentment
Preclassical

34. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago

35. Tamas - rajas - sattva
vinyasa
ayurveda
aitkari
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)

36. Dharana
self restraint
concentration
abstinence
simhasana

37. Protector
tamas guna
Vishnu
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
non-greed

38. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Classical
Indra Devi
ayurveda

39. Higher intellectual body
tamas guna
manomaya kosha
raja yoga
vijnanamaya

40. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
yamas
bandha
karma yoga

41. Spirit
vinyasa
truthfulness
Indra Devi
purusha

42. Satya
study of self
Modern
truthfulness
purusha

43. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
meditation
surya bhedana
vinyasa principles
types of meditation

44. Higher intellectual body
vijnanamaya
devotion
non-greed
Vishnu

45. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
surya bhedana
aitkari
samana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

46. Niyama
observance
T.K.V. Desikachar
jnana yoga
samana vayu

47. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
asana
non stealing
pingala nadi
non-greed

48. Activity - movement
rajas guna
T.K.V. Desikachar
types of meditation
niyamas

49. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
bhastrika
Jiddu Krishnamurti
anandamaya
god triad

50. Cool; through tongue
contentment
sitali
non stealing
vijnanamaya