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Yoga Vocab
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1. 7th
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
karma yoga
sahashrara
yamas
2. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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3. Lower mental body
sattva guna
manomaya kosha
udana vayu
bhastrika
4. 3rd
ida nadi
anipura
purusha
Indra Devi
5. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
samana vayu
goddesses
ujjayi
non stealing
6. Brahmacharya
self restraint
Swami Vivekananda
devotion
Indra Devi
7. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
saraswati
meditation
aitkari
8. Pranayama
bhastrika
breath control; cultivation of prana
vijnanamaya
chandra bhedana
9. 5th
vishuddha
pingala nadi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
tamas guna
10. Rhythmic - increases auric body
vishuddha
vinyasa
Pattabhi Jois
bhastrika
11. Protector
apana vayu
Vishnu
chandra bhedana
aitkari
12. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
kali
ida nadi
meditation
pancha vayus
13. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
Brahma
Pancha Koshas
ida nadi
14. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
lakhski
marma points
apana vayu
anipura
15. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
purusha
bandha
Vishnu
16. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
simhasana
pingala nadi
Indra Devi
17. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
vinyasa
pranamaya kosha
yamas
18. Creator
discipline
anandamaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
Brahma
19. Science of life
pancha vayus
ayurveda
chandra bhedana
swadhisthana
20. 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
sushumna nadi
manomaya kosha
ayurveda
21. Higher intellectual body
asana
vijnanamaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
meditation
22. Cool; through tongue
ida nadi
pancha vayus
sitali
nadi shodana
23. Lion's breath
simhasana
self restraint
Jiddu Krishnamurti
lakhski
24. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
ajna
devotion
nadi shodana
Preclassical
25. Abundance
jnana yoga
Vedic
lakhski
niyamas
26. Inertia
tamas guna
bhastrika
Postclassical
antanjali
27. Restraints - observances
Brahma
niyamas
abstinence
vijnanamaya
28. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
dourgha
urity
vishuddha
bandha
29. 1st chakra
marma points
muladhara
pranamaya kosha
rajas guna
30. Yoga of heart
non stealing
Modern
Brahma
bhakti yoga
31. Satya
nnamaya kosha
truthfulness
Pancha Koshas
aitkari
32. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
ayurveda
purusha
bija mantra
god triad
33. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
manomaya kosha
yamas
prana vayu
ujjayi
34. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
rajas guna
purusha
purusha
35. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
T.K.V. Desikachar
vinyasa
contentment
36. Inertia
apana vayu
jnana yoga
tamas guna
surya bhedana
37. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
dourgha
Indra Devi
prana vayu
karma yoga
38. Father of yoga
kali
nadi shodana
antanjali
vinyasa principles
39. All prevading
karma yoga
vyana vayu
anipura
devotion
40. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
paths of yoga
ujjayi
sahashrara
sushumna nadi
41. Purity
truthfulness
sattva guna
udana vayu
rajas guna
42. W/Swami Vivekananda
aitkari
Modern
concentration
god triad
43. 2nd
swadhisthana
sushumna nadi
yoga's origins
Jiddu Krishnamurti
44. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Pancha Koshas
chandra bhedana
45. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
Brahma
swadhisthana
devotion
46. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
bija mantras in order
rajas guna
apana vayu
sushumna nadi
47. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
concentration
muladhara
Preclassical
surya bhedana
48. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
Modern
Indra Devi
bhastrika
49. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
muladhara
pingala nadi
non stealing
50. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
aitkari
kali
non stealing