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Yoga Vocab
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1. Lower mental body
jnana yoga
devotion
manomaya kosha
observance
2. Matter
Swami Vivekananda
ujjayi
types of meditation
prakriti
3. Asteya
surya bhedana
karma yoga
non stealing
simhasana
4. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
simhasana
god triad
anandamaya
sushumna nadi
5. Father of yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
antanjali
dourgha
ayurveda
6. Dharana
bhakti yoga
concentration
nnamaya kosha
meditation
7. Yama
marma points
meditation
abstinence
yoga's origins
8. Wisdom
self restraint
udana vayu
saraswati
breath control; cultivation of prana
9. Disillusion
Jiddu Krishnamurti
kali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
sitali
10. Yoga of action
udana vayu
contentment
B.K.S. Iyengar
karma yoga
11. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
sattva guna
prakriti
goddesses
nadi shodana
12. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
posture
types of meditation
Indra Devi
yamas
13. Higher intellectual body
breath control; cultivation of prana
bandha
vijnanamaya
ajna
14. Purity
abstinence
lakhski
sattva guna
bija mantra
15. Chakra mantra
bija mantra
sitali
T.K.V. Desikachar
dourgha
16. Asana
paths of yoga
pingala nadi
posture
bija mantras in order
17. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
purusha
ujjayi
anipura
bija mantra
18. Yoga of mind
Classical
jnana yoga
ajna
self restraint
19. 4th
B.K.S. Iyengar
bija mantra
anahata
prana vayu
20. Creator
udana vayu
surya bhedana
Brahma
B.K.S. Iyengar
21. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
prakriti
pingala nadi
ida nadi
sattva guna
22. Wisdom
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Preclassical
saraswati
Swami Vivekananda
23. Tamas - rajas - sattva
abstinence
truthfulness
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
vijnanamaya
24. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
ajna
B.K.S. Iyengar
samana vayu
25. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
ajna
non harming
nnamaya kosha
bija mantras in order
26. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
ayurveda
posture
ayurvedic healing techniques
Preclassical
27. Asana
posture
manomaya kosha
purusha
nadi shodana
28. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
study of self
anandamaya
udana vayu
29. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
vinyasa
prana vayu
apana vayu
pranamaya kosha
30. Svadhyaya
prana vayu
study of self
contentment
ajna
31. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
bija mantra
prana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
32. Studied under Krisnamacharya
prana vayu
anipura
devotion
Pattabhi Jois
33. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
goddesses
ujjayi
sattva guna
34. 1st chakra
non stealing
sitali
muladhara
prakriti
35. 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
surya bhedana
B.K.S. Iyengar
asana
purusha
36. Saucha
bandha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
urity
goddesses
37. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
sushumna nadi
antanjali
lakhski
38. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
god triad
nnamaya kosha
udana vayu
god triad
39. Physical body
vijnanamaya
nnamaya kosha
devotion
asana
40. 6th
ajna
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Classical
anahata
41. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Pattabhi Jois
study of self
karma yoga
Swami Vivekananda
42. Vata - pitta - kapha
pranamaya kosha
sattva guna
doshas
types of meditation
43. Satya
observance
truthfulness
sahashrara
urity
44. 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
Vishnu
anipura
truthfulness
B.K.S. Iyengar
45. Margas
bandha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
paths of yoga
bhakti yoga
46. Activity - movement
pancha vayus
rajas guna
Postclassical
B.K.S. Iyengar
47. Tamas - rajas - sattva
god triad
discipline
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
saraswati
48. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
chandra bhedana
bhakti yoga
Indra Devi
Brahma
49. Through teeth; cold
sattva guna
dourgha
bija mantra
aitkari
50. Rhythmic - increases auric body
goddesses
karma yoga
udana vayu
bhastrika