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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Higher intellectual body
vijnanamaya
sattva guna
kali
goddesses
2. Creator
nnamaya kosha
ajna
Brahma
sitali
3. Svadhyaya
tamas guna
Brahma
manomaya kosha
study of self
4. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
rajas guna
abstinence
swadhisthana
5. Brahmacharya
ayurveda
contentment
Pattabhi Jois
self restraint
6. Purity
asana
sattva guna
Postclassical
concentration
7. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
5 elements
muladhara
Preclassical
udana vayu
8. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
anahata
Brahma
anipura
Swami Vivekananda
9. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
rajas guna
sitali
anandamaya
Sri Krishnamacharya
10. Aparigraha
aitkari
Pattabhi Jois
non-greed
Preclassical
11. Studied under Krisnamacharya
nadi shodana
anipura
karma yoga
Pattabhi Jois
12. 7th
non-greed
goddesses
doshas
sahashrara
13. Yoga of physical and mental control
antanjali
raja yoga
ajna
apana vayu
14. 5th
manomaya kosha
devotion
vishuddha
tamas guna
15. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
sattva guna
Pancha Koshas
purusha
T.K.V. Desikachar
16. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
pancha vayus
prana vayu
niyamas
Indra Devi
17. Wisdom
saraswati
lakhski
doshas
chandra bhedana
18. Dhyana
pancha vayus
doshas
Vedic
meditation
19. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
nnamaya kosha
Vishnu
saraswati
20. 2nd
swadhisthana
contentment
jnana yoga
goddesses
21. W/Swami Vivekananda
Modern
muladhara
Sri Krishnamacharya
sahashrara
22. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
sattva guna
vinyasa
posture
23. Activity - movement
rajas guna
posture
simhasana
ajna
24. 5 winds
types of meditation
pancha vayus
Postclassical
raja yoga
25. Dead fast resolve
devotion
abstinence
devotion
dourgha
26. 4th
Postclassical
vinyasa principles
sitali
anahata
27. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
antanjali
prana vayu
Classical
swadhisthana
28. 4th
types of meditation
simhasana
anahata
meditation
29. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
T.K.V. Desikachar
yamas
swadhisthana
karma yoga
30. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
sitali
udana vayu
tamas guna
jnana yoga
31. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
bhakti yoga
ajna
god triad
ida nadi
32. Yoga of action
T.K.V. Desikachar
karma yoga
non-greed
Vishnu
33. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
asana
bandha
vinyasa
T.K.V. Desikachar
34. Creator
bija mantra
posture
sitali
Brahma
35. Saucha
non-greed
urity
marma points
self restraint
36. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
Jiddu Krishnamurti
kali
vinyasa
anipura
37. 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
raja yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
antanjali
sushumna nadi
38. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
non harming
prakriti
Brahma
apana vayu
39. Asteya
vinyasa principles
concentration
non stealing
Jiddu Krishnamurti
40. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
sushumna nadi
antanjali
Classical
41. Through teeth; cold
paths of yoga
bhakti yoga
contentment
aitkari
42. Yoga of mind
concentration
jnana yoga
kali
pingala nadi
43. Yama
tamas guna
karma yoga
vyana vayu
abstinence
44. 7th
surya bhedana
rajas guna
sahashrara
Postclassical
45. Yoga of mind
marma points
ujjayi
jnana yoga
contentment
46. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
sattva guna
jnana yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
47. Satya
breath control; cultivation of prana
nnamaya kosha
truthfulness
bhakti yoga
48. Cool; through tongue
anipura
samana vayu
sitali
prakriti
49. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
ayurvedic healing techniques
simhasana
Sri Krishnamacharya
karma yoga
50. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
udana vayu
ajna
prana vayu