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Yoga Vocab
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1. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
niyamas
ujjayi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Swami Vivekananda
2. 4th
Pattabhi Jois
vyana vayu
anahata
anandamaya
3. Santosha
Swami Vivekananda
sushumna nadi
samana vayu
contentment
4. Lion's breath
observance
sushumna nadi
bija mantras in order
simhasana
5. 1st chakra
vyana vayu
muladhara
Vedic
chandra bhedana
6. 1st chakra
meditation
ayurveda
Sri Krishnamacharya
muladhara
7. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
Postclassical
Jiddu Krishnamurti
samana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
8. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
non harming
T.K.V. Desikachar
asana
9. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
Postclassical
nadi shodana
pingala nadi
ida nadi
10. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
Preclassical
ayurvedic healing techniques
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
tamas guna
11. Lower mental body
bija mantras in order
vijnanamaya
manomaya kosha
prakriti
12. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
urity
sushumna nadi
manomaya kosha
apana vayu
13. Higher intellectual body
anandamaya
vijnanamaya
yamas
sushumna nadi
14. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
purusha
B.K.S. Iyengar
Swami Vivekananda
15. Bliss body
raja yoga
anandamaya
bija mantras in order
pancha vayus
16. Chakra mantra
observance
sahashrara
bija mantra
surya bhedana
17. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
rajas guna
5 elements
observance
T.K.V. Desikachar
18. 7th
sahashrara
non harming
ayurveda
ayurveda
19. 3rd
Classical
nadi shodana
anipura
non-greed
20. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
21. Lower mental body
B.K.S. Iyengar
manomaya kosha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Postclassical
22. Spirit
pancha vayus
raja yoga
vishuddha
purusha
23. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
Pancha Koshas
5 elements
manomaya kosha
24. Father of yoga
god triad
vinyasa
ajna
antanjali
25. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
anipura
yoga's origins
bandha
ida nadi
26. Cool; through tongue
udana vayu
simhasana
sitali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
27. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
vijnanamaya
surya bhedana
muladhara
anahata
28. Asana
posture
B.K.S. Iyengar
swadhisthana
god triad
29. Wisdom
saraswati
surya bhedana
posture
breath control; cultivation of prana
30. Niyama
non harming
observance
kali
Vedic
31. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
Vishnu
Modern
types of meditation
32. 5th
nadi shodana
vishuddha
swadhisthana
bhakti yoga
33. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
yamas
Vedic
kali
simhasana
34. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
meditation
goddesses
Swami Vivekananda
vinyasa
35. Pranayama
breath control; cultivation of prana
udana vayu
Postclassical
truthfulness
36. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
sitali
bandha
kali
ayurveda
37. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
niyamas
vijnanamaya
saraswati
goddesses
38. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
vinyasa
ida nadi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
5 elements
39. Higher intellectual body
Preclassical
vijnanamaya
bhakti yoga
nnamaya kosha
40. Yama
anipura
non stealing
abstinence
god triad
41. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
surya bhedana
swadhisthana
antanjali
42. Through teeth; cold
bija mantras in order
study of self
anahata
aitkari
43. 7th
kali
Postclassical
sahashrara
pingala nadi
44. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
ayurveda
Sri Krishnamacharya
asana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
45. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
nnamaya kosha
pranamaya kosha
Pattabhi Jois
Pancha Koshas
46. 2nd
kali
sattva guna
swadhisthana
niyamas
47. Abundance
antanjali
nadi shodana
lakhski
sushumna nadi
48. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
samana vayu
posture
god triad
49. Svadhyaya
chandra bhedana
study of self
bija mantra
Modern
50. Asana
anahata
manomaya kosha
posture
ida nadi