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Yoga Vocab

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1. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
vyana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
apana vayu
devotion

2. 5 winds
vinyasa principles
meditation
pancha vayus
raja yoga

3. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
Preclassical
concentration
doshas

4. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
nadi shodana
concentration
dourgha
chandra bhedana

5. 1st chakra
ujjayi
bija mantra
non harming
muladhara

6. Dharana
pancha vayus
vinyasa principles
asana
concentration

7. Liberation of stagnant prana
meditation
pancha vayus
asana
bhakti yoga

8. Aparigraha
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
non-greed
prakriti
surya bhedana

9. Niyama
vishuddha
sitali
observance
vijnanamaya

10. Wisdom
types of meditation
tamas guna
saraswati
observance

11. Niyama
observance
self restraint
Jiddu Krishnamurti
concentration

12. Disillusion
pancha vayus
kali
non harming
manomaya kosha

13. 6th
bhakti yoga
ajna
sitali
non-greed

14. Higher intellectual body
kali
devotion
jnana yoga
vijnanamaya

15. 3rd
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
anipura
breath control; cultivation of prana
nnamaya kosha

16. Ahimsa
bhakti yoga
self restraint
non harming
meditation

17. 7th
sahashrara
sushumna nadi
prakriti
B.K.S. Iyengar

18. 5th
vishuddha
niyamas
kali
chandra bhedana

19. Lion's breath
simhasana
antanjali
Pancha Koshas
Preclassical

20. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
swadhisthana
non stealing
ayurvedic healing techniques
lakhski

21. Matter
prakriti
contentment
asana
apana vayu

22. W/Swami Vivekananda
Brahma
Pancha Koshas
Modern
devotion

23. Asteya
prakriti
anandamaya
non stealing
bandha

24. Margas
saraswati
paths of yoga
non-greed
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

25. 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
Postclassical
Swami Vivekananda
Postclassical

26. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
Postclassical
antanjali
anahata

27. Inertia
non harming
jnana yoga
saraswati
tamas guna

28. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
devotion
anandamaya
types of meditation
pranamaya kosha

29. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
bija mantra
swadhisthana
ida nadi
muladhara

30. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
urity
types of meditation
breath control; cultivation of prana
Swami Vivekananda

31. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
nnamaya kosha
contentment
bandha
simhasana

32. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vinyasa
pingala nadi
prana vayu

33. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
goddesses
Pattabhi Jois
T.K.V. Desikachar
urity

34. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
sitali
non harming
aitkari

35. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
non harming
Sri Krishnamacharya
yoga's origins
prana vayu

36. Dharana
concentration
bija mantra
urity
posture

37. Yoga of physical and mental control
god triad
raja yoga
non harming
kali

38. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
prana vayu
concentration
Indra Devi
god triad

39. 3rd
5 elements
yoga's origins
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anipura

40. Spirit
bhastrika
asana
purusha
non harming

41. Cool; through tongue
purusha
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sitali
Modern

42. 6th
simhasana
non stealing
ajna
anahata

43. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
tamas guna
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
marma points

44. Pratyahara
non-greed
breath control; cultivation of prana
bandha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

45. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
ayurveda
ujjayi
bija mantras in order
pancha vayus

46. Restraints - observances
niyamas
swadhisthana
apana vayu
paths of yoga

47. Abundance
bija mantras in order
purusha
lakhski
god triad

48. Pratyahara
types of meditation
nnamaya kosha
anahata
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

49. Aparigraha
non-greed
ayurveda
prana vayu
ujjayi

50. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
T.K.V. Desikachar
5 elements
god triad
samana vayu