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Yoga Vocab

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1. Vata - pitta - kapha
pingala nadi
bandha
Modern
doshas

2. Dhyana
observance
meditation
ujjayi
T.K.V. Desikachar

3. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ayurvedic healing techniques
B.K.S. Iyengar
ajna
ida nadi

4. Spirit
T.K.V. Desikachar
purusha
Pancha Koshas
Swami Vivekananda

5. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
raja yoga
bhakti yoga
samana vayu
urity

6. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
niyamas
sitali
raja yoga

7. Tapas
niyamas
discipline
bhakti yoga
posture

8. Pranayama
breath control; cultivation of prana
types of meditation
bija mantra
saraswati

9. Inertia
yoga's origins
tamas guna
yamas
abstinence

10. Yama
muladhara
anipura
abstinence
pancha vayus

11. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
non stealing
Classical
apana vayu
pancha vayus

12. Studied under Krisnamacharya
pranamaya kosha
nnamaya kosha
Vishnu
Pattabhi Jois

13. Purity
saraswati
goddesses
jnana yoga
sattva guna

14. Yoga of mind
rajas guna
abstinence
jnana yoga
Pattabhi Jois

15. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
bhakti yoga
Postclassical
apana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya

16. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
asana
5 elements
raja yoga
god triad

17. Science of life
yamas
ayurveda
non stealing
vishuddha

18. Higher intellectual body
vijnanamaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
rajas guna
samana vayu

19. Physical body
yamas
swadhisthana
Sri Krishnamacharya
nnamaya kosha

20. Ishvarapranidhana
contentment
tamas guna
ayurvedic healing techniques
devotion

21. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
marma points
ayurvedic healing techniques
goddesses

22. 2nd
bija mantra
swadhisthana
Vishnu
posture

23. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
urity
aitkari
urity
types of meditation

24. Saucha
simhasana
urity
marma points
Vedic

25. Spirit
paths of yoga
bija mantras in order
antanjali
purusha

26. Aparigraha
non-greed
urity
raja yoga
bandha

27. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
study of self
bija mantra
truthfulness

28. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
prana vayu
meditation
vinyasa principles
Classical

29. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
lakhski
types of meditation
contentment
raja yoga

30. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
posture
pingala nadi
asana
god triad

31. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Pancha Koshas
self restraint
Jiddu Krishnamurti
yamas

32. Pratyahara
anandamaya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
sattva guna
doshas

33. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
doshas
ujjayi
bija mantra

34. Energy/emo body
Pancha Koshas
Vedic
bandha
pranamaya kosha

35. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
surya bhedana
bhakti yoga
Modern
manomaya kosha

36. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Preclassical
chandra bhedana
asana
raja yoga

37. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
non-greed
Preclassical
observance
Indra Devi

38. Everything after Pantanjali
muladhara
purusha
Postclassical
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)

39. Svadhyaya
study of self
nnamaya kosha
ajna
Pancha Koshas

40. 4th
prakriti
anahata
sattva guna
B.K.S. Iyengar

41. Bliss body
anandamaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
bhastrika
bhakti yoga

42. Purity
sattva guna
Vedic
Pancha Koshas
study of self

43. 5 winds
dourgha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
pancha vayus
kali

44. Satya
prakriti
vyana vayu
abstinence
truthfulness

45. 5th
vishuddha
god triad
meditation
Vedic

46. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
niyamas
sitali
types of meditation

47. Lower mental body
rajas guna
manomaya kosha
aitkari
muladhara

48. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago

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49. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
abstinence
niyamas
5 elements
pranamaya kosha

50. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Postclassical
anahata
karma yoga