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Yoga Vocab

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1. Cool; through tongue
sitali
rajas guna
pancha vayus
simhasana

2. Yoga of mind
jnana yoga
Preclassical
B.K.S. Iyengar
observance

3. 7th
sitali
bandha
sahashrara
ida nadi

4. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
bhakti yoga
aitkari
types of meditation
pranamaya kosha

5. Wisdom
Sri Krishnamacharya
muladhara
saraswati
bija mantra

6. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
yoga's origins
Preclassical
Indra Devi
bhastrika

7. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
Swami Vivekananda
vyana vayu
Postclassical

8. Everything after Pantanjali
Postclassical
udana vayu
anipura
vishuddha

9. Protector
Brahma
Vishnu
sushumna nadi
prana vayu

10. Niyama
niyamas
bija mantras in order
observance
devotion

11. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
anahata
tamas guna
Pancha Koshas
saraswati

12. Asana
Postclassical
posture
sahashrara
antanjali

13. Samadhi
truthfulness
god triad
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
manomaya kosha

14. Yoga of heart
bhakti yoga
anahata
vishuddha
prakriti

15. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
T.K.V. Desikachar
saraswati
asana
Preclassical

16. Margas
vinyasa
Brahma
sahashrara
paths of yoga

17. 3rd
Pancha Koshas
anipura
Classical
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture

18. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
swadhisthana
apana vayu
devotion
Swami Vivekananda

19. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
paths of yoga
simhasana
vinyasa

20. Rhythmic - increases auric body
T.K.V. Desikachar
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
5 elements
bhastrika

21. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
sitali
vijnanamaya
self restraint

22. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
pancha vayus
ujjayi
Classical
ajna

23. Activity - movement
god triad
asana
rajas guna
nnamaya kosha

24. Higher intellectual body
anahata
bija mantras in order
nnamaya kosha
vijnanamaya

25. Niyama
B.K.S. Iyengar
observance
Postclassical
swadhisthana

26. Cool; through tongue
Preclassical
jnana yoga
sitali
yamas

27. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
apana vayu
pancha vayus
bandha
sushumna nadi

28. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
simhasana
surya bhedana
doshas
raja yoga

29. 5th
vishuddha
types of meditation
bhastrika
prakriti

30. Science of life
goddesses
niyamas
ayurveda
Pattabhi Jois

31. Svadhyaya
observance
study of self
pranamaya kosha
chandra bhedana

32. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
lakhski
Vishnu
prakriti
T.K.V. Desikachar

33. Ishvarapranidhana
prana vayu
sushumna nadi
B.K.S. Iyengar
devotion

34. Pranayama
ida nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
chandra bhedana
ujjayi

35. All prevading
niyamas
ayurvedic healing techniques
self restraint
vyana vayu

36. All prevading
vyana vayu
paths of yoga
dourgha
samana vayu

37. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Preclassical
raja yoga
bandha
study of self

38. Asana
contentment
tamas guna
vyana vayu
posture

39. Bliss body
lakhski
anandamaya
observance
Jiddu Krishnamurti

40. Tapas
discipline
prana vayu
rajas guna
Modern

41. Tapas
kali
Swami Vivekananda
Vedic
discipline

42. Abundance
bhastrika
non harming
lakhski
Brahma

43. Dharana
kali
concentration
posture
bhakti yoga

44. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
apana vayu
pingala nadi
devotion
goddesses

45. Brahmacharya
sushumna nadi
self restraint
urity
Jiddu Krishnamurti

46. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
surya bhedana
self restraint
pancha vayus
goddesses

47. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
study of self
simhasana
ayurvedic healing techniques
pancha vayus

48. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
prana vayu
ida nadi
prakriti

49. Bliss body
anandamaya
non-greed
jnana yoga
contentment

50. 5th
bija mantra
ujjayi
vishuddha
Vishnu