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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Activity - movement
sahashrara
rajas guna
swadhisthana
Vedic
2. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
paths of yoga
saraswati
prana vayu
3. Higher intellectual body
simhasana
vijnanamaya
ayurvedic healing techniques
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
4. Spirit
bandha
saraswati
pancha vayus
purusha
5. 2nd
prakriti
bhakti yoga
swadhisthana
Sri Krishnamacharya
6. 4th
jnana yoga
anahata
vinyasa principles
Preclassical
7. Saucha
vijnanamaya
urity
vishuddha
breath control; cultivation of prana
8. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
abstinence
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
pancha vayus
udana vayu
9. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
yoga's origins
sushumna nadi
bija mantras in order
non harming
10. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
kali
concentration
antanjali
11. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
simhasana
ayurveda
goddesses
samana vayu
12. Wisdom
saraswati
yoga's origins
god triad
B.K.S. Iyengar
13. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
discipline
vinyasa principles
goddesses
14. Through teeth; cold
marma points
aitkari
pancha vayus
truthfulness
15. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
Sri Krishnamacharya
anandamaya
nadi shodana
T.K.V. Desikachar
16. Ishvarapranidhana
non harming
anahata
devotion
vishuddha
17. 1st chakra
observance
sattva guna
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
muladhara
18. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
muladhara
niyamas
prana vayu
marma points
19. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
asana
Sri Krishnamacharya
niyamas
20. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
lakhski
muladhara
pancha vayus
nadi shodana
21. Abundance
goddesses
niyamas
lakhski
Pancha Koshas
22. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
types of meditation
vinyasa
nnamaya kosha
aitkari
23. Chakra mantra
aitkari
devotion
bija mantra
ayurveda
24. Yoga of mind
udana vayu
sitali
Vishnu
jnana yoga
25. Lion's breath
vyana vayu
kali
ayurveda
simhasana
26. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
self restraint
Postclassical
ida nadi
tamas guna
27. Asteya
swadhisthana
vyana vayu
non stealing
karma yoga
28. Bliss body
Classical
anandamaya
udana vayu
apana vayu
29. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
devotion
niyamas
5 elements
vinyasa principles
30. Saucha
paths of yoga
simhasana
simhasana
urity
31. Science of life
doshas
god triad
Pancha Koshas
ayurveda
32. Svadhyaya
B.K.S. Iyengar
rajas guna
urity
study of self
33. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
anahata
ujjayi
ida nadi
34. Dhyana
concentration
meditation
prakriti
Brahma
35. Yoga of physical and mental control
Pattabhi Jois
raja yoga
non stealing
non stealing
36. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
udana vayu
bija mantra
chandra bhedana
bandha
37. Father of yoga
tamas guna
antanjali
concentration
T.K.V. Desikachar
38. Matter
prakriti
self restraint
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
devotion
39. Asana
abstinence
posture
self restraint
jnana yoga
40. Ahimsa
Indra Devi
vyana vayu
purusha
non harming
41. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
sahashrara
Classical
yoga's origins
types of meditation
42. Niyama
vinyasa
observance
anipura
dourgha
43. 1st chakra
study of self
anipura
muladhara
sitali
44. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
types of meditation
Preclassical
Pattabhi Jois
doshas
45. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
bhastrika
B.K.S. Iyengar
antanjali
goddesses
46. Bliss body
urity
non-greed
dourgha
anandamaya
47. Creator
sitali
Sri Krishnamacharya
Brahma
marma points
48. Rhythmic - increases auric body
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
breath control; cultivation of prana
bhastrika
types of meditation
49. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
raja yoga
pranamaya kosha
nnamaya kosha
50. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
purusha
simhasana
discipline