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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Bliss body
Postclassical
bija mantras in order
yamas
anandamaya
2. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
bandha
prana vayu
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
marma points
3. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
rajas guna
purusha
bhakti yoga
bandha
4. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
anandamaya
prana vayu
nadi shodana
swadhisthana
5. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
tamas guna
non-greed
observance
chandra bhedana
6. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
kali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
bandha
Pancha Koshas
7. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
Jiddu Krishnamurti
jnana yoga
ida nadi
bija mantras in order
8. Higher intellectual body
prana vayu
sahashrara
apana vayu
vijnanamaya
9. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
paths of yoga
Pattabhi Jois
yoga's origins
apana vayu
10. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
god triad
goddesses
meditation
saraswati
11. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
manomaya kosha
udana vayu
pingala nadi
raja yoga
12. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
yoga's origins
anahata
Sri Krishnamacharya
13. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
sahashrara
types of meditation
Pancha Koshas
vishuddha
14. Lower mental body
manomaya kosha
contentment
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
niyamas
15. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
bija mantra
Classical
Pancha Koshas
16. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
truthfulness
anahata
Postclassical
types of meditation
17. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
posture
Vishnu
bhakti yoga
Swami Vivekananda
18. 5th
bija mantra
nnamaya kosha
muladhara
vishuddha
19. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
Classical
posture
Brahma
20. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
sushumna nadi
pingala nadi
chandra bhedana
study of self
21. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bandha
posture
tamas guna
22. Father of yoga
prakriti
concentration
antanjali
jnana yoga
23. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
dourgha
udana vayu
vinyasa
marma points
24. All prevading
concentration
chandra bhedana
vyana vayu
sattva guna
25. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
anipura
Vedic
prakriti
muladhara
26. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
jnana yoga
saraswati
Indra Devi
karma yoga
27. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
marma points
surya bhedana
manomaya kosha
observance
28. Niyama
dourgha
surya bhedana
discipline
observance
29. Inertia
tamas guna
Jiddu Krishnamurti
anipura
contentment
30. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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31. Ishvarapranidhana
purusha
devotion
vishuddha
Pattabhi Jois
32. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
vyana vayu
Classical
vishuddha
breath control; cultivation of prana
33. Tamas - rajas - sattva
sushumna nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
bhakti yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
34. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
simhasana
nnamaya kosha
meditation
vinyasa principles
35. Disillusion
karma yoga
abstinence
kali
prakriti
36. Cool; through tongue
swadhisthana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
meditation
sitali
37. Creator
Brahma
sahashrara
Jiddu Krishnamurti
5 elements
38. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
yoga's origins
anahata
T.K.V. Desikachar
observance
39. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
apana vayu
bandha
prana vayu
simhasana
40. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
bija mantra
Swami Vivekananda
surya bhedana
41. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
surya bhedana
Preclassical
anipura
vyana vayu
42. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
posture
ayurveda
meditation
43. Bliss body
paths of yoga
anandamaya
non harming
anipura
44. Tapas
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
discipline
nadi shodana
swadhisthana
45. W/Swami Vivekananda
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Modern
samana vayu
meditation
46. Chakra mantra
T.K.V. Desikachar
truthfulness
vijnanamaya
bija mantra
47. Dharana
T.K.V. Desikachar
concentration
vishuddha
bhastrika
48. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
Vishnu
yamas
bija mantras in order
ujjayi
49. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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50. Ahimsa
non harming
vinyasa
yoga's origins
concentration