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Yoga Vocab

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1. Spirit
Pancha Koshas
vinyasa
vyana vayu
purusha

2. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
pingala nadi
anandamaya
vinyasa

3. Cool; through tongue
sitali
tamas guna
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non stealing

4. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
truthfulness
karma yoga
meditation
Preclassical

5. Ishvarapranidhana
udana vayu
5 elements
aitkari
devotion

6. Lower mental body
niyamas
marma points
bhakti yoga
manomaya kosha

7. Yoga of heart
non harming
bhakti yoga
discipline
udana vayu

8. Brahmacharya
aitkari
self restraint
swadhisthana
jnana yoga

9. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
simhasana
surya bhedana
posture
breath control; cultivation of prana

10. Pratyahara
asana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non-greed
ida nadi

11. Purity
doshas
study of self
sattva guna
vinyasa

12. 7th
nnamaya kosha
sahashrara
bandha
Pancha Koshas

13. Inertia
abstinence
tamas guna
pancha vayus
asana

14. Ahimsa
kali
Jiddu Krishnamurti
jnana yoga
non harming

15. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
vinyasa principles
bija mantras in order
ayurveda
goddesses

16. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
tamas guna
purusha
Sri Krishnamacharya

17. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
non-greed
meditation
pranamaya kosha

18. Aparigraha
kali
bija mantra
rajas guna
non-greed

19. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
chandra bhedana
posture
apana vayu
Swami Vivekananda

20. 1st chakra
nnamaya kosha
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
ujjayi
muladhara

21. Chakra mantra
sitali
surya bhedana
aitkari
bija mantra

22. All prevading
breath control; cultivation of prana
vyana vayu
antanjali
non harming

23. Asana
manomaya kosha
Sri Krishnamacharya
chandra bhedana
posture

24. Samadhi
contentment
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Modern
chandra bhedana

25. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
Indra Devi
dourgha
god triad
prakriti

26. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Brahma
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting

27. Yoga of heart
Vedic
bhakti yoga
ajna
Postclassical

28. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
kali
yamas
bhastrika
ida nadi

29. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
truthfulness
bhakti yoga
ujjayi
bandha

30. 2nd
swadhisthana
kali
self restraint
manomaya kosha

31. Aparigraha
breath control; cultivation of prana
manomaya kosha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
non-greed

32. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
asana
sitali
vishuddha
Vedic

33. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Classical
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
dourgha
sattva guna

34. Dharana
marma points
muladhara
concentration
asana

35. Everything after Pantanjali
contentment
Postclassical
vyana vayu
sitali

36. Spinal chord
Postclassical
sushumna nadi
dourgha
rajas guna

37. Physical body
kali
nnamaya kosha
pancha vayus
bandha

38. 5th
vishuddha
apana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
ujjayi

39. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
chandra bhedana
apana vayu
goddesses
types of meditation

40. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
simhasana
samana vayu
swadhisthana
anahata

41. Tamas - rajas - sattva
Vedic
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
vyana vayu

42. Liberation of stagnant prana
kali
bhastrika
vishuddha
asana

43. Dead fast resolve
concentration
goddesses
dourgha
Vishnu

44. Restraints - observances
niyamas
sahashrara
Indra Devi
non-greed

45. 5 winds
pancha vayus
posture
aitkari
goddesses

46. Svadhyaya
study of self
vinyasa principles
urity
devotion

47. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
sitali
ayurvedic healing techniques
goddesses
pranamaya kosha

48. Yoga of action
tamas guna
saraswati
anipura
karma yoga

49. Wisdom
saraswati
non stealing
udana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar

50. 6th
Classical
vyana vayu
doshas
ajna