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Yoga Vocab
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1. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
vijnanamaya
prana vayu
ida nadi
2. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Classical
vishuddha
concentration
Vedic
3. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
pingala nadi
chandra bhedana
marma points
raja yoga
4. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
Swami Vivekananda
non-greed
Jiddu Krishnamurti
nadi shodana
5. Purity
sattva guna
Indra Devi
lakhski
manomaya kosha
6. Father of yoga
chandra bhedana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
nnamaya kosha
antanjali
7. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
apana vayu
swadhisthana
bandha
Swami Vivekananda
8. Svadhyaya
self restraint
5 elements
vyana vayu
study of self
9. Margas
simhasana
posture
paths of yoga
yoga's origins
10. Santosha
rajas guna
contentment
rajas guna
sushumna nadi
11. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
study of self
Sri Krishnamacharya
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
abstinence
12. Yoga of action
doshas
sushumna nadi
karma yoga
prana vayu
13. Protector
Vishnu
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
ujjayi
aitkari
14. 5th
Indra Devi
Pancha Koshas
vishuddha
Vedic
15. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
truthfulness
yoga's origins
asana
16. Margas
paths of yoga
ida nadi
nadi shodana
Postclassical
17. Yoga of mind
bija mantras in order
breath control; cultivation of prana
Pancha Koshas
jnana yoga
18. All prevading
vyana vayu
non-greed
meditation
goddesses
19. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
posture
urity
T.K.V. Desikachar
20. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
meditation
study of self
21. Saucha
Indra Devi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
ajna
urity
22. Inertia
tamas guna
sushumna nadi
vishuddha
concentration
23. Yama
karma yoga
sahashrara
swadhisthana
abstinence
24. 6th
samana vayu
vyana vayu
ajna
ujjayi
25. Ahimsa
meditation
Brahma
non harming
Postclassical
26. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
vishuddha
T.K.V. Desikachar
non-greed
bandha
27. Activity - movement
rajas guna
niyamas
Pancha Koshas
swadhisthana
28. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
bija mantras in order
surya bhedana
sushumna nadi
29. Yoga of heart
goddesses
simhasana
prana vayu
bhakti yoga
30. Vata - pitta - kapha
marma points
meditation
doshas
vijnanamaya
31. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
anandamaya
prana vayu
surya bhedana
32. Tamas - rajas - sattva
vijnanamaya
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
pingala nadi
manomaya kosha
33. Asana
Preclassical
posture
Sri Krishnamacharya
saraswati
34. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
god triad
Pancha Koshas
nadi shodana
Vedic
35. Sick in youth - lived with brother in law (Krishnamacharya) - wrote 'Light on Yoga' 1966 - in 1952 friend - violinist Menuhin - introduced to world - use of props
B.K.S. Iyengar
vijnanamaya
types of meditation
Vishnu
36. Liberation of stagnant prana
5 elements
posture
paths of yoga
asana
37. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
surya bhedana
types of meditation
antanjali
anahata
38. Creator
pingala nadi
Brahma
bhastrika
asana
39. 4th
ayurveda
non harming
anahata
Modern
40. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
meditation
goddesses
anandamaya
discipline
41. Through teeth; cold
rajas guna
Classical
simhasana
aitkari
42. W/Swami Vivekananda
5 elements
Modern
god triad
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
43. Wisdom
niyamas
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
non-greed
saraswati
44. Chakra mantra
self restraint
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
ida nadi
bija mantra
45. Yoga of heart
bhakti yoga
lakhski
jnana yoga
pranamaya kosha
46. Dead fast resolve
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Pancha Koshas
dourgha
goddesses
47. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
vinyasa principles
nnamaya kosha
vijnanamaya
udana vayu
48. Dhyana
meditation
ujjayi
discipline
prakriti
49. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Indra Devi
observance
Vishnu
Pancha Koshas
50. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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