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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Lower mental body
surya bhedana
aitkari
concentration
manomaya kosha
2. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
sushumna nadi
saraswati
god triad
3. Cool; through tongue
sitali
Swami Vivekananda
B.K.S. Iyengar
contentment
4. Activity - movement
antanjali
rajas guna
yoga's origins
Brahma
5. Lion's breath
Preclassical
Pattabhi Jois
simhasana
vinyasa
6. 5 winds
sushumna nadi
pancha vayus
purusha
bija mantras in order
7. Yoga of physical and mental control
discipline
Preclassical
Swami Vivekananda
raja yoga
8. Disillusion
kali
anandamaya
anipura
karma yoga
9. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
T.K.V. Desikachar
sattva guna
karma yoga
nadi shodana
10. Rhythmic - increases auric body
Postclassical
raja yoga
pranamaya kosha
bhastrika
11. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
lakhski
prakriti
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Vedic
12. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
anipura
apana vayu
aitkari
Preclassical
13. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
rajas guna
pingala nadi
observance
purusha
14. 3rd
anipura
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Modern
15. Abundance
simhasana
paths of yoga
self restraint
lakhski
16. Bliss body
truthfulness
anandamaya
manomaya kosha
ayurveda
17. 5th
vishuddha
Pattabhi Jois
bija mantra
non harming
18. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Sri Krishnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
sattva guna
bhastrika
19. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
bhakti yoga
vishuddha
chandra bhedana
Classical
20. Satya
lakhski
muladhara
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
truthfulness
21. Inertia
tamas guna
contentment
bhastrika
chandra bhedana
22. Studied under Krisnamacharya
asana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Pattabhi Jois
purusha
23. Energy/emo body
yoga's origins
Postclassical
pranamaya kosha
purusha
24. Cool; through tongue
swadhisthana
observance
posture
sitali
25. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
truthfulness
saraswati
5 elements
antanjali
26. Abundance
lakhski
sitali
non-greed
ajna
27. 3rd
discipline
jnana yoga
anipura
bija mantra
28. Everything after Pantanjali
Vedic
simhasana
aitkari
Postclassical
29. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
chandra bhedana
non stealing
lakhski
god triad
30. Restraints - observances
god triad
niyamas
B.K.S. Iyengar
nnamaya kosha
31. Physical body
non-greed
dourgha
5 elements
nnamaya kosha
32. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
apana vayu
Indra Devi
study of self
bija mantra
33. Spirit
purusha
sitali
kali
breath control; cultivation of prana
34. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yoga's origins
pancha vayus
sushumna nadi
yamas
35. Ahimsa
nnamaya kosha
non harming
raja yoga
bandha
36. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
simhasana
posture
aitkari
Pancha Koshas
37. Science of life
paths of yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
vijnanamaya
ayurveda
38. Lower mental body
Modern
goddesses
bhastrika
manomaya kosha
39. Svadhyaya
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
study of self
Pancha Koshas
yamas
40. 1st chakra
vinyasa
prakriti
Vishnu
muladhara
41. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non-greed
goddesses
42. Energy/emo body
Modern
vijnanamaya
pranamaya kosha
doshas
43. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
5 elements
surya bhedana
goddesses
marma points
44. Pranayama
devotion
concentration
vijnanamaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
45. Aparigraha
yamas
saraswati
non-greed
samana vayu
46. Inertia
devotion
abstinence
god triad
tamas guna
47. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
sushumna nadi
Vishnu
dourgha
bandha
48. Spirit
purusha
Classical
saraswati
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
49. Asana
antanjali
asana
posture
rajas guna
50. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
T.K.V. Desikachar
asana
vinyasa