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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
devotion
truthfulness
devotion
2. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
Indra Devi
prana vayu
bija mantras in order
marma points
3. All prevading
purusha
sitali
vyana vayu
yamas
4. Lion's breath
samana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
posture
simhasana
5. Energy/emo body
abstinence
pranamaya kosha
sitali
simhasana
6. Purity
types of meditation
yamas
sattva guna
yoga's origins
7. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
5 elements
T.K.V. Desikachar
aitkari
8. Aparigraha
non harming
Preclassical
saraswati
non-greed
9. Dhyana
saraswati
meditation
Vedic
anahata
10. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
truthfulness
discipline
sushumna nadi
Classical
11. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
prakriti
aitkari
sushumna nadi
12. 6th
Modern
ajna
ida nadi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
13. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
B.K.S. Iyengar
vijnanamaya
swadhisthana
14. Wisdom
Pattabhi Jois
prana vayu
dourgha
saraswati
15. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
vinyasa principles
self restraint
Preclassical
Swami Vivekananda
16. Rhythmic - increases auric body
vyana vayu
non-greed
purusha
bhastrika
17. Ishvarapranidhana
observance
bandha
devotion
vijnanamaya
18. Studied under Krisnamacharya
saraswati
marma points
Sri Krishnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
19. Abundance
sattva guna
god triad
lakhski
meditation
20. Chakra mantra
vinyasa
self restraint
bija mantra
Classical
21. 5th
vinyasa
vishuddha
breath control; cultivation of prana
Vedic
22. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Pattabhi Jois
Indra Devi
Indra Devi
23. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
5 elements
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
vijnanamaya
24. 1st chakra
raja yoga
muladhara
purusha
nnamaya kosha
25. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
nadi shodana
bija mantras in order
ida nadi
ayurvedic healing techniques
26. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
ida nadi
types of meditation
bhakti yoga
Jiddu Krishnamurti
27. 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
Classical
B.K.S. Iyengar
anandamaya
vyana vayu
28. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
aitkari
prakriti
observance
samana vayu
29. Through teeth; cold
yoga's origins
anipura
asana
aitkari
30. Father of yoga
antanjali
types of meditation
ajna
Classical
31. 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
udana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
B.K.S. Iyengar
ayurveda
32. Everything after Pantanjali
Postclassical
apana vayu
goddesses
bhakti yoga
33. W/Swami Vivekananda
Classical
vinyasa
non stealing
Modern
34. Yoga of mind
ajna
ayurvedic healing techniques
apana vayu
jnana yoga
35. Pratyahara
ujjayi
bija mantra
non stealing
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
36. 3rd
bija mantra
apana vayu
anipura
antanjali
37. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
dourgha
ayurvedic healing techniques
Indra Devi
surya bhedana
38. Santosha
Brahma
Modern
contentment
Indra Devi
39. 1930s-1986 philosopher
goddesses
Swami Vivekananda
swadhisthana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
40. Physical body
urity
manomaya kosha
Brahma
nnamaya kosha
41. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
yoga's origins
apana vayu
types of meditation
urity
42. Yoga of mind
T.K.V. Desikachar
jnana yoga
Brahma
bhastrika
43. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
swadhisthana
anipura
non stealing
44. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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45. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
Jiddu Krishnamurti
paths of yoga
bija mantras in order
bandha
46. Tapas
abstinence
discipline
urity
Indra Devi
47. Abundance
apana vayu
lakhski
Vedic
self restraint
48. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
anahata
yamas
non-greed
goddesses
49. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
manomaya kosha
non-greed
aitkari
5 elements
50. Yama
abstinence
dourgha
samana vayu
anipura