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sanskrit for life-force - the energy which connects us all - food, sunlight, water

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prana

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to lengthen, extend, stretch

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ayama

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restraint, control

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jama

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meditation - encouraging a quiet and clear mind

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dhyana

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discipline - intense discipline will create an inner heat that will burn off what is no longer needed

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tapas

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spiritual awakening, absorption, union with the divine - ultimate goal of yoga/achieving enlightenment

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samadhi

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physical postures - to be practiced daily and consistently

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asana

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managing your senses

gaining mastery over your external influences

when we withdraw from the senses we find inner quiet (peace)

control of “ahara”

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pratyahara

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devotion/surrender - to something greater than ourselves

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ishvarapranidhana

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breathing techniques and breath control

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pranayama

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keeping our minds and bodies “pure”

cleanliness

asana, pranyama, and meditation keep the body pure when done consistently

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saucha

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five internal practices of observance

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Niyamas
- saucha
- samtosha
- ishvarapranidhana
- tapas
- svadhyaya

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contentment

“contentment is the pathway to joy”

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samtosha

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celibacy

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Brahmacharya

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non-coveting

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aparigraha

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considering what we say, how we say it, and how it affects others

truthfulness

to live in the truth

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satya

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non-stealing

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asteya

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non-violence

instead of showing cruelty or violence, show kindness, thoughtfulness, consideration towards others and ourselves

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ahimsa

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to put or place in a specific way - connection from one moment to the next

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vinyasa

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concentration, focus

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dharana

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self-study/study of spiritual books

“everything that presents itself to us is a merely a mirror of what is. unconscious to us”

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svadhyaya

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ethical guidelines and principles to live by

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yama

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  • developed by K. Pattabhi Jois
  • means 8 limbs in sanskrit
  • fast paced and intense set series of poses taken in the same order
  • based on “trishtana” - union of 2 places of attention: posture, breathing system, looking place
  • (asana, ujjayi, and dristhi)
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Ashtanga Vinyasa

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Yoga of Action

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Karma Yoga

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Yoga of Devotion

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Bhakti Yoga

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Yoga of the Mind

learning to control the fluctuations of the mind

to see oneself and the mind clearly

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Raja Yoga

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  • brought to the west by yoga bhayan in the 60s
  • awakening
  • regular meditation practice
  • pranyama, chanting, mantra, and some yoga asana
  • “yoga of awareness”
  • aims to “cultivate the creative potential of a human to uphold values, speak truth, and falls on the compassion and consciousness needed to serve others.”
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Kundalini Yoga

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Yoga of Energy

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Tantra Yoga

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Yoga of Knowledge

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Jhana Yoga

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Physical Practice of Yoga
- general term that encompasses all types of yoga
- slower practice with no transitions
- often integrates at least 20 min of meditation

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Hatha Yoga

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Yoga of Sound

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Nada Yoga

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  • strong emphases on physical mental and emotional healing
  • demanding physical practice with a release of tension in the neck
  • unique abdominal exercises intended to build strength for better transitions and breath
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Forrest Yoga

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  • based in all 9 forms of yoga
  • especially the yamas and niyamas
  • based on Sri Dharma Mittra’s 50 years of practice (who is one of the only living classic teacher’s today)
  • a lot of backbends
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dharma yoga

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  • 26 poses: 2 breathing exercises, 13 standing, 13 floor
  • start and end with a breathing exercise
  • there is a script
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Bikram Yoga

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  • beloved and well known - died in 2014
  • styled had attention to detail
  • precise alignment and postures
  • use of props to find alignment in every body
  • teachers are trained for 2-5 years
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Inyengar

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  • emerging from well known NYC studio
  • rooted in Ashtanga Yoga
    highlights spiritual teachings, chanting, social justice, and meditation
  • created by Shawn Garmen and David Life
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Jivamukti

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  • rhythmic vinyasa flow class that has mudra, chanting, bandha, pranyama, meditation, asana, and kriya
  • raise vibrational awareness - open heart - set mind free
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prana flow

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  • Baron Baptiste
  • set sequence of vinyasa asana
  • work it out, sweat, build heat as a transformational quality
  • hot yoga
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power yoga

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“when one has discipline of the breath, one has discipline of the body and mind”

  • what is patanjali refering to here
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pranyama

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The deliberate manipulation of the duraton, quality, depth, and tempo of each cycle of air

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Pranyama

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Pranyama refers to the act of controlling and regulating 3 aspects of breath

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  1. inhalation
  2. exhalation
  3. and the space between each breath
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during exhalation the pelvic diaphragm moves _________

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in and up

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victoriously uprising

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ujjayi breath

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the diaphragm stabilizes/is a stabilizer for the spine with this pranyama

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ujjayi

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create slight resistance in the movement of the breath which assists in pressurizing the body

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ujjayi

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when we engage with the manipulation of duration, quality, depth, and tempo of breath we are directly affecting our _______

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autonomic nervous system (pranyama)

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BONUS: our autonomic nervous system may affect our _______ _________ and _____ ______

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digestive system and heart rate

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the primary muscle of respiration

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diaphragm

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located at the top of the throat - lifts and opens with the glottis

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vocal diaphragm

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vocal cords widening and opening during inhalation to create space for breath to enter

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vocal diaphragm

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located in the bowl of the pelvis/pelvic floor

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pelvic diaphragm

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primary mover of the breath

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thoracic diaphragm

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palms spin down and thumbs spin forward - created by pec major, latissimus dorsi and subscpularis

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shoulder internal rotation

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  • arms move in front of you
  • created by the anterior and medial deltoid
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shoulder flexion

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  • a side bend or a hip hike
  • created by obliques
  • quadratus lumborum and scalenes
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lateral spinal flexion

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  • a twist
  • created by obliques and sternocleidomastoid
  • for cervical rotation
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spinal rotation

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  • back bend
  • crated by back muscles
  • especially the erector spinae
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spinal extension

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  • round the spine
  • created by the abdominals
  • rectus abdominus
  • sternocleidomastoid
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spinal flexion

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  • front palm up to palm turn over
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forearm pronation

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  • elbow straightens
  • created by triceps
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elbow extension

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  • elbow bends
  • created by biceps
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elbow flexion

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  • flex the foot
  • created by tibialis anterior
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ankle dorsi flexion

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  • point the foot
  • created by gastronemius
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ankle plantar flexion

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  • arms move in front of you
  • created by the anterior and medial deltoid
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shoulder flexion

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  • knee wider than ankle
  • created by the external rotators of the hip, especially piriformis
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hip external rotation

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  • thigh moves in front of you
  • created by iliopsoas
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hip flexion

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  • inner foot lifting
  • created by extensor hallucis longus and tibialis anterior
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ankle supination

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  • shoulder blades move toward each other
  • created by rhomboids and trapezius
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scapular retraction

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  • knee straightens
  • created by quadriceps
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knee extension

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  • shoulder blades spread out
  • created by serratus anterior
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scapular protraction

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  • knee bends
  • created by hamstrings
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knee flexion

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  • palms spin up
  • thumbs back
  • created by infraspinatus and teres minor
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shoulder external rotation

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  • thigh moves to or past the mid line
  • created by the adductor group
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hip adduction

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  • toes lift from the floor
  • created by the toe extensors
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toe extension

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  • arms move toward or past the midline
  • created by pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi
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shoulder adduction

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  • outer foot lifting
  • created by the peroneals and tibialis anterior
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ankle pronation

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  • from palm down to palm turning up
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forearm supination

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  • arms move behind you
  • created by posterior deltoid and triceps
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shoulder extension

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  • tailbone sticks out behind you
  • created by iliopsoas and erector spinae
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anterior pelvic tilt

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  • toes grip floor
  • created by the long toe flexors
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toe flexion

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  • flex the foot
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ankle dorsi flexion

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  • arms move out to the sides
  • created by the deltoids
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shoulder abduction

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  • round the spine
  • created by the abdominals, rectus abdomnis and sternocleidomastoid
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spinal flexion

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  • tailbone tucks under you
  • created by glutes and hamstrings
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posterior pelvic tilt

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What is the Sanskrit for, Mountain Pose?

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Tadasana

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tada =

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mountain

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extrinsic

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coming from the outside

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intrinsic

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coming from the inside

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