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Angustha

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big toe

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Ardha

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half

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Baddha

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bound

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Bhuja

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arm or shoulder

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Danda

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stick or staff

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Dwi

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two or both

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Eka

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one

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Hasta

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hand

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Janu

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knee

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Kona

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angle

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Kurma

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tortoise

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Mukha

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face

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Nava

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boat

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Padma

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lotus

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Pada

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foot

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Parsva

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side

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Parivritta

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revolved

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Prasarita

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spread out

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Paschima

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western

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Pida

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pressure

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Purva

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eastern

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Sirsa

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head

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Supta

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sleeping/reclining

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Upavishta

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seated

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Utka

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fierce or powerful/upward

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Uttana

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intense stretch

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Utthita

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extended

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anahata chakra

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heart chakra

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dristi

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focal point

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kumbhaka

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breath retention (antar & bahya)

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ahimsa

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non-violence

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32
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ananda

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bliss

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33
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bliss

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ananda

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34
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limb

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anga

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anjali

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offering, a gesture of reverence or salutation, derived from anj which means o honor or celebrate

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prayer position

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anjali

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37
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aparigraha

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free from hoarding yama

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38
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yama free from hoarding

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aparigraha

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39
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eight

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asta

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40
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non-stealing

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asteya

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41
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atman

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eternal transcendental self

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42
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ignorance

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avidya

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avidya

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ignorance

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44
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bandha

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lock bondage valve

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45
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lock valve?

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bandha

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bhakti

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devotion, love

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bhastrika

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bellows

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bija

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seed

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bindu

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point of focused energy

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buddha

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awakened, someone who has attained enlightenment

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51
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chatur

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four

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52
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four

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chatur

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53
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dharana

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concentration the 6th stage of yoga

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dhyana

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meditation. the seventh stage of yoga

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guna

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quality, how consciousness manifests

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isvara

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supreme being

57
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japa

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repetition of mantras

58
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jnana

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knowledge, wisdom

59
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karma

60
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klesha

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pain, suffering

61
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kosha

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casing, one of the five layer surrounding the self

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kula

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kundalini

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coiled energy that resides at the base of the spine and must be awakened

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mala

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garland or wreath 108 beads

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manas

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mandala

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an intricate, circular design

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mantra

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sacred sound or phrase that has an effect on those who recite it

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moksa

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liberation

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mudra

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seal, a hand gesture

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nada

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nadi

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channel, river through which prana flows

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nadi-sodhana

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breath practice which cleanses the channels and balances the body

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namaskar

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namaste

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“i bow to you” closing salutation

75
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niyama

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self-restraint/self discipline 2nd stage of yoga

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OM

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AUM - the planets primordial vibration from which the entire universe has arisen, amdra used as opening salutation

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padah

78
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pingala

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nadi on the right side/male energy, fire sympathetic nervous system

79
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prakrti

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nature, the origianl source of the material world

80
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pranam

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prostration

81
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puja

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ritual worship

82
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puraka

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inhalation

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purusha

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the transcendental self of spirit

84
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raja

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royal or king

85
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rechaka

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exhalation

86
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sadhana

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spiritual discipline

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salamba

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sama

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samskara

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subconscious impression, mental impression of the past

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santosha

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contentment/niyama

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sat

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reality/being

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satya

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saucha

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cleanliness

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shala

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house/yoga studio

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sirsa

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soham

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‘here I am’ the unconscious reptitive prayer that goes on within every living being throught life

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sukha

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pleasure delight, ease

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surya

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susumna nadi

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central channel located at the spinal column

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sutra

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svadhyaya

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self study/niyama

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tapas

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ubhaya

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ujjayi

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victorious breath, ujjayi pranayama is the principle breath of the practice

105
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vayu

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wind (5 directions of prana)

106
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viloma

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against the hair/grain

107
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vinyasa

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to place in a special way, linking of movement w/ breath

108
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vrtti

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fluctuation

109
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yama

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observance, moral code 1st stage of yoga

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yuj

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to join/yoke

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chandra

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baka

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crow/crane

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bhujanga

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cobra/serpent

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chatur

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dhanu

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galava

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Indian sage

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go

118
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hala

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kapota

120
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karani

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doing/making (from the root - kr)

121
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matsyendra

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lord of the fish

122
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namaskar

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sarva

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svana

125
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tad

126
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uttan

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intense stretch/extended

127
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utthita

128
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vasistha

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Indian sage

129
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viparita

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inverted/reversed

130
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vrksa

131
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sodhana

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purifying/cleaning

breath pranayama

132
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nadi

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organ for the passage of prana

133
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kriya

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cleansing breath

134
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AUM

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3 parts of OM

A=asana
U=prana(yama?)
M=(pratyahara

bridges the in/out
mind/body

YTT-sanskrit (1 decks)

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