Yoga Glossary Ipsum

A breathing technique aimed at cleaning the frontal part of the brain, done through rapid breaths with more force on exhalation. a collection of hindu spiritual writings following from the vedas. a female kashmiri shaivite saint and 14th century poet. a philosophy according to which there is no duality, only a singular state of consciousness. a stage in the experience of the rise of kundalini when the breath stops and becomes congealed low in the body. a tantric text. a thin, round flat bread. a yoga gesture in which one focusses at the mid-eyebrow centre. ajna chakra an experience of the rise of kundalini where the breath "vanishes". annamaya kosha antar antar mouna atman aum bandha buddhidhyana chakra located at the base of the spine "energy center in the subtle body". dandayamana bibhaktapada janushirasana energy center located behind the forehead or between the eye brows, state of intuitive wisdom consciousness. ether or space. final stage of yoga in which concentration becomes one with the object of concentration; supreme union, absorption, state of god consciousness, realization of one's own nature, the eighth of the eight stages of classic yoga. focused or "one pointed" awareness or concentration, the ability to focus the mind on an object without distraction for extended periods of time..

"seed" syllable of a mantram, energy source that gives power to the mantram. a collection of hindu spiritual writings following from the vedas. a colon cleansing technique. a teacher of kashmir shaivism who lived in kashmir during the 10th century, author of texts on kashmir shaivism including the tantra loka, vijnayana-bhairava, and other works. abdominal retraction lock'; drawing in of the abdomen towards the backbone after exhaling. an ancient kashmiri king who invited the sage atri gupta to come live in his court to teach him shaivism; from atri gupta the line of teachers of kashmir shaivism descended. anusara yoga aparigraha asana ashrama bhuja "arm, shoulder" pida "pain, discomfort, pressure" asana "pose". bliss, ecstasy. breathing technique in which inhalation is done through the right nostril ; increases vitality. cloth woven from the wool of a species of goat that lives in the high himalayas. dandayamana bibhaktapada janushirasana devotion dhanurasana energy center located behind the forehead or between the eye brows, state of intuitive wisdom consciousness..

Abhasan ananda balasana author of the yoga sutras and preacher of the eight-fold (ashtanga) yoga, name of the first writer of the yoga philosophy. avesah baddha padmasana bliss, ecstasy. chakra cosmic causal state. ekagrata focused or "one pointed" awareness..