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| Jnana |
Sacred
knowledge derived from meditation on the
higher truths of religion and philosophy,
which teaches a man how to understand his
own nature. |
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| Karma-yoga |
The
achievement of union with the Supreme Universal
Soul through action. |
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| Karna |
The
ear; also one of the heros in the Mahabharata. |
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| Karna
Pidasana |
Pressure
on ears pose. |
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| Kriya |
An
expiatory rite, a cleaning process. |
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| Kundalini |
The
Kundalini (kundala=coil of a rope; Kundalini=a
coiled female serpent) is the divine cosmic
energy. This force or energy is symbolised
as a coiled and sleeping serpent lying dormant
in the lowest nerve centre at the base of
the spinal column, the Muladhara-chakra.
This latent energy has to be aroused and
made to ascend the main spinal channel,
the Susumna piercing the chakras right up
to the Sahasrara, the thousand-petalled
lotus in the head. Then the Yogi is in union
with the Supreme Universal Soul. |
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| Mantra |
A
sacred thought or a prayer. |
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| Mudra |
A
seal; a sealing posture. |
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| Nada
Yoga |
Developing a sound body
and mind through deep listening, uplifting
music and chanting |
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| Namaste |
Commonly
said at the end of yoga class by the
instructor and the students. One beautiful
interpretation: I honor that place
in you where the whole Universe resides.
And when I am in that place in me
and you are in that place in you,
there is only one of us. |
Natarajasana |
Depicted
in Indian iconography as a graceful
figure with one leg lifted in dance,
surrounded by a circle of flames. |
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| Nirodha |
Restraint,
suppression. |
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| Niyama |
Self-purification
by discipline. The second stage of
yoga mentioned by Patanjali. |
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