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62 Cards in this Set
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Eight limbs
-Yamas -Niyamas -Asana -Pranayama -Pratyahara -Dharana -Dhyana -Samadhi |
-Ethical disciplines
-Observances -Postures -Breath control -Sense control -Concentration -Meditation -Contemplation |
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Yamas
-Ahimsa -Satya -Asteya -Brahmacharya -Aparigraha |
-Non-violence
-Honesty -Non-stealing -Chastity -Non-grasping |
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Niyamas
-Sauca -Santosha -Tapas -Svadhyaya -Ishvara Pranidhana |
-Purity
-Contentment -Austerity -Self-study -Devotion |
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3 health benefits of yoga
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Lower blood pressure/heart rate, reduce insomnia, lessen chronic pain
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4 props used in class
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Mats, blankets, blocks, belt
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4 alignment cues for Tadasana
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-Roll thighs inward
-Abs in and up -Release tension in shoulders -Softly gaze straight ahead |
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3 Guidelines for practicing asanas
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Never hold your breath, keep the knees soft, not a competition
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Sequence of Surya Namaskara A
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Mountain, forward fold, forward bend, plank, upward dog, downward dog, forward bend, forward fold, mountain
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Nadi Shodana
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Alternate nostril breathing
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Ujjayi
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Deep diaphragmatic breath with sound created in back of throat
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Pranayama
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Techniques of breath control
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Drishti
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Point of focus, eyes on one point helps steady the mind
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4 Alignment cues for downward dog
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Draw shoulder blades across back, lift and spread sit bones upward, sink heels into floor, draw inner thighs backwards
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Sequence of postures
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Sun salutations, standing postures, sitting postures, back bends, finishing postures
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Most important rule of plow pose and shoulder stand
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Don't turn your head
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Seven yoga styles and name if applicable
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-Iyengar yoga – BKS Iyengar
-Ashtanga yoga – K. Pattabhi Jois -Vinyasa yoga -Bikram yoga – Bikram Choudhury -Kundalini yoga – Yogi Bhajan -Anasura yoga – John Friend -Eclectic yoga |
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Yoga texts, oldest to most recent
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-Vedas
-Upanishads -Bhagavad Gita -Yoga Sutras of Patanjali -Hatha Yoga Pradipika |
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Yoga Sutra 1.2 - Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah
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Yoga is the cessation of the turnings or fluctuation of the mind, suppression of mental modifications
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Bhakti Yoga
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Yoga of Devotion and Selfless Love
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Jnana Yoga
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Yoga of Wisdom and Knowledge
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Karma Yoga
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Yoga of Selfless Action
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Gunas
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Emotional/physical/mental states
Rajas - activity and desire Tamas - inactivity, dullness, lethargy Sattva - ideal pattern, harmonious, luminous, sublime |
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Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
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Written 2000 years ago, 195/196 aphorisms, divided into 4 chapters/padas, only 2 aphorisms deal with asanas
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Beginning of Western Yoga
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1893, Swami Vivekananda at World's Fair in Chicago
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Vedanta
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Non-dual
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Ista devata
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One's chosen deity ideal
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Jainism
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Non-violence
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Maitri
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Friendship
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Karuna
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Compassion
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Sukha
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Joyful
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Dukha
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Sorrowful
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Mudita
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Gladness
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Punya
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Virtuous
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Upekshanam
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Equanimity
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Apunya
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Non-virtuous
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Brahma Viharas
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"Blank towards the blank"
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Klesa
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Causes of suffering, impure motive
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Avidya
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Non-wisdom, ignorance
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Asmita
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Self-orientation, inflated ego
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Raga
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Clinging, attraction
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Dvesa
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Despising, aversion
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Abhinivesa
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Insatiable desire to hold on to life
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BEGIN
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Breath, energy, guru, intention, now
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Prana (universal)
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Life force, sensations in body
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Prana (specific)
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Flowering, lifting pattern
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Apana
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Grounding, rooting pattern
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Shanti
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Peace
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Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu
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Let all beings everywhere be happy and free.
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Ma Vidvishavahai
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May we not hate or dispute with each other.
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Sadhana
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Spiritual practice
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Tada drashtuh svarupe vasthanam
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The seer abides in its own nature
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Aum
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Sound
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Viloma 1
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Interrupted inhalation
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Viloma 2
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Interrupted exhalation
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Jalandhara Bandha
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Throat lock
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Uddiyana Bandha
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Abdominal lock
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Mula Bandha
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Root lock
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Vinyasa
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Wind
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Vedas
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Oldest written record of Indian culture and yogic activities, hymns and rituals
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Upanishads
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Collection of sacred texts, metaphysical speculation, connectedness of all things, karma yoga important
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Bhagavad Gita
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Epic Hindu tale, one of the most comprehensive descriptions of yoga
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Samsara
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Conditioned existence
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