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Poses & Sanskrit
Astanga – 8 limbs of yoga
Yama – Social ethics, “restraints,” moral discipline
Niyama – Personal ethics “internal or self restraints”
Asana – seat, sitting, a physical posture
Pranayama – breath regulation, breath control
Pratyahara – withdrawing of the senses
Dharana – focus, concentration
Dhyana – meditation
Samadhi – complete absorption
Animals
Baka – Crane
Garuda – Eagle
Go – Cow
Kapota – Pigeon
Matsya – Fish
Salabha – Locust
Svana – Dog
Ustra – Camel
Bandhas – bindings or locks
Jalandhara – bandha throat lock
Mula – bandha root lock
Uddiyana – bandha rising up lock
Mudra – Seal or gesture
Anjali – mudra prayer gesture
Jnana – mudra knowledge gesture
Dhyana – mudra meditation gesture
Bhagavad Gita – “Divine Song”
Bhakti – devotion
Cakra or Chakra – “wheel” (energy center of the subtle body)
Dharma – that which upholds
Drsti or Drishti – Gaze
Guru – teacher
Hatha – force joining sun and moon
Jiva-mukta – “he who is liberated while alive”
Karma – action, effects and consequences of past actions
Kirtana – telling, praising
Mandala – circle
Mantra – sacred sound
Namaste – greeting, saluation. “The light within me honors the light within you.”
Om – the original mantra
Prana – “life/breath” the life force that sustains the body
Sutra – thread
Tapas – a practice causing change, “heat”
Ujjayi – “victorious uprising” breath referring to the upward movement of prana
Upanisads – the source of the Vedanta philosophy
Vayus – wind, primary components of breath
Vedas – the original Sanskrit texts, forming the foundation of Indian philosophy and yoga
Vinyasa – flowing sequence
Yoga – union, connection, relationship