Glossary
Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sat (ya) | Truth |
| Sattva | Quality of purity |
| Sattvapatti ( sat-vaa-paa-ti) | Attainment of the state of purity |
| Sattvic | Having the quality of purity |
| Saucha | Cleanliness or purity. One of observances of Raja yoga |
| Savasana ( Sha-vaa-sa-na) | The corpse pose-classic relaxation pose |
| Seetkari pranayama | Breathing technique which involves hissing leading to a cooling effect upon the whole body |
| setu | A dam, dike, or bridge |
| Setubandhasana (set-too Bhan-dah-sa-na) | |
| Shadkriyas (Shaad-kri-yaas) | The six cleansing exercises i.e Neti-Nauli-Dhauti-Basti-Tratak-and Kapalabhati |
| Shakti ( shaak-ti) | Power energy. Goddess. Female power |
| Shambhavi mudra | A yoga gesture in which one focusses at the mid-eyebrow centre |
| Shanti (shaan-ti) | Peace |
| Shatkarma | The six yogic techniques of purifying the body |
| Sheetali pranayama | cooling breath, a pranayama technique that lowers the body temperature by inhaling through the mouth while letting the breath flow in over the tongue- see Sitali spelling |