Glossary
Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vritti | Thought wave-a wave on the mind lak. Mental modification |
| Vyana (Vee-aana) | One of the five major pranas. Performs circulation of blood and controls voluntary and involuntary movements- in muscles joints. Helps to keep the body in an erect position- via spinal cord-all pervading moves throughout body. Colour resembles a ray of light. |
| Vyasa | Legendary Sage. Compiler of the Vedas and Puranas. Author of Mahabharata |
| Yajna | Spiritual sacrifice often used in conjunction with sacrificial fire agni- using ancient mantra prayers and offerings derived from practices from Vedic times |
| Yama | Death (Time).2.The Lord of Death |
| Yamas | means "restraints", nonviolence, truthfulness, nonstealing, celibacy, and nonhoarding, five of the ten ethical guidelines of classic Yoga |
| Yoga | State of union between two opposites - body and mind; individual and universal consciousness; a process of uniting the opposing forces in the body and mind in order to achieve supreme awareness and enlightenment, from the Sanskrit yug meaning "to join together or yoke"; a system of techniques to enable the joining of the physical and emotional/spiritual bodies. |
| Yoga nidra | A deep relaxation technique also called 'yogic sleep' in which mind and body is at complete rest but with complete awareness |
| Yoga Sutras | A collection of concise threads(sutras) on the aims and practices of Yoga as collected and written by the scholar Patanjali. |
| Yogi | One who has attained Yoga, or union of the two bodies,or one who practices Yoga on a committed basis |