Benefits Of Yoga Dictionary

Karma-kanda - a division of the Vedas which relates to the performance of ceremonial acts and sacrificial rites directed toward material benefits or liberation.

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Ajna chakra:

energy center located behind the forehead, also called psychic centre - one of the seven energy centers

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Practising yoga regularly imparts great benefits. Among them are improved concentration and clarity in mind. But in the more advanced stages of yoga practising comes benefits like mind and psychic control. When thoughts are experienced just as thoughts, not as reality itself, then the path to freedom which yoga promises begins to unfold naturally. And that path is as sweet as a perfectly ripe mango.

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Agnisar kriya:

one of the shatkarmas (cleansing practices) -intestinal cleansing

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Practising yoga regularly imparts great benefits, which can be categorized under:

Basic spiritual benefits, Advanced spiritual benefits , Ultimate spiritual benefit, Discover your breath and Free your thoughts.

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Niyama:

rule; there are 5 rules described in the Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali.

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Mudras and Bandhas are certain postures of the body by which Kundalini is successfully awakened. In Gheranda Samhita, the description of 25 Mudras and Bandhas, is given. The following 12 are the most important:-,, 1. Mula Bandha, 2. Jalandhara Bandha, 3. Uddiyana Bandha, 4. Maha Mudra, 5. Maha Bandha, 6. Maha Vedha, 7. Yoga Mudra, 8. Viparitakarani Mudra, 9. Khechari Mudra, 10. Vajroli Mudra, 11. Shakti Chalana Mudra, 12. Yoni Mudra.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Makarasana:

crocodile' pose

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Many studies have reported the beneficial effect of the practice of yoga on diabetes. Some studies have mentioned up to 65 percent beneficial effect of yogic therapy for diabetes. K.N. Udupa has even mentioned 5 cases of juvenile diabetes who were completely controlled by yogic treatment. All of these studies have emphasized the possible mechanism of the yogic practices.

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Tiryaka bhujangasana:

twisting cobra pose

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There are many different asana s (postures) in yoga, which you can practise at any time of the day with excellent benefits. However, best results can be obtained only by doing yoga under expert guidance. Here's a listing of the commonly practised asanas with both the name of the asana in sanskrit and in english.

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Bhujangasana:

cobra' pose.

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Acharya:

teacher

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Sarvangasana:

shoulderstand - an inverted posture

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Tadasana:

palm tree pose- standing posture

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Ananda:

bliss, ecstasy

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Sirshasana:

inverted pose - the 'headstand' in which the body is inverted and balanced on the crown of the head

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Aham:

ego

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Siddhasana:

a meditative seating posture in which the left heel presses the perineum (stimulating the mooladhara chakra); also called as the adept's pose or the 'pose of perfection'.

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Vajrasana:

the 'thunderbolt' pose; a kneeling posture with buttocks resting upon the heels.

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