Dictionary - Somatic Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Somatic Therapy
somatic therapy (somatic disciplines, somatic methods, somatics, somatic techniques, somatic therapies): Field that encompasses aikido...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainstorming - Nominal Group Technique
Nominal group technique is a type of brainstorming that introduces structure to the process. It is useful in ensuring that all participan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainstorming - Controversy
The story that an organization has banned the word 'brainstorm', in favor of 'thought shower', due to its connection with epilepsy, appea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia - Brainstorming
Brainstorming is an organized approach for producing ideas by letting the mind think without interruption. The term was coined by Alex Os...   » Read the article

Article - Raja Yoga: The Eight Limbs Of Raja Yoga
Compiled by the Sage Patanjali Maharishi in the Yoga Sutras, the Eight Limbs are a progressive series of steps or disciplines which purif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alienation: Encyclopedia - Alienation
Alienation is estrangement or splitting apart. The term has specialized meanings in a variety of disciplines. In law, "alienation" refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainstorming - Overview
Brainstorming can be done either individually or in a group; in group brainstorming sessions, the participants are encouraged, and often ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhyasa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Abhyasa
abhyasa: a regular practice. discipline.   (See also: abhyasa , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Min...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asceticism: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Asceticism
asceticism (Greek) Science of self-knowledge through discipline of mind and body   (See also: Asceticism , Body Mind and Soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jnana Yoga: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Jnana Yoga
Jnana Yoga Path of wisdom arrived at through discrimination and discipline of the mind   (See also: Jnana Yoga , Body Mind an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Firewalking: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Firewalking
firewalking Walking on hot coals. Used as mind discipline and awareness training   (See also: Firewalking , Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  tantras: Sanskrit Dictionary On  tantras
 Tantras: treatises on ritual, meditation, discipline, etc.   (See also:  Tantras , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Tapas: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Tapas
Tapas:  self discipline   (See also: Tapas , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  niyama: Sanskrit Dictionary On  niyama
 Niyama: self-purification through discipline   (See also:  Niyama , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary -  hatha-yoga: Sanskrit Dictionary On  hatha-yoga
 Hatha-yoga: union with the supreme via discipline   (See also:  Hatha-yoga , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainstorming - Nominal Group Technique
Nominal group technique is a type of brainstorming that introduces structure to the process. It is useful in ensuring that all participan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainstorming - Controversy
The story that an organization has banned the word 'brainstorm', in favor of 'thought shower', due to its connection with epilepsy, appea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainstorming: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainstorming - Overview
Brainstorming can be done either individually or in a group; in group brainstorming sessions, the participants are encouraged, and often ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kahuna: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Kahuna
kahuna Ancient Hawaiian religious faith that brings illuminating knowledge and information regarding psychic skills, (the unknown bec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Sadhana
sadhana: "Direct way". a ritual. a spiritual discipline.   (See also: sadhana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, San...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Yoga
yoga: techniques of developing and integrating energy; discipline or 'yoking' of the senses and the ego more...   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Niyama: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Niyama
Niyama: The second element in the path of classical Yoga, meaning disciplines.    (See also: Niyama , Buddhism, Body Mind...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ascetics And Asceticism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Ascetics And Asceticism
Ascetics, Asceticism (Greek = exercise training) The science of self knowledge through discipline of mind and body   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashtanga Yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga yoga: Eignt-fold discipline of yoga to destroy ignorance and reach the state of communion with Self. As taught by Patanjali....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vinaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vinaya
Vinaya (Sanskrit) [from vi-ni to lead towards, instruct, educate]   Education, discipline, control; in Buddhism, the rules of dis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Sadhana
SADHANA: spiritual discipline   (See also: SADHANA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhyasa: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Abhyasa
Abhyasa: Abhyasa. A regular practice. Discipline.   (See also: Abhyasa , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vratha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vratha
vratha: vratha. Oath; discipline of worship.   (See also: vratha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aikido: Health And Healing Dictionary On Aikido
Aikido: Spiritual discipline and self-defense method that uses grappling, throws, and non-resistance to debilitate opponents.  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - White Magic: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On White Magic
white magic Art and discipline relying on the technology of rituals to achieve psychic results; white meaning superior and with good ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Austerity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Austerity
austerity: Self-denial and discipline, physical or mental, performed for various reasons including acquiring powers, attaining grace, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Austerity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Austerity
austerity: Self-denial and discipline, physical or mental, performed for various reasons including acquiring powers, attaining grace, co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saturn: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Saturn
Saturn 1.    Roman God of Time. 2.    Planet ruling experience, discipline, fate; limiting energy. The...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: A Spiritual Dictionary On Sadhana
Sadhana: Spiritual practice, discipline and effort. Part of the daily way of life for serious spiritual aspirants. Will often involve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhaka: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sadhaka
sadhaka A practitioner of devotional service or some other authorized spiritual discipline.   (See also: sadhaka , Bhakti, Bha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asceticism: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Asceticism
ASCETICISM - 'exercise training', science of self knowledge through discipline of mind and body (Greek) (NAD)   (See also: ASC...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jnana-yoga: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Jnana-yoga
jnana-yoga The spiritual discipline of cultivating knowledge of pure spirit.   (See also: jnana-yoga , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhi: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Buddhi
buddhi: (Sanskrit) "Intellect, reason, logic." The intellectual or disciplined mind. Buddhi is characterized by discriminati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhi: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Buddhi
buddhi: (Sanskrit) "Intellect, reason, logic."   The intellectual or disciplined mind. Buddhi is characterized by disc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Niyama: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Niyama
niyama: niyama - self-purification through discipline   (See also: niyama , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hatha-yoga: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Hatha-yoga
hatha-yoga: hatha-yoga - union with the supreme via discipline   (See also: hatha-yoga , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, San...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tantras: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Tantras
tantras: tantras - treatises on ritual, meditation, discipline, etc.   (See also: tantras , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mauna: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Mauna
mauna: silence, the practice of maintaining silence to prevent the dissipation of energy to exercise discipline over the sense organs....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga Sadhana: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Yoga Sadhana
YOGA SADHANA: the spiritual discipline of Yoga   (See also: YOGA SADHANA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Sadhana
Sadhana: Sadhana. "Direct way". A ritual. A spiritual discipline.   (See also: Sadhana , Tantra, Tantra Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhaka: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Sadhaka
Sadhaka: One who practices spiritual discipline-sadhana-particularly meditation.   (See also: Sadhaka , Hinduism, Hinduism Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmacharya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Brahmacharya
Brahmacharya: Continence; self-restraint on all levels; discipline.   (See also: Brahmacharya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anushtana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Anushtana (anushthaana)
anushtana: anushtana (anushthaana). Undertaking, performance, action; spiritual or good disciplined conduct.   (See also: a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nishta: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Nishta (nishtha)
nishta: nishta (nishtha). Regulated behaviour, excellence, discipline.   (See also: nishta , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Sadhana (saadhana)
sadhana: sadhana (saadhana). Spiritual discipline or exercise; self effort.   (See also: sadhana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dicti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana Chathushtaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Sadhana Chathushtaya (saadhana Chathushthaya)
sadhana chathushtaya: sadhana chathushtaya (saadhana chathushthaya). Four disciplines.   (See also: sadhana chathushtaya , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhus: Sai Baba Dictionary On Sadhus
Sadhus: Sadhus: Good men. (BV-34) Saint, who is devoted to spiritual discipline.   (See also: Sadhus , Hinduism, Hinduism D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga-yajna: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Yoga-yajna
yoga-yajna: yoga-yajna. The practice of yogic discipline as a sacrificial act.   (See also: yoga-yajna , Hinduism, Hinduism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharana: Sai Baba Dictionary On Dharana
Dharana: Dharana: Concentration, fixed attention, one of eight steps in Patanjali's yoga discipline.   (See also: Dharana ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Union of the individual self, or Atma, with the Supreme Being, or Universal Self. There are many forms of Yoga, all of which ar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adept: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Adept
adept: Highly skilled; expert. In religion, one who has mastered certain spiritual practices or disciplines. An advanced yogi. See: si...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhamma-vinaya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Dhamma-vinaya
Dhamma-vinaya (dhamma-vinaya): "doctrine (dhamma) and discipline (vinaya)." The Buddha's own name for the religion he founde...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Patimokkha: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Patimokkha
Patimokkha (paatimokkha): The basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adept: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Adept
adept: Highly skilled; expert. In religion, one who has mastered certain spiritual practices or disciplines. An advanced yogi. See: sidd...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Master: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Master
master 1. One having mastered a spiritual discipline and teaches or guides others. 2. (Theosophy) Hidden teachers who rule the spirit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Viveka Chudamani: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Viveka Chudamani
Viveka Chudamani: (Sanskrit) "Crest jewel of discrimination."   A famous text by Shankara (788-820) on discipline and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Viveka Chudamani: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Viveka Chudamani
Viveka Chudamani: (Sanskrit) "Crest jewel of discrimination." A famous text by Shankara (788-820) on discipline and discrimi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sahasra Lekhana Sadhana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sahasra Lekhana Sadhana
sahasra lekhana sadhana: (Sanskrit) "Thousand-times writing discipline." The spiritual practice of writing a sacred mantra 1...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vinaya-pitaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vinaya-pitaka
Vinaya-pitaka (Sanskrit) [from vinaya discipline + pitaka basket]   The second section of the Buddhist canon treating of the trai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thapas: Sai Baba Dictionary On Thapas
Thapas: Thapas: Ascetic practices (BV-23), process of purifying the inner equipments of man in the crucible of single-pointed speec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Sadhana
sadhana: spiritual practice; any discipline performed for the purpose of turning one's mind from the world and applying it to the spir...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga (from Sanskrit. verbal root, meaning "discipline," )   Any number of physical or spiritual disciplines arising in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vinaya: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Vinaya
Vinaya Disciplined conduct, referring specifically to the monastic rules for the disciples who have left home; also, one of the three...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meditation: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Meditation
MEDITATION: Discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. Employed since ancient times in various forms by a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vinaya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Vinaya
Vinaya (vinaya): The monastic discipline, spanning six volumes in printed text, whose rules and traditions define every aspect of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhaka: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Sadhaka
Sadhaka - one who follows a spiritual discipline to achieve a specific goal. In this book this especially refers to a practitioner of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vairagya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Vairagya
Vairagya - detachment or indifference to this world; a spiritual discipline involving the acceptance of voluntary austerities to achie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhakti-yoga: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Bhakti-yoga
bhakti-yoga The spiritual discipline of linking to the Supreme Lord through pure devotional service.   (See also: bhakti-yoga ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Coaching: Natural Medicine Dictionary On Coaching
Coaching: Instruction and direction provided by an experienced professional in a particular area/discipline: i.e., health, weight, bus...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Qi: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Qi (chee, Chi, Qui, Ki)
Qi (also referred to as Chee, Chi, Qui or Ki): in Eastern philosophies, the energy that connects and animates everything in the univer...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meditation: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Meditation
Meditation: a technique of mind control with the goals of feeling an inner calm and peacefulness, profound experiences of self-realiza...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhu: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Sadhu
Sadhu: Seeker for truth (sat); and person who is practicing spiritual disciplines. Usually this term is applied only to monastics. &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhakti Yoga: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti Yoga: The yoga of attaining union with God through the prescribed spiritual discipline of the path of devotion.   (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yogi: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Yogi
Yogi: One who practises Yoga; one who strives earnestly for union with God; an aspirant going through any course of spiritual discipli...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Dharana (dhaarana)
dharana: dharana (dhaarana). Concentration, fixed attention, one of eight steps in Patanjali's yoga discipline.   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashtanga-yoga: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Ashtanga-yoga (ashtaanga-yoga)
ashtanga-yoga: ashtanga-yoga (ashtaanga-yoga). Eight-fold discipline of yoga to destroy ignorance and reach state of communion with...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aranyakas: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Aranyakas (aaranyakas)
Aranyakas: Aranyakas (Aaranyakas). Religious or philosophical texts closely connected with the brahmins, either composed in the for...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahasaraswathi: Sai Baba Dictionary On Mahasaraswathi
Mahasaraswathi: Mahasaraswathi: Power as self-control, vision, value, validity, knowledge, keenness, discipline, justice, aspiratio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pali Canon: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Pali Canon
Pali Canon: the oldest sacred collection of Buddhist writings from the 3rd-1st centuries BCE, written in the Pali language, and compri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Disfellowshipping: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Disfellowshipping
Disfellowshipping As practiced by the Mormons and many other groups, this is a level of church discipline involving a probationary per...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lomi Work: Alternative Health Dictionary On Lomi Work
Lomi work (Lomi approach): System of bodywork cofounded by aikidoist Richard Strozzi Heckler, Ph.D.   It is a unique blend of co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychodynamic Chirology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Psychodynamic Chirology
Psychodynamic Chirology (PDC): A comprehensive diagnostic discipline based on the medical-genetic science of dermatoglyphics (see hand...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddhas: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Siddhas
siddhas A class of celestial beings advanced in spiritual discipline and naturally possessed of the eight mystic powers, such as the a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmachari: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Brahmachari
brahmachari: (Sanskrit) "He who is moving in God." An unmarried male spiritual aspirant who practices continence, observes r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahasivaratri: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mahasivaratri
Mahasivaratri: (Sanskrit) "Siva's great night."   Saivism's foremost festival, celebrated on the night before the new ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmachari: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Brahmachari
brahmachari: (Sanskrit) "He who is moving in God."   An unmarried male spiritual aspirant who practices continence, ob...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Field Of Consciousness: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Field Of Consciousness
field of consciousness In ESP experiences there are many potential combinations of seeing, hearing, sensing. When the medium is under...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Yoga
yoga (Sanskrit) "Yoke" 1. Union of self with the absolute or divine. 2. Methods or discipline employed to obtain such union...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tripitaka: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Tripitaka
Tripitaka Lit., three baskets:   The earliest Buddhist canonical text consisting of three sections: Buddha's discourses (sutra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhaka: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sadhaka
sadhaka: (Sanskrit) From sadh, "going straight to the goal."   A spiritual aspirant; a devotee who performs sadhana. A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana Marga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sadhana Marga
sadhana marga: (Sanskrit) "The way of sadhana."   A term used by Sage Yogaswami to name his prescription for seekers o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmachari: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Brahmacharini
brahmachari (m), brahmacharini (f): One who moves in Brahman; that is, one who continually fixes the mind on the eternal Truth. The mo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chiropractic Practice: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Chiropractic Practice
Chiropractic practice: a discipline that views the spine as the backbone of human health. Misalignments of vertebrae caused by poor po...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sannyasin: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sannyasin
sannyasin: (Sanskrit) "Renouncer."   One who has taken sannyasa diksha. A Hindu monk, swami, and one of a world brothe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sadhana
sadhana: (Sanskrit) "Means of attainment."   Self-effort, spiritual discipline; the way." Religious or spiritual ...   » Read the article