Yoga Glossary
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Gomukhasana : Cow's face posture.
Gorakshasana : Yogi Gorakhnath's pose.
Guna : Quality of nature viz. Tamas, rajas, sattwa.
Guptasana : The secret pose.
Guru : Spiritually enlightened soul, who can dispel darkness, ignorance and illusion from the mind and enlighten the consciousness of a devotee-disciple.
Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana): A standing pose. Stand with your feet 3 to 3.5-feet apart. Bring one arm straight down until it touches the floor. Extend the other arm and lift the other leg.
Half Spinal Twist (Ardha Matsyendrasana): A twisted pose. Sit in Rod or Staff pose with your feet under your buttocks. Bend one leg into the thigh and across the other leg tightly. Rotate your upper body opposite your bended leg. Ex . . . View Full Definition
Hands to Feet Pose (Pada Hastasana): A standing pose. Stand straight with your feet together. Stretch your arms above your head. Bend forward until your face touches your legs and your hands can touch your toes.
Hatha Yoga : Science of yoga which purifies the whole physical body by means of shatkarma, asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha and concentration.
Head Stand (Sirshasana): A balance pose. Stand upside down – with your head on the floor and legs extended towards the ceiling. Place your palms under your head.
Hero (Virasana): A seated pose. Kneel with a spine straight. Place the feet at either side of your buttocks. Sit between your feet.
Hridaya Akasha : Psychic space of the heart centre.
Ida Nadi : One of the main energy channels running on the left side of the spine from the mooladhara (base) chakra to the ajna chakra in the head.
Jala : Yoga word for water.
Jala Basti : The yoga technique of enema using water - one of the yoga shatkarma.
Jala Neti : A shatkarma technique - cleansing of the nasal passages with water by alternating the flow of water in the nostrils, preferably using a neti pot.
Jalandhara Bandha : Throat lock' to restrict the flow of bereath through the throat - done by resting the chin on the upper sternum (chest).
Japa : Continuous chanting i.e repetition of a mantra.
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