Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga.

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Note that all words in grey (like the following examples; Yoga, Kundalini, Enlightenment) in the dictionary are links to archives with articles related to that word or expression.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Siva - a qualitative expansion of Sri Bhagavan (see Glossary of Names).

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Visnu - the Supreme Lord of the cosmos (see Glossary of Names).

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Caitanya Mahaprabhu - Sri Krsna appearing in the mood of a bhakta (see Glossary of Names).

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Ashta-anga-yoga, ashtanga-yoga:

Ashta-anga-yoga, ashtanga-yoga ("eight-limbed union"): the eightfold yoga of Patanjali, consisting of moral discipline (yama), self-restraint (niyama), posture (asana), breath control (pranayama), sensory inhibition (pratyahara), concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and ecstasy (samadhi), leading to liberation (kaivalya)

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Yoga:

(lit., union) The spiritual practices and disciplines that lead a seeker to evenness of mind, to the severing of the union with pain, and through detachment, to skill in action. Ultimately, the path of yoga leads to the constant experience of the Self.

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Karma-yoga - the path to God realization through dedication of the fruits of one’s work to God.

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Jnana-yoga - the path of spiritual realization through a philosophical search for truth.

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Yoga:

Literally means “yoke” or discipline. With no qualifying adjective, usually refers to Hatha Yoga (discipline of the body).

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Astanga-yoga - the yoga system consisting of eight parts: yama (control of the senses) , niyama (control of the mind) , asana (bodily postures) , pranayama (breath control) , pratyahara (withdrawal of the mind from sensory perception) , dharana (steadying the mind) , dhyana (meditation) , and samadhi (deep and unbroken absorption on the Lord in the heart).

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Ananda Yoga: Ananda Yoga focuses on gentle postures designed to move the body's energy to different organs and muscles, but primarily to the brain to prepare for meditation.

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Bhakti Yoga: Bhakti Yoga is the practice of devotional disciplines. It is union through devotion.

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Bikram Yoga: A rigorous form of Yoga performed in a room heated to at least 95 degrees.  Each posture in the sequence is designed to safely stretch and open the body, in preparation for the next posture.

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Ashtanga Yoga: A Yoga regimen commonly know as "Power Yoga", Ashtanga is a flowing practice in which the postures are linked together and are always done in the exact same sequence.

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Raja Yoga: Royal Yoga. The Yoga path of meditation.  Hatha Yoga is actually a branch of Raja Yoga.

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Restorative Yoga: Designed to relieve stress; this is a very slow and relaxing kind of Yoga.

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Yoga Sutras: The classical text from the yoga school of Indian philosophy. Written by Patanjali around the time of Christ, it remains a primary source of guidance about yoga.

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Yoga: meaning Union, A broad range of disciplined forms of meditation, which share the goal of freeing the mind from attachment, and distraction and opening the way for an experience of oneness with everything.  Recent discovery of 5000 year old medals illustrating classic yoga poses, have confirmed the ancient origins of Yoga. Yoga is also an integral part of Buddhism, Jainism and other offshoots of Hinduism.

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Bhakti Yoga:

Bhakti Yoga ("Yoga of devotion"): a major branch of the yoga tradition, utilizing the feeling capacity to connect with the ultimate Reality conceived as a supreme Person (uttama-purusha)

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