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A∴A∴
The A∴A∴ is a spiritual organization described in 1907 by occultist Aleister Crowley.
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Advaitanand Ji
Shri Swami Paramhans Advaitanand Ji Maharaj, also known as Shri Paramhans Dayal Ji(born Shri Ram Yaad), son of Shri Tulsi Das Ji Pathak, was born in Chapra, Bihar, India.
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Amritabindu Upanishad
The Amritabindu Upanishad (Sanskrit:अमृतबिन्दु उपनिषद्) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.
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Anahata
Anahata (अनाहत, IAST:, "unstruck") or heart chakra is the fourth primary chakra, according to Hindu Yogic, Shakta and Buddhist Tantric traditions.
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Ananda Marga
Ánanda Márga (আনন্দ মার্গ প্রচারক সংঘ, आनंद मार्ग "The Path of Bliss", also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg) or officially Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (organisation for the propagation of the path of bliss) is a socio-spiritual organisation and movement founded in Jamalpur, Bihar, India in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.
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Ananda Yoga
Ananda Yoga, or Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness is a system of Hatha Yoga established by Kriyananda, a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, and is based on Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) teachings.
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Anapanasati
Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit ānāpānasmṛti), meaning "mindfulness of breathing" ("sati" means mindfulness; "ānāpāna" refers to inhalation and exhalation), is a form of Buddhist meditation originally taught by Gautama Buddha in several suttas including the Ānāpānasati Sutta.
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André Van Lysebeth
André Van Lysebeth (October 10, 1919 – January 28, 2004) was a Belgian yoga instructor and author whose books about yoga have been translated into many languages.
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Anuloma pranayama
Anuloma Prāṇāyāma (अनुलोम प्राणायाम) is one of several Pranayama or breath exercises used in the practice of Hatha yoga.
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Asana
In yoga, an asana is a posture in which a practitioner sits.
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Ashtanga vinyasa yoga
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a style of yoga codified and popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois during the 20th century which is often promoted as a modern-day form of classical Indian yoga.
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Ayurveda in the United States
Ayurveda is an indigenous medical system of India that arose over 2,000 years ago.
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B. K. S. Iyengar
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014), better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world.
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Baba Hari Dass
Baba Hari Dass (Devanagari: बाबा हरि दास); born 26 March 1923 in Almora near Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand, India, is a yoga master, a silent monk, and a commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha.
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Be Here Now (book)
Be Here Now, or Remember, Be Here Now, is a 1971 book on spirituality, yoga and meditation by the Western-born yogi and spiritual teacher Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert).
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Bhastrika
Bhastrikā (pronounced bha-STRI-kaah), is an important breath exercise in yoga and pranayama.
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Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga is a system of yoga that Bikram Choudhury synthesized from traditional hatha yoga techniques It became popular in the early 1970s.
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Bodywork (alternative medicine)
In alternative medicine, bodywork is any therapeutic or personal development technique that involves working with the human body in a form involving manipulative therapy, breath work, or energy medicine.
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Bosiljka Janjusevic
Bosa Janjusevic, MA is psychologist and Gestalt psychotherapist, researcher, advanced yoga teacher, general secretary of the International Society for Scientific Interdisciplinary Research, secretary of the Editorial Board of International Scientific Yoga Journal Sense, coordinator for international cooperation of the European Yoga Federation, representative of the Yoga Federation of Austria and lecturer at the International Yoga Academy.
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Brad Willis (journalist)
Brad Willis (also known as Bhava Ram) (born August 27, 1949) is a former NBC News foreign correspondent, author, musician and teacher.
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Breath control
The term breath control may mean.
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Breathing
Breathing (or respiration, or ventilation) is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly by bringing in oxygen and flushing out carbon dioxide.
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Breathing (disambiguation)
Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs or oxygen through other breathing organs.
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Breathwork
Breathwork is an umbrella term for various New Age practices in which the conscious control of breathing is meant to influence a person's mental, emotional and/or physical state, with a claimed therapeutic effect.
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Bruce Frantzis
Bruce Kumar Frantzis (born April 1949) is a Taoist educator who studied Taoism in China.
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Carolinda Witt
Carolinda Witt (born March 29, 1955 in Nairobi) is an author, teacher, and expert on The Five Tibetans, a yoga methodology originally described by Peter Kelder in his book "The Eye Of Revelation." Her step-by-step method of learning the Rites has made these five ancient movements more accessible to a wider range of practitioners.
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Chaturanga Dandasana
Chaturanga Dandasana (चतुरङ्ग दण्डासन;; IAST: Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana) or Four-Limbed Staff Pose, also known as Low Plank, is a Yoga asana, in which a straight body parallel to the ground is supported by the toes and palms, with elbows at a right angle.
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Chaturbhuj Sahay
Dr Chaturbhuj Sahay (Hindi: चतुर्भुज सहाय); known as Guru Maharaj, 3 November 1883 – 24 September 1957, was an Indian mystic and capable master (समर्थ गुरु).
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Conscious breathing
Conscious breathing is an umbrella term for different medical and therapeutic methods to improve the breathing function.
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Darshana Upanishad
The Darshana Upanishad (Sanskrit: दर्शन उपनिषत्, IAST: Darśana Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism written in Sanskrit.
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Dayananda Saraswati
Dayanand Saraswati (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) was an Indian religious leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement of the Vedic dharma.
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Dennis Lewis
Dennis Lewis (born 1940) is a non-fiction writer and teacher in the areas of breathing, qigong, meditation, and self-enquiry.
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Dhyāna in Buddhism
In Buddhism, Dhyāna (Sanskrit) or Jhāna (Pali) is a series of cultivated states of mind, which lead to a "state of perfect equanimity and awareness (upekkhii-sati-piirisuddhl)." It is commonly translated as meditation, and is also used in Hinduism and Jainism.
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Diaphragmatic breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing, or deep breathing, is breathing that is done by contracting the diaphragm, a muscle located horizontally between the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity.
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Dru yoga
Dru yoga is a style of yoga that works with postures, breath work, relaxation and meditation.
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Dynamic meditation
Dynamic meditation is a form of meditation in which physical actions are involved.
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Edwin Dingle
Edwin John Dingle (6 April 1881, Cornwall – 27 January 1972) was an English journalist, author and founder of the Institute of Mentalphysics in California, US.
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Eight Lectures on Yoga
Eight Lectures on Yoga is a book by English occultist and teacher Aleister Crowley about the practice of Yoga.
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Equanimity
Equanimity (Latin: æquanimitas, having an even mind; aequus even; animus mind/soul) is a state of psychological stability and composure which is undisturbed by experience of or exposure to emotions, pain, or other phenomena that may cause others to lose the balance of their mind.
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Eskil Rønningsbakken
Eskil Rønningsbakken (born 24 June 1979) is an extreme artist from Vallset in Stange, Norway.
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Forrest Yoga
Forrest Yoga is a modern yoga style based on Hatha yoga.
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Gankyil
The Gankyil (Lhasa) or "wheel of joy" (cakra) is a symbol and ritual tool used in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism.
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Geeta Iyengar
Geeta S. Iyengar (born December 1944, in Pune, Maharashtra, India), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, is a yoga teacher credited with advancing yoga for women's health.
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Gheranda Samhita
Gheranda Samhita (IAST: gheraṇḍasaṁhitā, घेरंडसंहिता, meaning “Gheranda's collection”) is a Sanskrit text of Yoga in Hinduism.
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Glenda R. Taylor
Glenda R. Taylor (born December 30, 1955) is an American scholar, writer, poet, and cultural historian.
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Glossary of spirituality terms
This is a glossary of spirituality-related terms.
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Guru–shishya tradition
The guru–shishya tradition, or parampara ("lineage"), denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Indian culture and religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism (Tibetan and Zen tradition).
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Hamsa (bird)
The hamsa (Sanskrit: हंस, or hansa) is an aquatic bird of passage, such as a goose or a swan.
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Hasta Vinyasas
Hasta Vinyasas (हास्त विन्यास;; IAST) are a set of yoga vinyāsas which primarily involve movement of the arms.
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Hatha yoga
Hatha yoga is a branch of yoga.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
The Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā (or Light on Hatha Yoga) is a classic fifteenth-century Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga, written by Svāmi Svātmārāma, who connects the teaching's lineage to Matsyendranath of the Nathas.
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Hindu philosophy
Hindu philosophy refers to a group of darśanas (philosophies, world views, teachings) that emerged in ancient India.
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Igor Kufayev
Igor Anvar Kufayev (p; born January 5, 1966), is a Russian British artist, yogi and spiritual teacher.
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Indra Devi
Eugenie V. Peterson (Евгения Васильевна Петерсон; May 12, 1899 – April 25, 2002), known as Indra Devi, was a Russian yoga teacher who was an early disciple of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.
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Integral yoga (Satchidananda)
Integral Yoga is a system of Yoga that synthesizes six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa Yoga.
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Isha Yoga
Isha Yoga is a series of yoga programs offered by Isha Foundation and founded by Jaggi Vasudev.
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Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of posture (asana) and breath control (pranayama).
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J. Nigro Sansonese
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Jaimal Singh
Baba Jaimal Singh (1839–1903), popularly called "Baba Ji Maharaj", was a Punjabi who became a disciple of Soami Shiv Dayal (the Sant Mat saint of Agra and founder of the Radha Soami spiritual movement).
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Jiří Vacek
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Jivamukti Yoga
The Jivamukti Yoga method is a proprietary style of yoga created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984.
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Jnanarnava
Jnanarnava (Sanskrit: ज्ञानार्णव, IAST:Jñānārṇāva, Meaning: Ocean of Wisdom on Meditation) is an important Jain text in Sanskrit on various topics useful to the mendicant but focuses primarily on meditation.
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Kaadsiddheshwar
Shri Samarth Muppin Kaadsiddheswar Maharaj was one of the great gurus in the Navnath tradition of Hindu philosophy.
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Kamal Narayan Seetha
Kamal Narayan Seetha (born 1943) is a Vedic teacher specializing in the fields of Yoga, Pranayama and alternative healing.
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Kapalabhati (Hatha Yoga)
Kapalabhati is an important part of Shatkarma, the yogic system of body cleansing techniques.
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Kaula
Kaula, also known as Kula, ("the Kula practice") and ("the Kaula conduct"), is a religious tradition in Shaktism and tantric Shaivism characterised by distinctive rituals and symbolism connected with the worship of Shakti.
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Kriya Yoga
Kriya Yoga (क्रिया योग) is described by its practitioners as the ancient Yoga system revived in modern times by Mahavatar Babaji through his disciple Lahiri Mahasaya, c. 1861.
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Kshurika Upanishad
The Kshurika Upanishad (Sanskrit: क्षुरिका उपनिषत्, IAST: Kṣurikā Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.
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Kuk Sool Won
Kuk Sool Won is a Korean martial arts system founded by Suh In-Hyuk, the Kuksa (National teacher(lit.)/grandmaster) in 1961.
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Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka is the pause between an inhale and exhale.
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Kundalini
Kundalini (Sanskrit: कुण्डलिनी,, "coiled one"), in Hinduism refers to a form of primal energy (or shakti) said to be located at the base of the spine.
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Kundalini yoga
Kundalini Yoga, also known as laya yoga, is a school of yoga that is influenced by Shaktism and Tantra schools of Hinduism.
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Lahiri Mahasaya
Shyama Charan Lahiri (শ্যামাচরণ লাহিড়ী) (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi and a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji.
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Libri of Aleister Crowley
The Libri of Aleister Crowley is a list of texts mostly written or adapted by Aleister Crowley.
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List of asanas
Āsana is a generic term for postures used in the practice of yoga, derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'.
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List of Hindu texts
Hinduism is an ancient religion with diverse traditions such as Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and others.
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List of mudras (yoga)
This is a list of Yoga mudras.
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Magick (Book 4)
Magick, Liber ABA, Book 4 is widely considered to be the magnum opus of 20th-century occultist Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema.
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Magick (Thelema)
Magick, in the context of Aleister Crowley's Thelema, is a term used to show and differentiate the occult from performance magic and is defined as "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will", including both "mundane" acts of will as well as ritual magic.
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Mahāprajña
Acharya Shri Mahapragya (आचार्य महाप्रज्ञ Ācārya mahapragya)(14 June 1920 – 9 May 2010) was the tenth head of the Svetambar Terapanth order of Jainism.
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Malladihalli Raghavendra
Raghavendra Swami of Malladihalli (Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಾಡಿಹಳ್ಳಿ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ) (1890–1996), popularly known as "Malladihalli Swamiji", (He used to call himself as Tiruka, a begger 'ತಿರುಕ,') was the founder of Anatha Sevashrama Trust, Malladihalli.
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Mandala-brahmana Upanishad
The Mandala-brahmana Upanishad (Sanskrit: मण्डलब्राह्मण उपनिषत्), also known as Mandalabrahmanopanisad, is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism and a Sanskrit text.
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Manipura
Manipura (मणिपूर, IAST:, "jewel city") is the third primary chakra according to Vedic tradition.
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Matteo Pistono
Matteo (Matthew) Pistono is a writer, teacher of meditation, and student of engaged Buddhism.
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Meditation
Meditation can be defined as a practice where an individual uses a technique, such as focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
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Morsing
A morsing (also mukharshanku, mourching, morching or morchang, Telugu: మోర్సింగ్ Kannada:ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ Rajasthani: मोरचंग, Tamil: நாமுழவு அல்லது முகச்சங்கு, Malayalam: മുഖർശംഖ്, English: Jaw Harp) is an instrument similar to the Jew's harp, mainly used in Rajasthan, in the Carnatic music of South India, and in Sindh (Pakistan).
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Mudra
A mudra (Sanskrit "seal", "mark", or "gesture") is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Nadi (yoga)
(lit; lit) is a term for the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine and spiritual science, the energies of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body are said to flow. Within this philosophical framework, the nadis are said to connect at special points of intensity called nadichakras."Light on Pranayama" (Ch. 5: Nadis and Chakras).
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Nasal cycle
The nasal cycle is the often unnoticed alternating partial congestion and decongestion of the nasal cavities in humans and other animals.
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Nigamananda Paramahansa
Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa (18 August 1880 – 29 November 1935) is an Indian Sadguru, Yogi, Mystic and a Hindu(more precisely Sanatan Dharma) spiritual leader well known in Eastern India.
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Oriental hypnosis
Oriental Hypnosis is an old Indian method of healing practiced by Sadhus, Fakirs, Yogis and sannyasis (Sannyasa).
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Panchamakara
Panchamakara, also known as the Five Ms, is a Tantric term referring to the five substances used in a Tantric practice.
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Parmarth Niketan
Parmarth Niketan is an ashram located in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
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Pashchima Namaskarasana
Pashchima Namaskarasana (IAST:Paścima Namaskārāsanā;पश्चिम नमस्कारासना) is commonly called Reverse Prayer Pose or "Penguin Pose" in English and is a standing yoga asana.
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Patanjali Yogpeeth
Patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, is one of the largest yoga institutes in India, possibly the whole world.
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Paul Foster Case
Paul Foster Case (October 3, 1884 – March 2, 1954) was an American occultist of the early 20th century and author of numerous books on occult tarot and Qabalah.
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Paul Poovathingal
Paul Poovathingal (born 1961), popularly known as the 'Padum Pathiri' or 'singing priest of India', is a carnatic music (Indian classical music) vocalist, composer and lyricist and is the first vocologist in India.
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Pencak Silat
Pencak silat (in Western writings sometimes spelled "pentjak silat" or phonetically as "penchak silat") is an umbrella term for a class of related Indonesian martial arts.
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Positive criminology
Positive criminology is based on the perspective that integration and positive life influences that help individuals develop personally and socially will lead to a reduced risk of criminal behavior and better recovery of offenders.
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Prana
In Hindu philosophy including yoga, Indian medicine, and martial arts, Prana (प्राण,; the Sanskrit word for "life force" or "vital principle") comprises all cosmic energies that permeate the Universe on all levels.
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Pranayam
Pranayam (പ്രണയം; Love) is a 2011 Malayalam romantic drama film written and directed by Blessy.
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Pranayama
Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम) is a Sanskrit word alternatively translated as "extension of the prāṇa (breath or life force)" or "breath control." The word is composed from two Sanskrit words: prana meaning life force (noted particularly as the breath), and either ayama (to restrain or control the prana, implying a set of breathing techniques where the breath is intentionally altered in order to produce specific results) or the negative form ayāma, meaning to extend or draw out (as in extension of the life force).
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Pratiloma ujjayi
Ujjayi meaning 'victorious' is an integral type of Pranayama, breathing exercise, used in yoga.
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Pratyahara
Pratyahara (Devanāgarī प्रत्याहार, Tibetan སོ་སོར་སྡུད་པ་, Wylie so sor sdud pa) or the 'withdrawal of the senses' is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga, as mentioned in his classical work, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali composed in the 2nd century BCE.
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Prāyaścitta
Prāyaścitta (प्रायश्चित्त) is the Sanskrit word which means "atonement, penance, expiation".
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Psychic vampire
A psychic vampire is a mythological creature said to feed off the "life force" of other living creatures.
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Ra Un Nefer Amen
Ra Un Nefer Amen (born Rogelio Alcides Straughn, on January 6, 1944) is the founder of the Ausar Auset Society, a Pan-African religious organization dedicated to providing Afrocentric based spiritual training to people of African descent.
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Rajkumar (actor)
Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), known mononymously by his stage name Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer in the Kannada cinema.
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Ramnagar, Uttarakhand
Ramnagar is a small town and municipal board in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India.
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Regine Velasquez
Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (born April 22, 1970) is a Filipino singer, actress and record producer.
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Relaxation technique
A relaxation technique (also known as relaxation training) is any method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax; to attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of pain, anxiety, stress or anger.
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Rocket Yoga
The ROCKET® yoga method, lovingly referred to as 'The Rocket', is a style of yoga developed by Larry Schultz in San Francisco during the 1980s.
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Saints and levitation
There are numerous saints to whom the ability to fly or levitate has been attributed.
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Sandeep Khurana
Sandeep Khurana is an Indian American composer, record producer, singer, and filmmaker.
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Sandhyavandanam
Sandhyavandana (Sanskrit: संध्यावन्दन) is a mandatory religious ritual performed, traditionally, by Dvija communities of Hindus, particularly those initiated through the sacred thread ceremony referred to as the Upanayanam and instructed in its execution by a Guru, in this case one qualified to teach Vedic ritual.
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Sandpainting
Sandpainting is the art of pouring coloured sands, and powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed, or unfixed sand painting.
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Sant Charandas
Sant Charandas was a major Hindu religious teacher in Delhi during the eighteenth century.
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Satchidananda Saraswati
Satchidananda Saraswati (22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002), born as C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder and known as Swami Satchidananda, was an Indian religious teacher, spiritual master and yoga adept, who gained fame and following in the West.
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Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw (born September 23, 1958) is an American author, martial artist, and filmmaker.
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Shadow Yoga
Shadow Yoga is a style of Hatha Yoga developed by Shandor Remete.
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Shandilya Upanishad
The Shandilya Upanishad (Sanskrit: शाण्डिल्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Śāṇḍilya Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.
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Shatkarma
Shatkarma (Sanskrit: षटकर्म ṣaṭkarma), also known as Shatkriya,, in Yoga Magazine, a publication of Bihar School of Yoga refers to the Yogic practices involving purification of the body.
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Shava sadhana
Shava sadhana (śāva sādhanā) is a Tantric sadhana (spiritual practice) in which the practitioner sits on a corpse for meditation.
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Shavasana
Shavasana, Savasana (शवासन; IAST: śavāsana), or corpse pose is an asana usually done at the end of a yoga practice in which practitioners lie flat on their backs with the heels spread as wide as the yoga mat and the arms a few inches away from the body, palms facing upwards.
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Shiva Shambho
Shiva Shambho, also known as Shiva, Sambhu and José Antonio Ramón Calderón (born August 15, 1956), is a Mexican mystic and writer.
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Shoot wrestling
Shoot wrestling (also known as shoot style or strong style) is a combat sport that has its origins in Japan's professional wrestling circuit of the 1970s.
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Shri Yogendra
Manibhai Haribhai Desai (1897 – 1989), known as Shri Yogendra and Yogendra was an Indian Yoga guru, author, poet, researcher and was one of the important figures in the modern revival of Hatha Yoga, both in India and United States.
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Siddha
Siddha (Tamil "great thinker/wise man"; Sanskrit, "perfected one") is a term that is used widely in Indian religions and culture.
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Siddhasana
Siddhasana (सिद्धासन) or Accomplished Pose for men is an asana.
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Sivananda yoga
Sivananda yoga, after teachings of Swami Sivananda, is a non-proprietary form of hatha yoga in which the training focuses on preserving the health and wellness of the practitioner.
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Sublimation (psychology)
In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism, in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse.
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Svastikasana
Svastikasana dávanágari स्वस्तिकसन IAST svastikásana, is Sanskrit for an asana sitting cross-legged on the Yôga.
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Svātmārāma
Yogi Swatmarama (स्वात्माराम; IAST: svātmārāma) was a 15th and 16th century yogic sage in India.
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Swami Brahmananda
Brahmananda (21 January 1863 – 10 April 1922), born Rakhal Chandra Ghosh, was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna and the first president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
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Swami Kuvalayananda
Swami Kuvalayananda (30 August 1883 – 18 April 1966) was a researcher and educator who is primarily known for his pioneering research into the scientific foundations of yoga.
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Tamil mythology
Tamil mythology means the stories and sacred narratives belonging to the Tamil people.
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Tantra
Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र, literally "loom, weave, system") denotes the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that co-developed most likely about the middle of 1st millennium CE.
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Tantra techniques (Vajrayana)
Tantra techniques in Vajrayana Buddhism are techniques used to attain Buddhahood.
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Ted Andrews
Ted Andrews (July 15, 1952 – October 24, 2009) was an American author and teacher of shamanic practices who claimed to be clairvoyant.
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The Indian Stammering Association
The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) is a public charitable trust and self-help movement for people in India who stammer.
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The Profound Inner Principles
The Profound Inner Principles also known as Profound Inner Meaning or 'Zabmo Nangdon' is a 14th century treatise and major work of 'Rangjung Dorje' (1284–1339), the third Karmapa, born to a Nyingma family he received the full transmission of the Nyingma tradition, in addition to the Karma Kagyu.
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Thelema
Thelema is a social or spiritual philosophy derived from Western esotericism.
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Thomas McEvilley
Thomas McEvilley (July 13, 1939 – March 2, 2013) was an American art critic, poet, novelist, and scholar.
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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (November 18, 1888 – February 28, 1989) was an Indian yoga teacher, ayurvedic healer and scholar.
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Trance
Trance denotes any state of awareness or consciousness other than normal waking consciousness.
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Treatments for combat-related PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a very broad category involved in psychological disorders.
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Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad
The Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad (Sanskrit:त्रिशिखब्राह्मण उपनिषत्, IAST: Triśikhi-brāhmaṇa Upaniṣad), also known as Trisikhibrahmanopanisad, is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism and a Sanskrit text.
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TriYoga
TriYoga is a hatha yoga method with a "trinity emphasis on asana (posture), pranayama (breath) and mudra (focus)".
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Trul khor
Tsa lung Trul khor (vayv-adhisāra "magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents"), known in short as Trul khor "magical instrument" or "magic circle" (adhisāra) is a Vajrayana discipline which includes pranayama and body postures (asanas).
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Ujjayi breath
Ujjayi breathing is a breathing technique employed in a variety of Taoist and Yoga practices.
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V. Nanammal
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Vajrasati Yoga
Vajrasati yoga is a style of yoga developed by Jim Tarran.
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Vidya Prakasananda Giri Swamy
Sri Vidya Prakasananda Giri Swamy (Swāmī Vidyāprakāśānanda Giri) (13 April 1914 – 10 April 1998), born Ananda Mohan, was a revered Hindu guru and predominantly prominent among Telugu speaking community across the world for his teachings and works about Vedanta in Telugu language.
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Vinyāsa
Vinyāsa (विन्यास, IAST) is a Sanskrit term often employed in relation to certain styles of yoga, that usually refers to a transition between two different positions.
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Vish Iyer
Vish Iyer (born on 29 June 1974 as Vishwanath Iyer in Chennai, India) is an American author, Yoga Guru, transformational speaker, actor and entrepreneur.
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Vishnu Purana
The 'Vishnu Purana' (IAST: Viṣṇu Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.
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Vishuddha
The god of vishuddha is Lord Radhe Krishna Vishuddha (विशुद्ध, IAST:, "especially pure"), or Vishuddhi, or throat chakra is the fifth primary chakra according to the Hindu tradition of tantra.
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Wilfred Talbot Smith
Wilfred Talbot Smith (born Frank Wenham; 8 June 1885 – 27 April 1957) was an English occultist and ceremonial magician known as a prominent advocate of the religion of Thelema.
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Yadgar-i-Bahaduri
Yadgar-i-Bahaduri ("The Memorial of Bahadur") is an Indian Persian language encyclopaedia of history, geography, science and art.
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Yoga
Yoga (Sanskrit, योगः) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.
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Yoga (disambiguation)
Yoga (योग), a Sanskrit word with a general meaning of "connection, conjunction, attachment, union": a generic term for several physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines originating in ancient India.
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Yoga (philosophy)
Yoga philosophy is one of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism.
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Yoga as exercise
Yoga as exercise is a modern exercise practice influenced by hatha yoga.
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Yoga for children
Yoga for children is a form of yoga that is designed specifically for children.
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Yoga piracy
Yoga piracy refers to the practice of claiming copyrights on yoga postures and techniques found in ancient treatises indigenous to India.
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Yoga series
Yoga series consist of asanas done in sequence.
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Yoga Upanishads
Yoga Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to Yoga.
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Yoga Yajnavalkya
The Yoga Yajnavalkya (योगयाज्ञवल्क्य, Yoga-Yājñavalkya) is a classical Hindu yoga text in the Sanskrit language.
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Yoga-kundalini Upanishad
The Yoga-kundalini Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगकुण्डलिनी उपनिषत् IAST), also called Yogakundali Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगकुण्डल्युपनिषत्, IAST: Yogakuṇḍalī Upaniṣad),Gerald James Larson (2008), The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Yoga: India's philosophy of meditation, Motilal Banarsidass,, pages 615–616 is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism.
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Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy
The Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy is a school of the Divine Life Society located within Sivananda Ashram, near Rishikesh.
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Yogaśāstra
Yogaśāstra ("Yoga treatise") is a Sanskrit work on Yoga, Jain philosophy and practice by the Jain Svetambara philosopher Hemachandra (floruit 12th century).
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Yogacharya Govindan Nair
Yogacharya Govindan Nair (Born: 1908– Died: 2001) was a noted Yoga master, author, and journalist, who made significant contributions in popularizing Yoga Asana practices amongst the people of Kerala State in India.
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Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya
Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya ("Compendium of Yoga views") is a 228 verse Sanskrit work on Yoga by the Jain Svetambara philosopher Haribhadra yakini putra (floruit 8th century).
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Yogatattva Upanishad
The Yogatattva Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगतत्त्व उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogatattva Upaniṣhad), also called as Yogatattvopanishad (योगतत्त्वोपनिषत्), is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.
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Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit religious organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917.
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Zen yoga
Zen yoga refers to a variety of physical and energetic practices that can be found within the Zen Buddhist tradition, and increasingly taught in the West.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranayama
