Category: V
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Vagility
The ability of organisms to disseminate (e.g., spread throughout a given habitat).
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Vagile
Wandering or roaming (e.g., a microorganism that is not attached to a solid support tends to “wander” through its environment as it gets pushed about by currents of air or liquid).
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Vaccinia
A non-pathogenic virus that is believed to be a (modified) form of the virus that causes cowpox. Vaccinia readily accepts genes (inserted into its genome via genetic engineering) from pathogenic viruses so it can be used to make vaccines that do not possess the risk inherent in attenuated-virus vaccines (i.e., that the attenuated virus “revives”…
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Vyana
The quality of energy in one’s being that relates to circulation. The vital energy that sustains the heart and lungs, known as the second of the five airs in Ayurvedic philosophy. It represents the life force responsible for governing the cyclical motion within the body.
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Vrttis
Modifications or disturbances in one’s mind field.
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Vivekanada, swami
A celibate yogi who introduced yoga to United States at the World Parliament of Religions in 1893.
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Vinyasa
Refers to a step-by-step progression; when this concept is applied to the practice of asana, one allowsn the breath (and not the mind or body) to initiate and dictate the physical movements.
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Viniyoga
A style of hatha yoga whose name is derived from its method of instruction, vinyasa-krama, step-by-step progressions; espoused by Sri Krishnamacharya and continued by his son T. K. V Desikachar.
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Vikriti
One’s condition as it relates to one’s conceived constitution.
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Venkatesananda swami
Inspirational teacher of Mani and Alan Finger from the Sivananda lineage.