Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Pranayama
Exercises related to the breath in which one directs and extends the flow of life force into and out of the body. The control of life energy by various techniques which regulate and restrain breath, through which one can control the mind and improve one’s quality of awareness and perception. Helpful with all types of…
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Power yoga
A derivative of ashtanga yoga, it is also often used as a catch-all term by health clubs to describe a challenging yoga class.
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Pingala
One of the primary energy channels; it relates to the activating qualities of one’s being.
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Patanjali
A renowned Indian scholar, whose biographical details are largely unknown, but whose work, the Yoga Sutras, is considered by many to be the definitive compilation of yoga knowledge.
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Nishraisananda swami
An influential teacher in the lives of Mani and Alan Finger, whose scientific approach to the study of yoga inspired them to approach their own teachings from a practical, nonmystical standpoint.
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Nadis
Energy pathways that sometimes mimic but are not the network of nerves in the physical body.
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Mudra
An energy seal.
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Maya
The illusion that the world of the senses is all that exists.
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Marma point
A point where consciousness and physicality diverge; directing energy into a marma point initiates a release of trapped energy.
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Manas
Perceptions.
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