1. History & Foundations

Virabhadrasana I

Warrior 1

Virabhadrasana II

Warrior 2

Utthita Parsvakonasana

Extended Side Angle

Trikonasana

Triangle

Ahimsa

non-violence; a yama

Aparigraha

non-hoarding; a yama

Asana

Physical practice of yoga

Aspirant

The practitioner who seeks truth and an end to suffering

Asteya

non-stealing; a yama

Avidya

ignorance; a kleshas

Ayurveda

System of medicine that's based on the belief that disease begins as an imbalance or stress in someones consciousness

Brahmacharya

moderation; a yama

Chitta Vritti

The fluctuations of consciousness

Dharana

concentration; a first state before reaching meditation

Dhyana

meditation; state of being not practice

Discernment

the ability to judge well

Eight-limbed path of yoga

A protocol for reaching enlightenment and liberation through the ancient wisdom of yoga

Essential values

The most important and intrinsic values within your being

Gunas

The energetic forces that affect our lives and take us through the cycles of nature: rajas, tamas, and sattva

Hatha yoga

the art of leveraging the solar and lunar ascepts of the human to bring balance.

Isvara pranidhana

devotion to a higher power

Kleshas

obstacles to our practice; veils of illusion that begin with ingnorance

Liberation

practice of contentment and non-suffering

Metacognition

psychological practice or self-study of looking back an our thoughts

Niyamas

the five observance; spiritual practices

prakriti

matter that goes through the cycles of life

Prana

breath of life

pranayama

breath control that's meant to remove disruptions and calm the mind for meditation

pratyahara

withdrawal of the senses

purusha

God, spirit, divinity, light

Rajas

turning away from, or attachment to, fruits of out labors; a gunas

Raja Yoga

Royal yoga of devotion and renunciation (act of giving up)

Sadhana Pada

The second book of the yoga sutras, on practice

Samadhi

"Union with the divine source"

Samadhi pada

The first book of the yoga sutras which lays out the psychology of the human

Samskaras

patterns and loops of consciousness, preception, behaviors, and relationships

Sankalpa

an intention

Santosha

contentment; one of the niyamas

Sattva

Feeling of balanced contentment; one of the gunas

Satya

truthfulness; one fo the yamas

Saucha

Purity of being; self-awareness; one of the niyamas

Svadhyaya

self-study; a niyamas

Tamas

Inertia or lethargy; one of the gunas

Tapas

Austerity(strictness); a guna

Vritti

Intellect, memory, positive thoughts, and insecurities

Yamas

social obligations

Yoga

The union of spirit and experience