and wisdom
corpse, decomposition of. See also Corpse Pose (Shavasana)
Corpse Pose (Shavasana)
Crescent Moon (Ardha Chandrasana I)
Crocodile (Makarasana)
Crossed-Leg Sitting Posture. See Simple Crossed-Leg Sitting Posture (Sukhasana)
Cross-Legged Forward Bend (Sukhottanasana),
98-99
D
Dalai Lama
Dandasana. See Staff Pose (Dandasana)
Dhammapada
Dhanurasana. See Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)
Dharma
and attachment
“car alarm,”
and the concept of “Dharmas in the Dharmas,”
and dukkha
and the Eightfold Path
and the Four Noble Truths
and happiness
and joy
learning, from a tree
Diamond Pose (Vajrasana)
diet
and feelings
and the Five Mindfulness Trainings
and the Four Noble Truths
and precepts
Discourse on Right View (Sammadhitta Sutta)
Dogen
Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Shvanasana)
dukkha. See also suffering
and the Dharma
and the Eightfold Path
and Mountain Pose
E
eating. See diet
Eightfold Path
eight-limbed (ashtanga) yoga
Eight-Point Posture (Astanganamasker)
emptiness
enlightenment. See also nirvana
descriptions of
and the Four Noble Truths
ethics. See morality
Extended Side Angle Stretch, (Utthita Parshvakonasana)
Extended Standing Forward Bend (Utthita
Uttanasana)
F
Factor of Awakening
fathom-long body. See also body
Feuerstein, Georg
Fierce Posture (Utkatasana)
First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Five Mindfulness Trainings
food. See diet
forward bends. See Hanging Forward Bend (Uttanasana I); Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana II); Wide-Angled Forward Bend (Upavishta Konasana)
Four Establishments of Mindfulness
Four Immeasurable Minds
Four Noble Truths
Full Catastrophe Living (Kabat-Zinn)
Full Lotus Posture (Padmasana)
G
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gautama Buddha. See Buddha
Garuda-Purana
Goenka, S. N.
Green Mountain Dharma Center
Great Renunciation
H
habit energy
Half Locust (Arha Shalabhasana)
Half-Lotus Posture (Ardha Padmasana)
Hanging Forward Bend (Uttanasana I)
hatha yoga
Hinduism
Humphreys, Christmas
I
Ichu
impermanence
Insight Meditation Society
Integral yoga
inter-are, notion of
Islamic tradition
It’s a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice (Lozoff)
Iyengar, B. K. S.
J
Jaina
Janu Shirshansana. See One-Legged Forward Bend (Janu Shirshansana)
Jathara Parivritti. See Reclined Spinal Twist (Jathara Parivritti)
jnana yoga
Judeo-Christian tradition
K
Kabat-Zinn, Jon
karma
karma yoga
Knees-to-Chest Pose (Pavanamuktasana)
koans
Kripalu yoga
Krishna
Kriya yoga
kundalini yoga
L
Lao Tsu
laya yoga
Li Po
Locust Pose (Shalabhasana)
Lord-of-the-Fishes Pose (Ardha Matsyendrasana)
Lotus Preparation (Padmasana Preparation). See also Full Lotus Posture (Padmasana)
Lozoff, Bob
Lunge
Lunge into Standing Lunge (Warrior One Variation)
M
Maha-mudra. See One-Legged Forward Bend (Janu Shirshansana)
Mahavira
Mahayana tradition
Makarasana. See Crocodile (Makarasana)
mantra yoga
Marichyasana B Modification. See Lotus Preparation (Padmasana Preparation)
Metta Sutta
Middle Way
Mindfulness with Breathing (Buddhadasa)
morality
Mountain/Balanced Standing Pose (Tadasana/Sama-sthiti)
Mritasana. See Corpse Pose (Shavasana)
mudra
N
Nagarjuna
Nhat Hanh, Thich
and emptiness
on enlightenment
and the Five Mindfulness Trainings
on the interpretation of sutras
on letting go
on pain
on the practices of stopping and looking
on rivers of feeling
on shamatha
on sitting meditation
on suffering
on the two truths
and walking meditation
Nine Contemplations, on the decomposition of a corpse
nirvana. See also enlightenment
Noble Eightfold Path
Noble Truths. See Four Noble Truths
O
One-Legged Forward Bend (Janu Shirshansana)
P
Padmasana Preparation. See Lotus Preparation (Padmasana Preparation)
Padmasana. See Full Lotus Posture (Padmasana)
Pali canon
Panchamas
Parshva Sukhottanasana. See Seated Side Stretch (Parshva Sukhottanasana)
Paschimottanasana. See Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)
Patanjali. See also Yoga Sutra (Patanjali)
and the niyamas
and the Noble Eightfold Path
on suffering
Pavanamuktasana. See Knees-to-Chest Pose (Pavanamuktasana)
Pavarana ceremony
Plank Pose. See also Reverse Plank Pose (Purvottanasana)
poses (listed by name)
Bent-Knee Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana)
Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)
Cat/Cow Pose (Bidalasana)
Child Pose (Balaasana)
Cobbler (Baddha Konasana)
Cobra (Bhujangasana)
Corpse Pose (Shavasana)
Crescent Moon (Ardha Chandrasana I)
Crocodile (Makarasana)
Cross-Legged Forward Bend (Sukhottanasana)
Diamond Pose (Vajrasana)
Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Shvanasana)
Eight-Point Posture (Astanganamasker)
Extended Side Angle Stretch (Utthita Parshvakonasana)
Extended Standing Forward Bend (Utthita Uttanasana)
Fierce Posture (Utkatasana)
Half Locust (Arha Shalabhasana)
Half-Lotus Posture (Ardha Padmasana)
Hanging Forward Bend (Uttanasana I)
Knees-to-Chest Pose (Pavanamuktasana)
Locust Pose (Shalabhasana)
Lord-of-the-Fishes Pose (Ardha Matsyendrasana)
Lotus Preparation (Padmasana Preparation)
Lunge
Lunge into Standing Lunge (Warrior One Variation)
Mountain/Balanced Standing Pose (Tadasana/Sama-sthiti)
One-Legged Forward Bend (Janu Shirshansana)
Reclined Spinal Twist (Jathara Parivritti)
Reverse Plank Pose (Purvottanasana)
Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)
Seated Side Stretch (Parshva Sukhottanasana)
Simple Cross-Legged Sitting Pose (Sukhasana)
Spinal Roll
Staff Pose (Dandasana)
Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana II)
Standing Lunge (Virabhadrasana I Variation)
Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskara)
Swan Dive into Standing Forward Bend
Tree Pose (Vrikshasana)
Triangle Pose (Utthita Trikonasana)
Warrior One (Virabhadrasana I)
Warrior Two (Virabhandrasana II)
Warrior Vinyasa
Wide-Angle Forward Bend (Upavishta Konasana)
power yoga
prajna. See also wisdom
pranayama. See also breathing
precepts
Purvottanasana. See Reverse Plank Pose (Purvottanasana)
R
raja (royal) yoga
Reclined Spinal Twist (Jathara Parivritti)
return, path of
Reverse Plank Pose (Purvottanasana). See also Plank Pose
Rosen, Richard
Rumi
S
Sail Pose
Sama-sthiti. See Mountain/Balanced Standing Pose (Tadasana/Sama-sthiti)
samadhi
Samkhya yoga
Satipatthana Sutta
Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)
Seated Meditation. See also sitting meditation
Seated Side Stretch (Parshva Sukhottanasana)
Setu Bandhasana. Bent Knee Bridge (Setu Bandhasana)
Seven Factors of Awakening
Shalabhasana. See Locust Pose (Shalabhasana)
Shariputra
Shavasana. See Corpse Pose (Shavasana)
Siddhartha Gautama. See Buddha
Side Angle Stretch. See Extended Side Angle Stretch (Utthita Parshvakonasana)
Simple Cross-Legged Sitting Pose (Sukhasana)
sitting meditation. See also Seated Meditation; Simple Crossed-Leg Sitting Pose (Sukhasana)
length of
specific instructions for
Spinal Roll
Staff Pose (Dandasana)
Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana II)
Standing Lunge (Virabhadrasana I Variation)
suffering. See also dukkha
and attachment
and the Dharma
and the Four Noble Truths
and pain, difference between
Patanjali on
Sukhasana. See Simple Crossed-Leg Sitting Posture (Sukhasana)
Sukhottanasana. See Crossed-Legged Forward Bend (Sukhottanasana)
Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskara)
Sunim, Samu
Surya Namaskara. See Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskara)
Sutra on Teachings to Be Given to The Sick
Sutra on the Establishments of Mindfulness
Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Suzuki, D. T.
Suzuki, Shunryu
Swan Dive into Standing Forward Bend
Swenson, David
T
Tadasana. See Mountain/Balanced Standing Pose (Tadasana/Sama-sthiti)
tantra yoga
Taoism
Tathagata
Theravada tradition
Three Doors of Liberation
Thunderbolt Posture. See Diamond Pose (Vajrasana)
Tibetan Buddhism
Tree Pose (Vrikshasana)
Triangle Pose (Utthita Trikonasana)
truth. See Four Noble Truths
U
Uddaka Ramaputta
Upanishads
Upavishta Konasana. See Wide-Angled Forward Bend (Upavishta Konasana)
Utkatasana. See Fierce Posture (Utkatasana)
Uttanasana I. See Hanging Forward Bend (Uttanasana I)
Uttanasana II. See Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana II)
Utthita Trikonasana. See Triangle Pose (Utthita Trikonasana)
Utthita Uttanasana. See Extended Standing
Forward Bend (Utthita Uttanasana)
V
Vajrasana. See Diamond Pose (Vajrasana)
vegetarianism. See also diet
vipassana meditation
Virabhadrasana I. See Warrior One (Virabhadrasana I)
Virabhandrasana II. See Warrior Two (Virabhandrasana II)
Vrikshasana. See Tree Pose (Vrikshasana)
W
walking meditation
Warrior One (Virabhadrasana I)
Warrior Two (Virabhandrasana II)
Warrior Vinyasa
Watts, Alan
Wide-Angle Forward Bend (Upavishta Konasana)
Wind Relieving Posture. See Knee-to-Chest Posture (Ardha-Pavanamuktasana)
wisdom. See also prajna
and compassion
and liberation
Y
Yoga of Breath, The (Rosen)
Yoga Sutra (Patanjali). See also Patanjali
Yoga Tradition, The (Feuerstein)
Yoga-Bhashya (Vyasa)
Z
Zen Buddhism
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Suzuki)
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