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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Dharma

A

Life path / destiny

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Karma

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Action/reaction

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Shanti

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Peace

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4
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Parasympathetic

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Rest, digest, rejuvenate = Yoga

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Sympathetic nervous system

A

Activated by stress. Fight, flight or freeze.

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Lotus Mudra

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Like prayer hands but with fingers open. Receiving.

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Anjali Mudra

A

Prayer hands

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Yoni

A

Womb. Pinky ring and middle interlaced. Tips of thumb and index touching and pointed downward.

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Gyan Mudra

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Thumb and index meet to form circle. Redirects prana inwards. Helps to calm the mind.

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Kali Mudra

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Charlies angels. Left finger on top. Pouring out and letting go. Transforming energy.

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Brahma

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God of creation

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Abhyasa

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Determined effort
(patanjali)

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13
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Vairagyam

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Supreme detachment
Patanjali (opposite of Abhyasa)

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