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A to Z Survival Guide for the Monsoon Period

An 'A to Z' list of surviving the RITU (season) of VARSHA (rainy/monsoon season) according to the ayurvedic system of RITUCHARYA (following seasonal diet and behaviour) in 'Jadan Loka'. The two Indian months of this period are Shravana and Bhadra (mid-July to mid-August).

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YAMA
- the principle of common morality, the first stage of Raja Yoga


YAMA (YAMRAJA)
- the king of death, god of death


YAMUNA
- a holy river in India, another name for the pingala


YANTRA
- a symbolical, geometrical drawing, amulet


YOGA
- a reunion of the individual with the cosmos
- YOG BRASHT - an interruption, a break on the yoga path
- YOGA MAYA - the illusionary divine power
- YOGA NIDRA - the sleep of the yogi, a deep relaxation technique
- YOGA SUTRAS - the title of Patanjali's text on Raja Yoga
- YOGA VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY - the philosophy of non-dualism
- HATHA YOGA - a yoga system for purifying the body and harmonizing the pranas
- KRIYA YOGA - a set of techniques for advanced yoga practitioners
- KUNDALINI YOGA - a yoga path for the awakening and unfolding of the kundalini
- SVAR YOGA - a yoga concerned with harmonization of energy flows

the four main yoga paths:
- BHAKTI YOGA - the yoga of devotion and love
- JNANA YOGA - the yoga of knowledge
- KARMA YOGA - the yoga of selfless action
- RAJA YOGA - the yoga of meditation


YOGI
- one who has united his atma with paramatma through yoga practise, or the one who has realized in oneself the non-duality of atma and paramatma ; the one who practices yoga

 

 

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