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| Nabho mudra |
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To turn the underside of the tongue up press it against the hard palate extend the tip of the tongue back towards the soft palate and retain the breath in the lungs. |
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| Nada Yoga |
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Nada is sound or bell. Yoga of the inner sound. The process of producing and intently listening to the inner sound as a means of concentration and ecstatic self-transcendence. |
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| Nadi-shodhana |
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The practice of purifying the conduits, especially by means of breath control (pranayama). Alternate nostril breath. |
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| Nadis |
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In Yoga, a nadis refers to subtle vibratory pathways or channels along which energy (prana and kundalini) flow through the body. |
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| Namaste mudra |
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A mudra in which the hands are placed together in a prayer-like formation. |
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| Nerve plexus |
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Inttersection of a group of nerves. |
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| Nirodha |
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In Patanjali's eight-limbed yoga, the very basis of the process of concentration, meditation, and ecstasy in the first instance, the restriction of the "whirls of the mind" (citta-vritti). |
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Five observances, personal disciplines or principles governing the way we relate to ourselves. Defined by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras the niyamas are saucha (purity), santosha (contentment), tapas (austerity), svadhyaya (study) , and ishvar-prandihana (d |
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