- yoga exercises
- relaxation process
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Yoga — (Sanskrit: , IAST: yóga , IPA2|joːgə) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India, to the goal achieved by those disciplines, and to one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy. [ Yoga has five… … Wikipedia
Yoga series — consist of a number of asanas done in sequence, typically either in opposition to one another (commonly referred to as a counter pose ), or in variations of increasing difficulty (as found in the Ashtanga Vinyasa system). The most common yoga… … Wikipedia
Yoga as exercise or alternative medicine — See Yoga for the family of spiritual practices that originated in India. While Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yog , IPA2|joːgə) evolved as a spiritual practice in Hinduism, in the Modern world, a part of yoga, known as Asana, has grown popular as a form of… … Wikipedia
yoga — yogic /yoh gik/, adj. yogism, n. /yoh geuh/, n. (sometimes cap.) 1. a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with… … Universalium
Yoga — The Hindu school, associated with the school of Samkhya as the practical method for achieving the understanding of the self. Yoga is the discipline or yoke necessary for the pure subject to recognize itself, and separate itself from the empirical … Philosophy dictionary
yoga — [[t]jo͟ʊgə[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Yoga is a type of exercise in which you move your body into various positions in order to become more fit or flexible, to improve your breathing, and to relax your mind. 2) N UNCOUNT Yoga is a philosophy which first… … English dictionary
yoga — Synonyms and related words: anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, athletics, breather, cabala, cabalism, calisthenics, constitutional, daily dozen, drill, esotericism, esoterics, esoterism, esotery, exercise, exercising, gymnastic exercises,… … Moby Thesaurus
yoga — yo|ga [ˈjəugə US ˈjougə] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Sanskrit; Origin: union ] 1.) a system of exercises that help you control your mind and body in order to relax 2.) a Hindu ↑philosophy in which you learn exercises to control your mind and body… … Dictionary of contemporary English
yoga — noun (U) 1 a Hindu philosophy in which you learn exercises to control your mind and body in order to try to achieve a union with God 2 a system of these exercises that helps you relax … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
yoga — noun Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, yoking, from yunakti he yokes; akin to Latin jungere to join more at yoke Date: 1820 1. capitalized a Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
