Restorative Yoga Glossary of Terms

Common Yoga terms, Sanskrit words and their meaning

Ahimsa

Nonharming

Asanas

Ayurveda

Prana

Pranayama

Restorative Yoga

Helps undo stress.

Sadhana

Svadhyaya

Yoga

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

— HIPPOCRATES

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

— BUDDHA

“Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.”

— B. K. S. IYENGAR

“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.”

— PLATO

“A wish to be well is part of becoming well.”

— SENECA

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