| Janu |  |
The knee. |
| Jnana | Sacred knowledge derived from meditation on the higher truths of religion and philosophy, which teaches a man how to understand his own nature. | |
| Karma | Action. | |
| Karma-yoga | The achievement of union with the Supreme Universal Soul through action. | |
| Karna | The ear; also one of the heros in the Mahabharata. | |
| Kriya | An expiatory rite, a cleaning process. | |
| Kundalini | The Kundalini (kundala=coil of a rope; Kundalini=a coiled female serpent) is the divine cosmic energy. This force or energy is symbolised as a coiled and sleeping serpent lying dormant in the lowest nerve centre at the base of the spinal column, the Muladhara-chakra. This latent energy has to be aroused and made to ascend the main spinal channel, the Susumna piercing the chakras right up to the Sahasrara, the thousand-petalled lotus in the head. Then the Yogi is in union with the Supreme Universal Soul. | |
| Mala | A garland, wreath. | |
| Mandala | A circle. | |
| Mantra | A sacred thought or a prayer. | |
| Matsya | |
A fish. |
| Mudra | A seal; a sealing posture. | |
| Mukha | Face. | |
| Nama | Name. | |
| Nada Yoga | Developing a sound body and mind through deep listening, uplifting music and chanting | |
| Namaste | Commonly said at the end of yoga class by the instructor and the students. One beautiful interpretation: I honor that place in you where the whole Universe resides. And when I am in that place in me and you are in that place in you, there is only one of us. | |
| Natarajasana | |
Depicted in Indian iconography as a graceful figure with one leg lifted in dance, surrounded by a circle of flames. |
| Nava | |
A boat. |
| Nirodha | Restraint, suppression. | |
| Niyama | Self-purification
by discipline. The second stage of
yoga mentioned by Patanjali. |
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