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Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

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Ventricles: cavities in the brain where the GSF is formed.<br />

Vigyanamaya kosha: intuitive or astral dimension; subconscious and unconscious aspects.<br />

Vishnu: Hindu god; preserver of the universe.<br />

Vishuddhi chakra: the psychic center located in the throat region.<br />

Vritti: a modification arising in consciousness, likened to the circular wave pattern<br />

emanating when a stone is dropped into a still pool of water.<br />

Vyana: vital energy which pervades the whole body.<br />

Yantra: a symbolic design used for concentration and meditation; the visual form of a<br />

mantra.<br />

Yoga: union; the methods and practices leading to union of individual human<br />

consciousness with the divine principle or cosmic consciousness.<br />

Yoga nidra: psychic sleep; a yogic practice in which one can raise himself from the<br />

mundane state of body consciousness.<br />

Yoga Sutras: text written <strong>by</strong> Patanjali, delineating the eightfold path of raja yoga, the<br />

systematic path of meditation which culminates in the samadhi experience.

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