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Kaivalya
Liberation; onlyness; oneness; aloneness as a state of liberation from notions and the experience of duality.
Kala
Time; death; light.
Kali
Goddess of destruction (of our strong ego).
Kanda
The resting place of Kundalini, above the anus.
Kapalabhati
Lit. ‘shining forehead’, cleansing technique (one of the Shatkriyas) for the lungs, sinuses and the brain.
Kapha
One of the three dominant physiological forces in man, acc. to Ayurveda; the ‘fertile water for the play of life’; fluid.
Karma
The process of action and reaction that underlies all activity.
Karmashaya
Reservoir of Karma or storehouse of mental residual impressions (also from previous births).
Karuna
Compassion.
Klesha
Affliction, tension (coming from ‘Klish’ – to tease).
Koshas
The five sheaths that constitute the subtle inner bodies.
Krama
Order; sequence; process.
Krishna
Beloved Hindu god, celebrated in the Bhagavad Gita and teacher of Arjuna (also known as the highest existential principle).
Krishnamacharya
Late Indian Yogamaster, teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
Krishnamurti
Late Indian master of meditation and Jnana Yoga.
Kriya
Activity; action; process.
Krodha
Anger.
Kumbhaka
The breath suspension between inhalation and exhalation or between exhalation and inhalation; also a generic term for
Pranayama.
Kundalini
The mystical, esoteric, spiritual energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine to be awoken by Yogatechniques.