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Yoga Vocab
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Subject
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vata - pitta - kapha
breath control; cultivation of prana
muladhara
doshas
urity
2. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
vyana vayu
nnamaya kosha
ayurvedic healing techniques
Vedic
3. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
discipline
5 elements
doshas
4. Lion's breath
simhasana
aitkari
rajas guna
Modern
5. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
self restraint
bandha
contentment
6. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
samana vayu
god triad
sushumna nadi
nadi shodana
7. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
sushumna nadi
ayurvedic healing techniques
antanjali
types of meditation
8. Energy/emo body
yoga's origins
Postclassical
purusha
pranamaya kosha
9. Science of life
god triad
contentment
Vedic
ayurveda
10. Purity
apana vayu
meditation
abstinence
sattva guna
11. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
antanjali
truthfulness
bija mantras in order
non stealing
12. Activity - movement
rajas guna
Classical
observance
ajna
13. Yoga of action
ajna
karma yoga
dourgha
devotion
14. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
ajna
ida nadi
Preclassical
15. Creator
Brahma
discipline
contentment
ayurvedic healing techniques
16. Wisdom
saraswati
devotion
yoga's origins
breath control; cultivation of prana
17. Santosha
Modern
asana
Preclassical
contentment
18. Aparigraha
non harming
non-greed
antanjali
marma points
19. Yama
devotion
non stealing
abstinence
ayurvedic healing techniques
20. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
vyana vayu
5 elements
Postclassical
self restraint
21. Spirit
ayurvedic healing techniques
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
purusha
urity
22. Dead fast resolve
lakhski
tamas guna
dourgha
ayurveda
23. Yama
Brahma
abstinence
nadi shodana
breath control; cultivation of prana
24. Yoga of physical and mental control
tamas guna
raja yoga
marma points
yamas
25. Matter
bhastrika
prakriti
asana
niyamas
26. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
vinyasa
ujjayi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
27. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
swadhisthana
Sri Krishnamacharya
marma points
yamas
28. Purity
sattva guna
bija mantra
breath control; cultivation of prana
nadi shodana
29. Physical body
Vishnu
Modern
nnamaya kosha
surya bhedana
30. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
asana
chandra bhedana
vijnanamaya
discipline
31. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
vyana vayu
bandha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
observance
32. Dhyana
posture
meditation
tamas guna
anipura
33. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
raja yoga
ujjayi
34. Svadhyaya
rajas guna
nnamaya kosha
god triad
study of self
35. Abundance
muladhara
lakhski
muladhara
tamas guna
36. Studied under Krisnamacharya
breath control; cultivation of prana
jnana yoga
saraswati
Pattabhi Jois
37. W/Swami Vivekananda
Preclassical
Modern
kali
Swami Vivekananda
38. 7th
surya bhedana
pancha vayus
bija mantras in order
sahashrara
39. 1st chakra
Brahma
sattva guna
muladhara
anipura
40. Yoga of mind
paths of yoga
jnana yoga
raja yoga
dourgha
41. 4th
anahata
posture
bija mantra
vyana vayu
42. Creator
vinyasa principles
Pattabhi Jois
pingala nadi
Brahma
43. All prevading
ajna
vyana vayu
bandha
pingala nadi
44. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
Vishnu
ida nadi
posture
45. Yoga of physical and mental control
god triad
simhasana
anipura
raja yoga
46. 3rd
purusha
Modern
yoga's origins
anipura
47. Yoga of heart
kali
sahashrara
bhakti yoga
chandra bhedana
48. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
contentment
urity
bhakti yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
49. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
ujjayi
vinyasa
goddesses
anipura
50. Activity - movement
Pattabhi Jois
rajas guna
vyana vayu
apana vayu