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Yoga Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Activity - movement






2. 7th






3. Pranayama






4. Lion's breath






5. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling






6. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






7. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting






8. 1st chakra






9. Rhythmic - increases auric body






10. 6th






11. Yoga of physical and mental control






12. Vata - pitta - kapha






13. Through teeth; cold






14. Disillusion






15. Matter






16. Creator






17. 5 winds






18. Brahmacharya






19. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha






20. W/Swami Vivekananda






21. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)






22. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot






23. Abundance






24. Father of yoga






25. Brahmacharya






26. Tapas






27. Yoga of heart






28. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions






29. 3rd






30. Ishvarapranidhana






31. Lower mental body






32. Activity - movement






33. Chakra mantra






34. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions






35. 7th






36. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






37. Disillusion






38. Higher intellectual body






39. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting






40. Father of yoga






41. Protector






42. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






43. Pratyahara






44. Satya






45. Dead fast resolve






46. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






47. Yoga of action






48. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






49. 1st chakra






50. Saucha