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Yoga Vocab

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  • 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. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat






2. Pratyahara






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






4. 5 winds






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






6. Saucha






7. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')






8. Through teeth; cold






9. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






10. Pratyahara






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






12. Niyama






13. Spinal chord






14. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






15. Vata - pitta - kapha






16. Purity






17. Pranayama






18. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






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






20. Activity - movement






21. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left






22. Father of yoga






23. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om






24. Brahmacharya






25. Ishvarapranidhana






26. 1st chakra






27. Svadhyaya






28. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






29. Chakra mantra






30. Higher intellectual body






31. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






32. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






33. Sick in youth - lived with brother in law (Krishnamacharya) - wrote 'Light on Yoga' 1966 - in 1952 friend - violinist Menuhin - introduced to world - use of props






34. Everything after Pantanjali






35. Physical body






36. W/Swami Vivekananda






37. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






38. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')






39. Matter






40. 1st chakra






41. Rhythmic - increases auric body






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






43. Dead fast resolve






44. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga






45. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






46. Matter






47. Samadhi






48. Energy/emo body






49. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






50. Dhyana