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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Activity - movement
rajas guna
manomaya kosha
truthfulness
B.K.S. Iyengar
2. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
bhakti yoga
samana vayu
ayurveda
asana
3. Ishvarapranidhana
anahata
devotion
marma points
sattva guna
4. Asteya
discipline
kali
Indra Devi
non stealing
5. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Indra Devi
Swami Vivekananda
antanjali
Classical
6. Dhyana
meditation
vyana vayu
sattva guna
discipline
7. Yoga of mind
sitali
udana vayu
muladhara
jnana yoga
8. Yoga of action
god triad
karma yoga
ida nadi
paths of yoga
9. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Swami Vivekananda
tamas guna
goddesses
10. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
lakhski
5 elements
Swami Vivekananda
bhastrika
11. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Preclassical
Pattabhi Jois
devotion
asana
12. Cool; through tongue
lakhski
doshas
dourgha
sitali
13. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
samana vayu
pingala nadi
vinyasa principles
14. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
Preclassical
vinyasa principles
udana vayu
urity
15. Matter
prakriti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
vijnanamaya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
16. Creator
concentration
niyamas
Brahma
Modern
17. 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
purusha
B.K.S. Iyengar
dourgha
pingala nadi
18. Spinal chord
yamas
sushumna nadi
samana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
19. Abundance
lakhski
Modern
truthfulness
tamas guna
20. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
ayurvedic healing techniques
asana
goddesses
sitali
21. Yama
posture
simhasana
abstinence
swadhisthana
22. 2nd
swadhisthana
vinyasa principles
non-greed
contentment
23. 5th
samana vayu
bhakti yoga
anipura
vishuddha
24. Spirit
purusha
chandra bhedana
karma yoga
lakhski
25. Yoga of heart
karma yoga
doshas
devotion
bhakti yoga
26. Satya
saraswati
muladhara
truthfulness
Pancha Koshas
27. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
udana vayu
anandamaya
vinyasa principles
28. Samadhi
Vedic
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
pingala nadi
ajna
29. Saucha
urity
prana vayu
discipline
Vedic
30. Yama
vinyasa
pingala nadi
types of meditation
abstinence
31. Physical body
non stealing
vinyasa principles
nnamaya kosha
yamas
32. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
surya bhedana
vinyasa
sitali
33. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
muladhara
prana vayu
surya bhedana
samana vayu
34. Vata - pitta - kapha
discipline
observance
Pancha Koshas
doshas
35. Liberation of stagnant prana
vinyasa principles
Vedic
asana
meditation
36. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
vinyasa
chandra bhedana
pancha vayus
Classical
37. Matter
samana vayu
non harming
jnana yoga
prakriti
38. Wisdom
B.K.S. Iyengar
saraswati
contentment
prakriti
39. Restraints - observances
niyamas
swadhisthana
study of self
bija mantra
40. Yoga of action
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
pancha vayus
karma yoga
urity
41. Dharana
sushumna nadi
anahata
Vedic
concentration
42. Ahimsa
Swami Vivekananda
non harming
kali
tamas guna
43. Restraints - observances
goddesses
vinyasa principles
niyamas
anandamaya
44. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
sitali
Pattabhi Jois
T.K.V. Desikachar
Vishnu
45. Aparigraha
muladhara
Vedic
non-greed
kali
46. Everything after Pantanjali
Postclassical
vinyasa
posture
Swami Vivekananda
47. Asana
goddesses
posture
raja yoga
urity
48. Wisdom
Postclassical
manomaya kosha
pingala nadi
saraswati
49. Chakra mantra
Pattabhi Jois
bija mantra
concentration
Vedic
50. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
Brahma
aitkari
ujjayi
vishuddha