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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Bliss body
Vedic
anandamaya
muladhara
goddesses
2. Brahmacharya
muladhara
self restraint
B.K.S. Iyengar
kali
3. 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
god triad
abstinence
B.K.S. Iyengar
pancha vayus
4. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
simhasana
Vishnu
Modern
5. Ahimsa
Indra Devi
observance
swadhisthana
non harming
6. Inertia
manomaya kosha
observance
tamas guna
abstinence
7. Creator
non harming
vinyasa principles
marma points
Brahma
8. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
Pattabhi Jois
Vedic
Jiddu Krishnamurti
9. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
Vishnu
yoga's origins
ida nadi
purusha
10. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
dourgha
bandha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
11. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
Pancha Koshas
sattva guna
aitkari
12. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
vinyasa
sitali
ida nadi
13. 3rd
anipura
doshas
sushumna nadi
B.K.S. Iyengar
14. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
prana vayu
Preclassical
nnamaya kosha
study of self
15. 5 winds
pancha vayus
nnamaya kosha
marma points
niyamas
16. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
surya bhedana
saraswati
devotion
17. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
prana vayu
ayurvedic healing techniques
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
samana vayu
18. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
purusha
goddesses
paths of yoga
19. Physical body
Jiddu Krishnamurti
asana
nnamaya kosha
Postclassical
20. Rhythmic - increases auric body
apana vayu
prana vayu
bhastrika
Sri Krishnamacharya
21. Lower mental body
pancha vayus
muladhara
nadi shodana
manomaya kosha
22. Liberation of stagnant prana
bandha
karma yoga
asana
Swami Vivekananda
23. Wisdom
anipura
saraswati
types of meditation
aitkari
24. Tapas
ayurveda
discipline
breath control; cultivation of prana
observance
25. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
surya bhedana
ida nadi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
non-greed
26. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Preclassical
Pattabhi Jois
anahata
anipura
27. Physical body
ayurveda
nnamaya kosha
pingala nadi
types of meditation
28. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
ajna
urity
pingala nadi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
29. Abundance
tamas guna
lakhski
urity
antanjali
30. 2nd
study of self
samana vayu
pranamaya kosha
swadhisthana
31. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Pancha Koshas
niyamas
vijnanamaya
anandamaya
32. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
posture
kali
prana vayu
antanjali
33. Yoga of action
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
god triad
contentment
karma yoga
34. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
vyana vayu
ayurveda
35. Margas
bija mantras in order
samana vayu
paths of yoga
vyana vayu
36. Rhythmic - increases auric body
bhastrika
pingala nadi
non stealing
niyamas
37. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
Pancha Koshas
ida nadi
Classical
apana vayu
38. Bliss body
ayurvedic healing techniques
Brahma
anandamaya
Pancha Koshas
39. Studied under Krisnamacharya
asana
Pattabhi Jois
Sri Krishnamacharya
ida nadi
40. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sushumna nadi
samana vayu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
41. Yoga of action
Pattabhi Jois
saraswati
vyana vayu
karma yoga
42. Studied under Krisnamacharya
ajna
Pattabhi Jois
pranamaya kosha
prana vayu
43. Restraints - observances
bhastrika
niyamas
simhasana
study of self
44. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
antanjali
B.K.S. Iyengar
non stealing
45. All prevading
Vedic
vyana vayu
swadhisthana
study of self
46. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
lakhski
vinyasa principles
non harming
goddesses
47. Father of yoga
yoga's origins
antanjali
non stealing
udana vayu
48. Svadhyaya
pancha vayus
Pattabhi Jois
kali
study of self
49. Through teeth; cold
urity
anahata
aitkari
bija mantras in order
50. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
B.K.S. Iyengar
niyamas
pingala nadi