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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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1. Satya
non harming
discipline
truthfulness
Pancha Koshas
2. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
breath control; cultivation of prana
Indra Devi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
yoga's origins
3. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
nnamaya kosha
devotion
sahashrara
4. Aparigraha
bhakti yoga
antanjali
non-greed
samana vayu
5. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
pingala nadi
chandra bhedana
goddesses
6. 4th
non-greed
Preclassical
anahata
sitali
7. Yoga of action
paths of yoga
bandha
karma yoga
swadhisthana
8. Activity - movement
sushumna nadi
observance
rajas guna
study of self
9. Wisdom
Pattabhi Jois
non harming
saraswati
study of self
10. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
contentment
prakriti
doshas
nadi shodana
11. Through teeth; cold
vishuddha
B.K.S. Iyengar
bandha
aitkari
12. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
ayurvedic healing techniques
meditation
manomaya kosha
5 elements
13. Tamas - rajas - sattva
samana vayu
ujjayi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
dourgha
14. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
sahashrara
posture
udana vayu
rajas guna
15. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
karma yoga
samana vayu
5 elements
god triad
16. Purity
Classical
Modern
sattva guna
rajas guna
17. Dharana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
bandha
concentration
Pattabhi Jois
18. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
pingala nadi
god triad
kali
lakhski
19. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
yoga's origins
sahashrara
Vedic
udana vayu
20. Asana
types of meditation
bija mantra
posture
bhakti yoga
21. Yama
Modern
concentration
abstinence
kali
22. Pranayama
devotion
Swami Vivekananda
aitkari
breath control; cultivation of prana
23. Higher intellectual body
bhastrika
tamas guna
bhastrika
vijnanamaya
24. Energy/emo body
bhastrika
niyamas
paths of yoga
pranamaya kosha
25. Science of life
ayurveda
urity
posture
swadhisthana
26. Wisdom
muladhara
Sri Krishnamacharya
bija mantras in order
saraswati
27. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
non stealing
karma yoga
apana vayu
Modern
28. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
goddesses
muladhara
chandra bhedana
Pattabhi Jois
29. Lower mental body
Vedic
manomaya kosha
vijnanamaya
ayurvedic healing techniques
30. Creator
chandra bhedana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Brahma
Jiddu Krishnamurti
31. 5 winds
discipline
pancha vayus
god triad
Indra Devi
32. Pranayama
breath control; cultivation of prana
god triad
meditation
antanjali
33. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
aitkari
meditation
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
types of meditation
34. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
pancha vayus
Swami Vivekananda
tamas guna
abstinence
35. Father of yoga
posture
asana
antanjali
Classical
36. Margas
purusha
T.K.V. Desikachar
paths of yoga
Pattabhi Jois
37. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
non stealing
ayurveda
38. Disillusion
Jiddu Krishnamurti
kali
samana vayu
Vishnu
39. Aparigraha
antanjali
self restraint
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
non-greed
40. Disillusion
simhasana
chandra bhedana
kali
raja yoga
41. Inertia
tamas guna
rajas guna
discipline
posture
42. Matter
ayurvedic healing techniques
self restraint
sahashrara
prakriti
43. Liberation of stagnant prana
5 elements
asana
god triad
study of self
44. Santosha
yamas
contentment
T.K.V. Desikachar
sattva guna
45. Protector
niyamas
antanjali
Vishnu
prakriti
46. Studied under Krisnamacharya
god triad
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Pattabhi Jois
manomaya kosha
47. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
sitali
vinyasa
udana vayu
vishuddha
48. 5th
bija mantras in order
swadhisthana
vishuddha
non harming
49. 6th
ajna
dourgha
bhastrika
nadi shodana
50. Creator
antanjali
paths of yoga
Brahma
5 elements