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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. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
study of self
samana vayu
Vishnu
breath control; cultivation of prana
2. Cool; through tongue
contentment
vishuddha
sitali
vinyasa principles
3. Father of yoga
antanjali
devotion
truthfulness
ujjayi
4. W/Swami Vivekananda
niyamas
Modern
non-greed
udana vayu
5. Margas
raja yoga
paths of yoga
Vishnu
doshas
6. Yoga of mind
vijnanamaya
vishuddha
jnana yoga
simhasana
7. Spinal chord
Pattabhi Jois
sushumna nadi
nnamaya kosha
self restraint
8. Chakra mantra
bhastrika
non-greed
bija mantra
types of meditation
9. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
anipura
pranamaya kosha
aitkari
10. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
Swami Vivekananda
goddesses
jnana yoga
sattva guna
11. Protector
sitali
pingala nadi
Vishnu
swadhisthana
12. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
pranamaya kosha
pranamaya kosha
yamas
Classical
13. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
contentment
bija mantras in order
5 elements
bandha
14. Spirit
types of meditation
purusha
kali
anipura
15. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
purusha
T.K.V. Desikachar
Jiddu Krishnamurti
16. Dhyana
meditation
ayurveda
sitali
sahashrara
17. Saucha
urity
aitkari
bhakti yoga
observance
18. Abundance
yamas
lakhski
raja yoga
anipura
19. Inertia
raja yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
tamas guna
Jiddu Krishnamurti
20. Purity
sattva guna
sahashrara
anandamaya
B.K.S. Iyengar
21. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
purusha
dourgha
vishuddha
samana vayu
22. Pranayama
marma points
non stealing
breath control; cultivation of prana
posture
23. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
muladhara
vishuddha
yamas
rajas guna
24. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
surya bhedana
breath control; cultivation of prana
Brahma
ida nadi
25. Yoga of physical and mental control
truthfulness
raja yoga
Jiddu Krishnamurti
observance
26. Creator
god triad
Brahma
sattva guna
swadhisthana
27. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
prana vayu
Jiddu Krishnamurti
sahashrara
28. Satya
breath control; cultivation of prana
goddesses
vishuddha
truthfulness
29. Yoga of heart
yamas
bhakti yoga
raja yoga
lakhski
30. Ishvarapranidhana
anandamaya
anandamaya
devotion
ayurveda
31. Niyama
anandamaya
5 elements
observance
sattva guna
32. Tapas
Classical
B.K.S. Iyengar
discipline
vyana vayu
33. Restraints - observances
vyana vayu
niyamas
aitkari
anipura
34. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
rajas guna
posture
Vedic
anandamaya
35. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
doshas
goddesses
nnamaya kosha
raja yoga
36. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Classical
pingala nadi
sushumna nadi
god triad
37. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
truthfulness
niyamas
chandra bhedana
sitali
38. Abundance
lakhski
prakriti
nadi shodana
non-greed
39. Satya
bhakti yoga
Indra Devi
truthfulness
posture
40. 5th
Postclassical
observance
vishuddha
sahashrara
41. 4th
goddesses
niyamas
karma yoga
anahata
42. 4th
paths of yoga
samana vayu
swadhisthana
anahata
43. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
Classical
self restraint
5 elements
bija mantra
44. All prevading
doshas
study of self
sattva guna
vyana vayu
45. Chakra mantra
anandamaya
paths of yoga
devotion
bija mantra
46. Science of life
simhasana
ayurveda
Brahma
Vishnu
47. Disillusion
kali
Modern
bhastrika
samana vayu
48. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
Brahma
yamas
doshas
bandha
49. Wisdom
god triad
saraswati
5 elements
tamas guna
50. Dharana
apana vayu
contentment
B.K.S. Iyengar
concentration