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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. Samadhi
Vedic
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
vinyasa
samana vayu
2. Pratyahara
Jiddu Krishnamurti
manomaya kosha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
bhastrika
3. Chakra mantra
bhastrika
bija mantra
anahata
concentration
4. Yoga of mind
B.K.S. Iyengar
types of meditation
jnana yoga
5 elements
5. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
bhakti yoga
udana vayu
vijnanamaya
abstinence
6. Santosha
non harming
5 elements
swadhisthana
contentment
7. Dead fast resolve
god triad
Postclassical
dourgha
sitali
8. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
truthfulness
vinyasa
Pattabhi Jois
Classical
9. Physical body
doshas
sushumna nadi
nnamaya kosha
T.K.V. Desikachar
10. Pranayama
ujjayi
ayurveda
Vishnu
breath control; cultivation of prana
11. Through teeth; cold
bija mantras in order
dourgha
aitkari
ayurveda
12. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
posture
concentration
nadi shodana
god triad
13. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
Pattabhi Jois
ajna
kali
ujjayi
14. 5th
types of meditation
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
non harming
vishuddha
15. Father of yoga
ida nadi
bhakti yoga
antanjali
bija mantras in order
16. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
ida nadi
samana vayu
anipura
breath control; cultivation of prana
17. Svadhyaya
breath control; cultivation of prana
ida nadi
study of self
meditation
18. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
aitkari
vinyasa
marma points
ayurveda
19. Yoga of heart
dourgha
udana vayu
ayurvedic healing techniques
bhakti yoga
20. Ishvarapranidhana
apana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
devotion
vyana vayu
21. Studied under Krisnamacharya
tamas guna
Pattabhi Jois
chandra bhedana
bija mantras in order
22. Saucha
Vishnu
urity
kali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
23. 1930s-1986 philosopher
anahata
Jiddu Krishnamurti
udana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
24. Ahimsa
manomaya kosha
Pancha Koshas
non harming
sushumna nadi
25. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
abstinence
Pancha Koshas
sushumna nadi
sahashrara
26. 1st chakra
devotion
muladhara
karma yoga
Pancha Koshas
27. Purity
B.K.S. Iyengar
sattva guna
Vedic
simhasana
28. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
B.K.S. Iyengar
truthfulness
concentration
bandha
29. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
Sri Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
saraswati
chandra bhedana
30. 3rd
anipura
karma yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
god triad
31. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
purusha
swadhisthana
apana vayu
raja yoga
32. Activity - movement
urity
devotion
rajas guna
vishuddha
33. Vata - pitta - kapha
non-greed
types of meditation
marma points
doshas
34. Dead fast resolve
muladhara
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
dourgha
jnana yoga
35. Saucha
urity
yoga's origins
prakriti
Indra Devi
36. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
prana vayu
sitali
antanjali
37. Higher intellectual body
posture
simhasana
vijnanamaya
vyana vayu
38. Through teeth; cold
5 elements
anahata
prakriti
aitkari
39. Studied under Krisnamacharya
karma yoga
yoga's origins
Pattabhi Jois
surya bhedana
40. Tamas - rajas - sattva
prakriti
ida nadi
vinyasa principles
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
41. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
non harming
nadi shodana
non harming
ida nadi
42. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
doshas
Classical
meditation
43. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Pancha Koshas
meditation
Indra Devi
saraswati
44. 5 winds
pancha vayus
nnamaya kosha
aitkari
raja yoga
45. W/Swami Vivekananda
asana
saraswati
anandamaya
Modern
46. Matter
sattva guna
prakriti
pranamaya kosha
anahata
47. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
manomaya kosha
vinyasa
bija mantra
prakriti
48. Abundance
yoga's origins
urity
abstinence
lakhski
49. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
udana vayu
yamas
Preclassical
kali
50. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
vyana vayu
concentration
types of meditation
bija mantras in order