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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. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
self restraint
bija mantra
vinyasa
2. Dead fast resolve
anandamaya
discipline
bandha
dourgha
3. Yama
urity
self restraint
abstinence
Preclassical
4. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
bija mantra
apana vayu
sitali
god triad
5. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
raja yoga
lakhski
anandamaya
surya bhedana
6. 1930s-1986 philosopher
pranamaya kosha
Sri Krishnamacharya
samana vayu
Jiddu Krishnamurti
7. Asteya
non stealing
dourgha
samana vayu
vijnanamaya
8. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
pingala nadi
abstinence
non harming
prana vayu
9. Disillusion
yamas
ujjayi
goddesses
kali
10. 3rd
vishuddha
anipura
dourgha
ujjayi
11. All prevading
vyana vayu
ajna
dourgha
non harming
12. 5 winds
pancha vayus
sattva guna
sahashrara
bija mantra
13. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
T.K.V. Desikachar
non-greed
Indra Devi
14. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
goddesses
vyana vayu
T.K.V. Desikachar
15. 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
dourgha
B.K.S. Iyengar
rajas guna
udana vayu
16. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Pattabhi Jois
Jiddu Krishnamurti
chandra bhedana
doshas
17. Abundance
discipline
lakhski
prakriti
Vedic
18. Margas
apana vayu
sushumna nadi
vijnanamaya
paths of yoga
19. Dhyana
Vedic
antanjali
meditation
ajna
20. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Pancha Koshas
udana vayu
jnana yoga
bija mantra
21. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
god triad
apana vayu
vishuddha
22. Dhyana
prakriti
meditation
T.K.V. Desikachar
sahashrara
23. Niyama
god triad
observance
niyamas
breath control; cultivation of prana
24. Physical body
contentment
nnamaya kosha
manomaya kosha
rajas guna
25. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
asana
ida nadi
self restraint
sattva guna
26. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
surya bhedana
prana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
ayurveda
27. Ishvarapranidhana
paths of yoga
devotion
goddesses
yoga's origins
28. Rhythmic - increases auric body
simhasana
bhastrika
bija mantra
nnamaya kosha
29. Cool; through tongue
study of self
swadhisthana
sitali
prakriti
30. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
prana vayu
manomaya kosha
yamas
31. Restraints - observances
Indra Devi
niyamas
concentration
T.K.V. Desikachar
32. 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
observance
raja yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
vijnanamaya
33. Aparigraha
udana vayu
ayurvedic healing techniques
bija mantra
non-greed
34. Creator
vinyasa principles
Brahma
pranamaya kosha
T.K.V. Desikachar
35. Santosha
Pancha Koshas
tamas guna
nnamaya kosha
contentment
36. 2nd
vinyasa
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
pranamaya kosha
swadhisthana
37. Yama
abstinence
prana vayu
devotion
self restraint
38. Higher intellectual body
devotion
Brahma
vijnanamaya
nnamaya kosha
39. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
manomaya kosha
nnamaya kosha
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
40. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
sushumna nadi
saraswati
yoga's origins
samana vayu
41. Dharana
sitali
Pancha Koshas
concentration
nadi shodana
42. 3rd
Modern
types of meditation
anipura
aitkari
43. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
samana vayu
paths of yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
44. Brahmacharya
sitali
chandra bhedana
self restraint
bhastrika
45. Science of life
Postclassical
ayurveda
bandha
concentration
46. Rhythmic - increases auric body
udana vayu
sushumna nadi
Sri Krishnamacharya
bhastrika
47. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
simhasana
karma yoga
urity
Vedic
48. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
chandra bhedana
ayurvedic healing techniques
abstinence
49. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
prakriti
posture
T.K.V. Desikachar
raja yoga
50. Everything after Pantanjali
anahata
manomaya kosha
Brahma
Postclassical