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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. Creator
prana vayu
vinyasa principles
kali
Brahma
2. Purity
sattva guna
raja yoga
study of self
goddesses
3. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
manomaya kosha
T.K.V. Desikachar
muladhara
sahashrara
4. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
ajna
Swami Vivekananda
surya bhedana
5. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
vinyasa
paths of yoga
vijnanamaya
6. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
vijnanamaya
bija mantras in order
raja yoga
urity
7. Vata - pitta - kapha
discipline
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
goddesses
doshas
8. 2nd
meditation
swadhisthana
sattva guna
lakhski
9. 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
vishuddha
B.K.S. Iyengar
nnamaya kosha
ayurvedic healing techniques
10. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
ayurvedic healing techniques
Classical
bandha
sahashrara
11. Matter
Classical
samana vayu
bija mantras in order
prakriti
12. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
self restraint
vishuddha
yamas
saraswati
13. Dhyana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
antanjali
meditation
14. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
manomaya kosha
contentment
asana
goddesses
15. Niyama
observance
niyamas
simhasana
manomaya kosha
16. Pranayama
prana vayu
anandamaya
ida nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
17. Yoga of heart
antanjali
bhakti yoga
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
tamas guna
18. Everything after Pantanjali
simhasana
asana
raja yoga
Postclassical
19. All prevading
surya bhedana
vyana vayu
raja yoga
udana vayu
20. Bliss body
niyamas
manomaya kosha
anandamaya
goddesses
21. Yoga of mind
bhastrika
jnana yoga
paths of yoga
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
22. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
niyamas
observance
god triad
23. Cool; through tongue
breath control; cultivation of prana
contentment
sitali
doshas
24. Liberation of stagnant prana
raja yoga
asana
Vishnu
simhasana
25. W/Swami Vivekananda
Classical
Modern
devotion
swadhisthana
26. Spirit
Postclassical
anipura
vijnanamaya
purusha
27. 5th
purusha
anipura
vishuddha
T.K.V. Desikachar
28. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
meditation
surya bhedana
Preclassical
29. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
ida nadi
samana vayu
ayurveda
30. Aparigraha
non-greed
posture
ida nadi
vinyasa principles
31. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
bhakti yoga
self restraint
Vedic
sushumna nadi
32. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
bija mantra
pingala nadi
yoga's origins
paths of yoga
33. Inertia
tamas guna
purusha
self restraint
manomaya kosha
34. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
udana vayu
discipline
non harming
35. Margas
ida nadi
anandamaya
paths of yoga
aitkari
36. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ayurveda
surya bhedana
ujjayi
bija mantras in order
37. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
niyamas
vyana vayu
jnana yoga
types of meditation
38. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
Sri Krishnamacharya
Vishnu
marma points
5 elements
39. Lion's breath
raja yoga
bija mantras in order
simhasana
Pattabhi Jois
40. Spirit
purusha
non harming
sattva guna
ayurvedic healing techniques
41. Purity
niyamas
paths of yoga
Vishnu
sattva guna
42. Yoga of heart
nnamaya kosha
bhakti yoga
Brahma
Modern
43. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
bija mantra
contentment
udana vayu
bhakti yoga
44. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
observance
sitali
samana vayu
Classical
45. 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
urity
B.K.S. Iyengar
sitali
Sri Krishnamacharya
46. Restraints - observances
niyamas
non stealing
swadhisthana
meditation
47. Asana
bhastrika
posture
swadhisthana
self restraint
48. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
non-greed
non harming
Modern
ida nadi
49. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
contentment
apana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
vijnanamaya
50. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
nnamaya kosha
bija mantras in order
Postclassical
Pancha Koshas