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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. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
anandamaya
god triad
sahashrara
sitali
2. Brahmacharya
ayurveda
ayurvedic healing techniques
Vishnu
self restraint
3. 5 winds
sattva guna
pancha vayus
bandha
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
4. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
prana vayu
truthfulness
anahata
5. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
asana
swadhisthana
yoga's origins
yamas
6. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Brahma
truthfulness
non stealing
7. Svadhyaya
jnana yoga
goddesses
ujjayi
study of self
8. All prevading
vinyasa
vishuddha
vyana vayu
kali
9. 1930s-1986 philosopher
sitali
nadi shodana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
non-greed
10. Abundance
sushumna nadi
Pattabhi Jois
lakhski
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
11. Yama
Vishnu
prakriti
breath control; cultivation of prana
abstinence
12. Asteya
non stealing
sattva guna
Modern
bandha
13. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
meditation
devotion
ayurveda
14. Margas
paths of yoga
simhasana
pingala nadi
vinyasa
15. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
non stealing
ida nadi
truthfulness
16. Disillusion
ajna
antanjali
vinyasa
kali
17. Margas
paths of yoga
anandamaya
yamas
lakhski
18. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
Vedic
nadi shodana
Swami Vivekananda
breath control; cultivation of prana
19. Asana
Postclassical
pancha vayus
Pancha Koshas
posture
20. Niyama
sahashrara
bandha
observance
muladhara
21. Samadhi
god triad
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
udana vayu
Modern
22. Pranayama
ujjayi
yoga's origins
sitali
breath control; cultivation of prana
23. 3rd
niyamas
anipura
swadhisthana
god triad
24. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
surya bhedana
Pancha Koshas
udana vayu
devotion
25. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
vinyasa principles
vishuddha
yamas
nnamaya kosha
26. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
observance
truthfulness
aitkari
27. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
concentration
goddesses
nadi shodana
28. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Classical
paths of yoga
breath control; cultivation of prana
kali
29. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
god triad
study of self
bandha
30. Satya
pranamaya kosha
truthfulness
muladhara
kali
31. Wisdom
antanjali
saraswati
observance
vinyasa
32. Liberation of stagnant prana
pranamaya kosha
ida nadi
chandra bhedana
asana
33. Activity - movement
rajas guna
Pattabhi Jois
anipura
bhakti yoga
34. Yoga of action
antanjali
udana vayu
anipura
karma yoga
35. Yoga of physical and mental control
karma yoga
raja yoga
pranamaya kosha
asana
36. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
pingala nadi
Indra Devi
Modern
37. Physical body
manomaya kosha
asana
nnamaya kosha
Pancha Koshas
38. 3rd
yamas
self restraint
anipura
samana vayu
39. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
sitali
marma points
nadi shodana
swadhisthana
40. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
Modern
Classical
ida nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
41. Protector
udana vayu
Vishnu
niyamas
vishuddha
42. Physical body
Pancha Koshas
raja yoga
nnamaya kosha
devotion
43. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
swadhisthana
surya bhedana
Vishnu
Jiddu Krishnamurti
44. 2nd
abstinence
anandamaya
swadhisthana
discipline
45. Santosha
tamas guna
vinyasa
Swami Vivekananda
contentment
46. Energy/emo body
Modern
marma points
bandha
pranamaya kosha
47. Tapas
antanjali
sattva guna
raja yoga
discipline
48. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
Sri Krishnamacharya
paths of yoga
prana vayu
goddesses
49. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
pranamaya kosha
anipura
saraswati
50. Ishvarapranidhana
sattva guna
ayurveda
B.K.S. Iyengar
devotion