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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. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
urity
posture
non harming
2. Pratyahara
anandamaya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
goddesses
ayurveda
3. Lion's breath
yoga's origins
simhasana
bandha
muladhara
4. Yoga of heart
prakriti
bhakti yoga
samana vayu
pancha vayus
5. Asteya
niyamas
simhasana
concentration
non stealing
6. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
apana vayu
urity
devotion
7. Asteya
non-greed
apana vayu
yoga's origins
non stealing
8. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vishuddha
marma points
tamas guna
vinyasa
9. Niyama
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
observance
non-greed
bija mantra
10. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
vishuddha
kali
marma points
11. Yoga of heart
bhakti yoga
non stealing
bhastrika
anahata
12. Brahmacharya
Pattabhi Jois
Vedic
self restraint
saraswati
13. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
dourgha
anipura
nnamaya kosha
14. Saucha
concentration
apana vayu
sitali
urity
15. 5th
self restraint
ajna
vishuddha
doshas
16. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
rajas guna
breath control; cultivation of prana
Swami Vivekananda
raja yoga
17. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
antanjali
rajas guna
marma points
aitkari
18. Spirit
kali
purusha
surya bhedana
goddesses
19. Disillusion
apana vayu
posture
kali
purusha
20. Dharana
pingala nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
concentration
samana vayu
21. Father of yoga
rajas guna
devotion
antanjali
prana vayu
22. Samadhi
devotion
chandra bhedana
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Sri Krishnamacharya
23. Yoga of action
god triad
vinyasa principles
udana vayu
karma yoga
24. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
prakriti
Sri Krishnamacharya
non stealing
apana vayu
25. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
jnana yoga
raja yoga
yoga's origins
26. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
contentment
vishuddha
types of meditation
27. Satya
anahata
prakriti
ajna
truthfulness
28. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
purusha
Vedic
ayurvedic healing techniques
T.K.V. Desikachar
29. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
bhastrika
tamas guna
yamas
truthfulness
30. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
vinyasa principles
vyana vayu
rajas guna
apana vayu
31. Lion's breath
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
dourgha
Pancha Koshas
simhasana
32. Spirit
purusha
tamas guna
sitali
jnana yoga
33. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
prana vayu
tamas guna
surya bhedana
meditation
34. Abundance
udana vayu
ida nadi
abstinence
lakhski
35. Aparigraha
non-greed
sushumna nadi
vinyasa
muladhara
36. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
karma yoga
ida nadi
karma yoga
vijnanamaya
37. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
anahata
apana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
ida nadi
38. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
samana vayu
sitali
goddesses
39. Lower mental body
B.K.S. Iyengar
manomaya kosha
discipline
urity
40. Pratyahara
sattva guna
samana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
apana vayu
41. Vata - pitta - kapha
non stealing
doshas
marma points
yoga's origins
42. Dead fast resolve
Pancha Koshas
ayurveda
dourgha
sattva guna
43. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
bija mantras in order
Vedic
marma points
Jiddu Krishnamurti
44. Svadhyaya
study of self
ayurvedic healing techniques
karma yoga
bhakti yoga
45. Spinal chord
vinyasa principles
sushumna nadi
Vishnu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
46. 1st chakra
Vedic
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
muladhara
pancha vayus
47. Aparigraha
non-greed
meditation
asana
nadi shodana
48. Asana
posture
Modern
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pingala nadi
49. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
tamas guna
god triad
Pattabhi Jois
pancha vayus
50. W/Swami Vivekananda
prana vayu
ayurvedic healing techniques
Modern
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting