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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. 1st chakra
ayurvedic healing techniques
muladhara
self restraint
vishuddha
2. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
sitali
yoga's origins
jnana yoga
prana vayu
3. Svadhyaya
antanjali
dourgha
prakriti
study of self
4. Asana
doshas
manomaya kosha
kali
posture
5. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
posture
ayurvedic healing techniques
yamas
6. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
anipura
marma points
antanjali
samana vayu
7. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
ida nadi
nnamaya kosha
muladhara
surya bhedana
8. 6th
meditation
udana vayu
contentment
ajna
9. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
vinyasa
chandra bhedana
bhakti yoga
10. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
ayurvedic healing techniques
goddesses
udana vayu
self restraint
11. Spirit
nadi shodana
simhasana
Swami Vivekananda
purusha
12. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
anahata
bija mantras in order
vijnanamaya
ajna
13. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
posture
bija mantras in order
truthfulness
god triad
14. Pranayama
sahashrara
breath control; cultivation of prana
vijnanamaya
pancha vayus
15. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
study of self
5 elements
T.K.V. Desikachar
bija mantras in order
16. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
sattva guna
anipura
types of meditation
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
17. 2nd
raja yoga
swadhisthana
B.K.S. Iyengar
B.K.S. Iyengar
18. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
posture
non harming
sattva guna
god triad
19. 2nd
swadhisthana
anahata
types of meditation
abstinence
20. Saucha
surya bhedana
pingala nadi
urity
5 elements
21. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
asana
vinyasa
vijnanamaya
discipline
22. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
muladhara
yamas
surya bhedana
Vedic
23. Brahmacharya
non-greed
pingala nadi
self restraint
nnamaya kosha
24. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
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25. Matter
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
prakriti
asana
nadi shodana
26. Aparigraha
non-greed
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
yamas
udana vayu
27. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
udana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
nnamaya kosha
5 elements
28. Cool; through tongue
sitali
truthfulness
anahata
marma points
29. Studied under Krisnamacharya
lakhski
manomaya kosha
Pattabhi Jois
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
30. Ishvarapranidhana
devotion
raja yoga
5 elements
Vedic
31. Liberation of stagnant prana
pranamaya kosha
Classical
5 elements
asana
32. Santosha
contentment
jnana yoga
Classical
tamas guna
33. W/Swami Vivekananda
Modern
self restraint
yamas
bhastrika
34. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
prana vayu
Pancha Koshas
bija mantras in order
pingala nadi
35. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
lakhski
yoga's origins
B.K.S. Iyengar
36. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
posture
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Classical
Swami Vivekananda
37. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
rajas guna
concentration
Classical
Vedic
38. Satya
vinyasa
purusha
paths of yoga
truthfulness
39. 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
Pattabhi Jois
B.K.S. Iyengar
Brahma
prana vayu
40. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
yamas
5 elements
bhakti yoga
41. Brahmacharya
self restraint
lakhski
5 elements
prakriti
42. 7th
asana
karma yoga
sahashrara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
43. 5 winds
pancha vayus
contentment
discipline
bija mantras in order
44. Yoga of physical and mental control
niyamas
pancha vayus
raja yoga
Vedic
45. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
yoga's origins
anipura
ida nadi
46. Chakra mantra
Pattabhi Jois
bija mantra
Jiddu Krishnamurti
devotion
47. Lion's breath
concentration
Pattabhi Jois
simhasana
muladhara
48. Spirit
prakriti
meditation
non harming
purusha
49. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
vinyasa principles
Preclassical
devotion
pingala nadi
50. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
prana vayu
meditation
marma points
sattva guna