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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. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
Brahma
urity
aitkari
2. Brahmacharya
self restraint
ayurveda
apana vayu
types of meditation
3. Saucha
vijnanamaya
observance
urity
aitkari
4. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
bija mantra
Modern
ayurveda
Vedic
5. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
sushumna nadi
sattva guna
rajas guna
6. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
goddesses
vinyasa
udana vayu
5 elements
7. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
5 elements
sushumna nadi
contentment
udana vayu
8. Wisdom
saraswati
asana
rajas guna
surya bhedana
9. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
yoga's origins
kali
apana vayu
observance
10. Dead fast resolve
contentment
meditation
dourgha
Pancha Koshas
11. Cool; through tongue
chandra bhedana
marma points
vishuddha
sitali
12. Santosha
contentment
doshas
pancha vayus
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
13. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
ayurveda
self restraint
vinyasa
niyamas
14. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
rajas guna
vishuddha
observance
chandra bhedana
15. Santosha
pancha vayus
aitkari
vijnanamaya
contentment
16. Lower mental body
concentration
samana vayu
breath control; cultivation of prana
manomaya kosha
17. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
goddesses
study of self
meditation
18. Physical body
breath control; cultivation of prana
dourgha
nnamaya kosha
jnana yoga
19. 2nd
devotion
anandamaya
swadhisthana
antanjali
20. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
Postclassical
vishuddha
rajas guna
21. Energy/emo body
Preclassical
anipura
pranamaya kosha
non stealing
22. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
karma yoga
Swami Vivekananda
saraswati
self restraint
23. Pranayama
aitkari
T.K.V. Desikachar
pancha vayus
breath control; cultivation of prana
24. Everything after Pantanjali
lakhski
Vedic
nadi shodana
Postclassical
25. Saucha
saraswati
non-greed
rajas guna
urity
26. Through teeth; cold
Sri Krishnamacharya
aitkari
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Pancha Koshas
27. 6th
paths of yoga
dourgha
ajna
discipline
28. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
anahata
breath control; cultivation of prana
vyana vayu
29. Restraints - observances
surya bhedana
pingala nadi
niyamas
nadi shodana
30. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
breath control; cultivation of prana
vishuddha
vinyasa principles
5 elements
31. Purity
sattva guna
vinyasa principles
study of self
saraswati
32. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
Vishnu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
nnamaya kosha
prana vayu
33. Disillusion
kali
udana vayu
samana vayu
self restraint
34. Activity - movement
vishuddha
rajas guna
Indra Devi
bhastrika
35. Yoga of mind
jnana yoga
dourgha
Classical
Vishnu
36. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
concentration
anandamaya
dourgha
ayurvedic healing techniques
37. Niyama
types of meditation
yoga's origins
observance
marma points
38. Satya
udana vayu
prana vayu
urity
truthfulness
39. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
pingala nadi
apana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
Postclassical
40. Vata - pitta - kapha
bhakti yoga
observance
doshas
niyamas
41. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
observance
observance
bija mantras in order
pingala nadi
42. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
43. Tamas - rajas - sattva
Sri Krishnamacharya
jnana yoga
Indra Devi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
44. 5 winds
jnana yoga
pancha vayus
ida nadi
urity
45. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Indra Devi
jnana yoga
meditation
Vedic
46. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
observance
pingala nadi
vinyasa principles
god triad
47. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
pancha vayus
Preclassical
ujjayi
yoga's origins
48. Lower mental body
vyana vayu
contentment
anandamaya
manomaya kosha
49. Svadhyaya
sitali
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
pranamaya kosha
study of self
50. 4th
god triad
meditation
anahata
vinyasa principles