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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. Asteya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non stealing
pingala nadi
pancha vayus
2. Satya
antanjali
truthfulness
sattva guna
breath control; cultivation of prana
3. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
ayurvedic healing techniques
tamas guna
yoga's origins
4. Svadhyaya
ujjayi
B.K.S. Iyengar
urity
study of self
5. 4th
anandamaya
bija mantra
anahata
bija mantras in order
6. 6th
ajna
contentment
meditation
marma points
7. Inertia
tamas guna
udana vayu
Brahma
Pattabhi Jois
8. Santosha
niyamas
contentment
samana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
9. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
concentration
pranamaya kosha
Pattabhi Jois
Indra Devi
10. Asana
Brahma
god triad
ujjayi
posture
11. W/Swami Vivekananda
bandha
yoga's origins
Modern
ujjayi
12. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
dourgha
breath control; cultivation of prana
asana
Sri Krishnamacharya
13. Ishvarapranidhana
bija mantra
ajna
devotion
bhakti yoga
14. Niyama
observance
bija mantras in order
vinyasa principles
devotion
15. 2nd
marma points
sahashrara
swadhisthana
Vishnu
16. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
pranamaya kosha
breath control; cultivation of prana
rajas guna
17. Dharana
concentration
Vishnu
god triad
sattva guna
18. Tamas - rajas - sattva
antanjali
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
anipura
sushumna nadi
19. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
Brahma
Modern
prana vayu
sattva guna
20. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pancha vayus
karma yoga
vinyasa principles
pingala nadi
21. Liberation of stagnant prana
Swami Vivekananda
asana
meditation
simhasana
22. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
Vedic
Classical
udana vayu
pingala nadi
23. Asteya
nnamaya kosha
Indra Devi
anahata
non stealing
24. 5 winds
pancha vayus
surya bhedana
ida nadi
aitkari
25. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
anandamaya
T.K.V. Desikachar
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
26. Asana
bhakti yoga
posture
Brahma
pingala nadi
27. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
aitkari
ayurveda
T.K.V. Desikachar
5 elements
28. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
Jiddu Krishnamurti
nadi shodana
ayurvedic healing techniques
29. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
lakhski
Sri Krishnamacharya
sahashrara
bandha
30. Dhyana
antanjali
swadhisthana
meditation
self restraint
31. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
paths of yoga
jnana yoga
rajas guna
32. Yoga of heart
vishuddha
bhakti yoga
doshas
breath control; cultivation of prana
33. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
antanjali
Brahma
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
34. Saucha
vishuddha
aitkari
urity
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
35. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
yamas
non harming
ayurveda
36. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
udana vayu
karma yoga
doshas
37. Father of yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Modern
goddesses
antanjali
38. Activity - movement
rajas guna
Brahma
antanjali
Vishnu
39. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
vyana vayu
ida nadi
asana
bandha
40. 1st chakra
udana vayu
muladhara
T.K.V. Desikachar
vinyasa
41. Protector
Vishnu
vinyasa principles
5 elements
Modern
42. Matter
prakriti
vyana vayu
raja yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
43. Physical body
Preclassical
nnamaya kosha
simhasana
pranamaya kosha
44. Yoga of mind
sitali
ayurvedic healing techniques
jnana yoga
apana vayu
45. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
anandamaya
ida nadi
Pancha Koshas
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
46. Rhythmic - increases auric body
bhastrika
anipura
Preclassical
niyamas
47. Bliss body
samana vayu
anandamaya
ayurvedic healing techniques
kali
48. Aparigraha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
non-greed
Swami Vivekananda
observance
49. Restraints - observances
niyamas
apana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
rajas guna
50. Lion's breath
bija mantras in order
simhasana
bija mantra
pingala nadi