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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. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
self restraint
Jiddu Krishnamurti
vishuddha
5 elements
2. Lower mental body
abstinence
manomaya kosha
jnana yoga
tamas guna
3. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
karma yoga
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
pancha vayus
4. Yama
yoga's origins
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
abstinence
Postclassical
5. Cool; through tongue
devotion
sitali
Indra Devi
saraswati
6. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
bandha
samana vayu
ujjayi
sahashrara
7. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
Swami Vivekananda
samana vayu
antanjali
study of self
8. Chakra mantra
concentration
bija mantra
types of meditation
pingala nadi
9. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
anahata
Preclassical
Indra Devi
dourgha
10. Spirit
purusha
marma points
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Brahma
11. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
breath control; cultivation of prana
Vedic
manomaya kosha
pranamaya kosha
12. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
concentration
god triad
bija mantra
B.K.S. Iyengar
13. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
god triad
pingala nadi
contentment
14. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
T.K.V. Desikachar
ayurvedic healing techniques
Classical
vijnanamaya
15. Saucha
devotion
observance
vinyasa principles
urity
16. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
sattva guna
udana vayu
anandamaya
meditation
17. Chakra mantra
discipline
yoga's origins
chandra bhedana
bija mantra
18. 2nd
contentment
swadhisthana
yamas
anahata
19. Cool; through tongue
sitali
tamas guna
manomaya kosha
non harming
20. Spinal chord
pancha vayus
sushumna nadi
goddesses
Preclassical
21. Pratyahara
study of self
dourgha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
truthfulness
22. Brahmacharya
observance
bhastrika
self restraint
truthfulness
23. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Vedic
marma points
anipura
non harming
24. Studied under Krisnamacharya
asana
Pattabhi Jois
discipline
Classical
25. Studied under Krisnamacharya
manomaya kosha
jnana yoga
lakhski
Pattabhi Jois
26. 5th
saraswati
sitali
non harming
vishuddha
27. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
ayurvedic healing techniques
marma points
Modern
surya bhedana
28. Inertia
swadhisthana
tamas guna
bhastrika
chandra bhedana
29. 6th
ajna
asana
manomaya kosha
Swami Vivekananda
30. Asana
types of meditation
posture
types of meditation
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
31. Science of life
doshas
ayurveda
B.K.S. Iyengar
truthfulness
32. Niyama
observance
Swami Vivekananda
ayurvedic healing techniques
non-greed
33. Through teeth; cold
raja yoga
pancha vayus
paths of yoga
aitkari
34. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
B.K.S. Iyengar
marma points
purusha
self restraint
35. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
ida nadi
Sri Krishnamacharya
vinyasa
yamas
36. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
udana vayu
manomaya kosha
saraswati
37. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
Pancha Koshas
vinyasa
jnana yoga
prana vayu
38. Disillusion
kali
anandamaya
contentment
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
39. Vata - pitta - kapha
Pattabhi Jois
yamas
doshas
ajna
40. Purity
tamas guna
chandra bhedana
raja yoga
sattva guna
41. Restraints - observances
sushumna nadi
niyamas
Swami Vivekananda
Preclassical
42. Saucha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
doshas
urity
bhakti yoga
43. Everything after Pantanjali
ayurvedic healing techniques
Postclassical
yamas
jnana yoga
44. Creator
Brahma
manomaya kosha
Classical
aitkari
45. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Modern
self restraint
Preclassical
goddesses
46. 1st chakra
vinyasa principles
Classical
anahata
muladhara
47. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
samana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
goddesses
saraswati
48. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
prakriti
raja yoga
bhastrika
surya bhedana
49. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
Vishnu
T.K.V. Desikachar
pancha vayus
abstinence
50. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
vinyasa principles
Jiddu Krishnamurti
concentration
5 elements