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Yoga Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Concentration on a single seed - a bija - pratyahara






2. Breath - mantra: AUM






3. Santosa is_____






4. Svadhyaya is___________






5. Pose/ posture - part of hatha yoga - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






6. Uttana means_______--






7. __________are the 2 guidelines for practice of yoga while on period






8. Tada means______






9. Asana is...






10. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals






11. Breath - mantra: AUM






12. How many Niyamas are there?






13. Astanga yoga is____






14. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas






15. Meditation - pratyahara






16. Niyama is____






17. Vrksa means_____






18. Tada means______






19. Concentration; first stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






20. Hasta means______-






21. Tapas is_________






22. Social restraints - moral disciplines in relation to others - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






23. 'life force extension' - regulation or control of the breath - part of hatha yoga - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






24. Hasta means______-






25. Tapas is_________






26. Trikona means_______






27. Santosa is_____






28. Sutra means___________






29. Danda means__________






30. Niyama is____






31. Sternocleidomastoideus scalenes (pectoralis major - pectoralis minor - serratus anterior - serratus posterior - superior - upper iliocostalis)






32. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






33. Sukha means________






34. Trikona means_______






35. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)






36. 'life force extension' - regulation or control of the breath - part of hatha yoga - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






37. Virasana__________






38. Svadhyaya is___________






39. ___________is the substitute pose while on period






40. The yogic breath/ Complete breath/ 3 part breath - starts with lower lungs - then thoracic region - then clavicular region






41. Sauca is__________






42. Self restraints - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






43. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)






44. Withdrawal of the senses or control of the mind - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






45. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.






46. Concentration on a single seed - a bija - pratyahara






47. _____________-are the poses not to be done while on period






48. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals






49. Yoga is_________






50. Bharadvaja is the_____