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Yoga Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Parsva means______
Reverse/revolved
yama
Sideways
Basis of Iyengar style yoga

2. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
Upward
Foot

3. Sanskrit is_________
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Purity and cleanliness
When on period
dhyana

4. Absorption - ultimate state of yoga - superconscious state - ecstasy; last stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Upward
asana
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
samadhi

5. Niyama is____
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
When on period
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Upward

6. Asana is...
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
B.K.S. Iyengar
STUDY OF THE SELF
Hero pose

7. Astanga yoga is____
dhyana
dhyana
Reverse/revolved
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali

8. Yogic sleep - withdraws the mind from sensory channels; relaxes mind & unfolds awareness - pratyahara
yoga nidra
Hand
asana
Hand

9. Diaphragm (external intercostals)
passive inspiration muscle
Tree
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
Hero

10. The yogic breath/ Complete breath/ 3 part breath - starts with lower lungs - then thoracic region - then clavicular region
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
Upward
deergha pranayama

11. Utkata means__________
viloma
dharana
samadhi
POWERFUL/MIGHTY

12. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)
examples of a bija
pratyahara
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
active expiration muscles

13. 'life force extension' - regulation or control of the breath - part of hatha yoga - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Foot
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
pranayama

14. Withdrawal of the senses or control of the mind - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Extension
pratyahara
niyama
Cow

15. Uttana means_______--
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Extension
passive inspiration muscle
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago

16. Niyama is____
pratyahara
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
When on period
samavritti

17. Sutra means___________
Face or aspect
STUDY OF THE SELF
Mountain
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)

18. Meditation - pratyahara
samyama
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
B.K.S. Iyengar
ujjayi

19. Breath - mantra: AUM
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
Extension
Angle
examples of a bija

20. Sanskrit is_________
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Reverse/revolved
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
passive inspiration muscle

21. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________
Upward
When on period
niyama
STUDY OF THE SELF

22. Yogic sleep - withdraws the mind from sensory channels; relaxes mind & unfolds awareness - pratyahara
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
yoga nidra
deergha pranayama
deergha pranayama

23. Tada means______
Mountain
viloma
samavritti
Upward

24. Trikona means_______
Triangle
samadhi
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Name of indian sage

25. Parivrtta means_____
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
When on period
Face or aspect
Reverse/revolved

26. Isvarapranidhana is________
samyama
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
STUDY OF THE SELF

27. Equal breath - pranayama
Reverse/revolved
dharana
samavritti
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)

28. Equal breath - pranayama
Easy or comfortable
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
samavritti
viloma

29. 'life force extension' - regulation or control of the breath - part of hatha yoga - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Foot
pranayama
Cow
Hero

30. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals
passive expiration muscle
Extension
Mountain
Name of indian sage

31. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Easy or comfortable
pratyahara
Basis of Iyengar style yoga

32. The yogic breath/ Complete breath/ 3 part breath - starts with lower lungs - then thoracic region - then clavicular region
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
deergha pranayama
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago

33. Social restraints - moral disciplines in relation to others - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
yama
STUDY OF THE SELF
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
dharana

34. Concentration; first stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
samyama
dharana
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)
samadhi

35. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas
Sideways
dhyana
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
niyama

36. Vrksa means_____
yama
Tree
Angle
Basis of Iyengar style yoga

37. Santosa is_____
Purity and cleanliness
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
ujjayi
Cultivating contentment

38. Tapas is_________
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Tree
dharana
dhyana

39. Bharadvaja is the_____
dharana
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
B.K.S. Iyengar
Name of indian sage

40. How many Niyamas are there?
yama
niyama
samyama
5

41. ___________is the substitute pose while on period
B.K.S. Iyengar
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
niyama
pranayama

42. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
Triangle
pratyahara
passive expiration muscle

43. Contemplation; 2nd stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Extended
dhyana
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
Extended

44. Sutra means___________
Mountain
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control

45. Contemplation - become one with the object of meditation - pratyahara
STUDY OF THE SELF
dhyana
yoga nidra
Tree

46. Sauca is__________
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
Purity and cleanliness
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen

47. Uttan means_________
Name of indian sage
samadhi
Extended
Foot

48. Divided breath; 3 parts - emphasis on inhalition (1/3 - 2/3 - all the way) - pranayama
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
dhyana
viloma
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)

49. Sauca is__________
Purity and cleanliness
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
Name of indian sage
pranayama

50. Go means_________-
Extension
Cow
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen