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Yoga Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Virasana__________






2. Meditation - pratyahara






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






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






5. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






6. Uttana means_______--






7. Absorption - ultimate state of yoga - superconscious state - ecstasy; last stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






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






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






10. Sukha means________






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






12. Utkata means__________






13. Breath - mantra: AUM






14. Parivrtta means_____






15. Tapas is_________






16. Victorious breath - a.k.a ocean breath - pranayama






17. Contemplation; 2nd stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






18. Sukha means________






19. Astanga yoga is____






20. Mukha means________






21. Yogic sleep - withdraws the mind from sensory channels; relaxes mind & unfolds awareness - pratyahara






22. Self restraints - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






23. Utkata means__________






24. Trikona means_______






25. Parsva means______






26. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas






27. Sauca is__________






28. Divided breath; 3 parts - emphasis on inhalition (1/3 - 2/3 - all the way) - pranayama






29. Vrksa means_____






30. Sanskrit is_________






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






32. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________






33. Bharadvaja is the_____






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






35. Uttan means_________






36. Pada means______






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






38. Bharadvaja is the_____






39. Urdhva means_____-






40. Danda means__________






41. Uttan means_________






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






43. Kona means_________






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






45. Tada means______






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






47. Contemplation - become one with the object of meditation - pratyahara






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






49. Santosa is_____






50. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.