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






2. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas






3. Utkata means__________






4. Kona means_________






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






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






7. Vrksa means_____






8. Parsva means______






9. Self restraints - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






10. Pada means______






11. Vtra means ________






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






13. Sanskrit is_________






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






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






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






17. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________






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






19. Virasana__________






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






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






22. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






23. Santosa is_____






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






25. Asana is...






26. Inhalation (puraka) - pause or retention at the top of inhalation (antara kumbhaka) - exhalation (rechaka) - retention at the bottom of the exhale (bahya kumbhaka)






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






28. Vrksa means_____






29. Sanskrit is_________






30. Parivrtta means_____






31. Hasta means______-






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






33. Hasta means______-






34. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________






35. Urdhva means_____-






36. Tapas is_________






37. Tada means______






38. Svadhyaya is___________






39. Parsva means______






40. Meditation - pratyahara






41. Virasana__________






42. Niyama is____






43. Mukha means________






44. Niyama is____






45. Bharadvaja is the_____






46. Danda means__________






47. Urdhva means_____-






48. Svadhyaya is___________






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






50. Santosa is_____