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Yoga Basics

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1. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________
When on period
Name of indian sage
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Sideways

2. Equal breath - pranayama
samavritti
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
Foot
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)

3. Sukha means________
yoga nidra
Easy or comfortable
Cow
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)

4. Parivrtta means_____
deergha pranayama
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Angle
Reverse/revolved

5. ___________is the substitute pose while on period
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
deergha pranayama
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)

6. Withdrawal of the senses or control of the mind - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Reverse/revolved
5
samyama
pratyahara

7. Breath - mantra: AUM
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
examples of a bija
Angle

8. Contemplation - become one with the object of meditation - pratyahara
Upward
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
dhyana
Hand

9. Sternocleidomastoideus scalenes (pectoralis major - pectoralis minor - serratus anterior - serratus posterior - superior - upper iliocostalis)
Extension
niyama
Face or aspect
active inspiration muscles

10. Yoga is_________
5
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
STUDY OF THE SELF
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution

11. Uttan means_________
Cow
Hero pose
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Extended

12. Santosa is_____
Cultivating contentment
Upward
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
Hero

13. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas
yoga nidra
Cow
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
Purity and cleanliness

14. Self restraints - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Angle
niyama
yoga nidra
passive inspiration muscle

15. Parsva means______
passive expiration muscle
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
Sideways

16. Astanga yoga is____
Extension
active expiration muscles
Hand
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali

17. Victorious breath - a.k.a ocean breath - pranayama
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
Hero pose
ujjayi
Extension

18. Concentration on a single seed - a bija - pratyahara
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
yama
dharana

19. Utkata means__________
passive expiration muscle
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
samyama
four parts of pranayama

20. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
active expiration muscles
When on period
B.K.S. Iyengar

21. Sauca is__________
passive expiration muscle
Purity and cleanliness
STUDY OF THE SELF
pratyahara

22. Hasta means______-
passive expiration muscle
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
Hand
viloma

23. Sukha means________
Name of indian sage
passive expiration muscle
Easy or comfortable
asana

24. ___________is the substitute pose while on period
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)
Reverse/revolved
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
samyama

25. Withdrawal of the senses or control of the mind - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
pratyahara
dharana
Stiff or staff
niyama

26. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the_______
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
four parts of pranayama
samyama
Basis of Iyengar style yoga

27. Vtra means ________
Hero
active inspiration muscles
viloma
Extended

28. Isvarapranidhana is________
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
active inspiration muscles
samavritti
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)

29. Urdhva means_____-
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
Upward
Name of indian sage
Extension

30. Kona means_________
Easy or comfortable
dhyana
Triangle
Angle

31. Vtra means ________
Hero
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
passive expiration muscle
dhyana

32. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?
Thread or aphorism (short and concisely worded statement of truth)
Angle
deergha pranayama
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago

33. Sanskrit is_________
dharana
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
ujjayi
passive inspiration muscle

34. Victorious breath - a.k.a ocean breath - pranayama
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
When on period
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
ujjayi

35. Asana is...
Easy or comfortable
deergha pranayama
Hero
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control

36. Go means_________-
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
5
Cow
pranayama

37. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________
When on period
samadhi
passive inspiration muscle
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen

38. Yogic sleep - withdraws the mind from sensory channels; relaxes mind & unfolds awareness - pratyahara
Cultivating contentment
Easy or comfortable
yoga nidra
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal

39. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the_______
Cow
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
Angle

40. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals
Foot
passive expiration muscle
Angle
dhyana

41. Go means_________-
Cow
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
viloma
Extension

42. Equal breath - pranayama
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
samavritti
Purity and cleanliness
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago

43. Absorption - ultimate state of yoga - superconscious state - ecstasy; last stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
dharana
samadhi
Stiff or staff

44. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)
active expiration muscles
When on period
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
Extension

45. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
Sideways
Hero pose
Reverse/revolved

46. Isvarapranidhana is________
Upward
four parts of pranayama
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)
Basis of Iyengar style yoga

47. Trikona means_______
Stiff or staff
active expiration muscles
Triangle
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago

48. _____________-are the poses not to be done while on period
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)
pratyahara
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana

49. Contemplation - become one with the object of meditation - pratyahara
asana
dhyana
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal

50. Parivrtta means_____
Triangle
Reverse/revolved
Sideways
Tree