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Yoga Basics

Instructions:
  • 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. Astanga yoga is____






2. Parsva means______






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






4. Yoga is_________






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






6. Equal breath - pranayama






7. Hasta means______-






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






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






10. Equal breath - pranayama






11. Vtra means ________






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






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






14. Asana is...






15. Kona means_________






16. Kona means_________






17. Vrksa means_____






18. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the_______






19. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.






20. Pada means______






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






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






23. Tada means______






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






25. Trikona means_______






26. Vrksa means_____






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






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






29. Mukha means________






30. Svadhyaya is___________






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






32. Diaphragm (external intercostals)






33. Tapas is_________






34. Uttana means_______--






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






36. Mukha means________






37. Asana is...






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






39. Isvarapranidhana is________






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






41. Trikona means_______






42. Yoga is_________






43. Utkata means__________






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






45. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






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






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






48. Parsva means______






49. Breath - mantra: AUM






50. Hasta means______-