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Yoga Basics
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Subject
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health-and-fitness
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Astanga yoga is____
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
niyama
Cow
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
2. Parsva means______
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
samavritti
dharana
Sideways
3. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)
Name of indian sage
active expiration muscles
Hero
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
4. Yoga is_________
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)
Cultivating contentment
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
When on period
5. Sternocleidomastoideus scalenes (pectoralis major - pectoralis minor - serratus anterior - serratus posterior - superior - upper iliocostalis)
active inspiration muscles
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
Mountain
When on period
6. Equal breath - pranayama
active expiration muscles
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
Hand
samavritti
7. Hasta means______-
Hand
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
dharana
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
8. Divided breath; 3 parts - emphasis on inhalition (1/3 - 2/3 - all the way) - pranayama
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Foot
Face or aspect
viloma
9. The yogic breath/ Complete breath/ 3 part breath - starts with lower lungs - then thoracic region - then clavicular region
Tree
deergha pranayama
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
10. Equal breath - pranayama
samavritti
active expiration muscles
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
pratyahara
11. Vtra means ________
B.K.S. Iyengar
Hero
Easy or comfortable
Hero pose
12. Victorious breath - a.k.a ocean breath - pranayama
Foot
When on period
B.K.S. Iyengar
ujjayi
13. Yogic sleep - withdraws the mind from sensory channels; relaxes mind & unfolds awareness - pratyahara
Purity and cleanliness
Angle
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
yoga nidra
14. Asana is...
STUDY OF THE SELF
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
passive expiration muscle
15. Kona means_________
dhyana
Angle
Face or aspect
Face or aspect
16. Kona means_________
The yoga of 8 limbs first created by patanjali
Angle
Stiff or staff
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
17. Vrksa means_____
samadhi
samavritti
Tree
Foot
18. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the_______
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
dhyana
Ancient language and the classic language of yoga and india
19. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.
niyama
B.K.S. Iyengar
pranayama
Hero
20. Pada means______
samavritti
Foot
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
21. Abdominals (external oblique - internal oblique - rectus abdominus - lower iliocostalis - lower longissimus - serratus posterior inferior)
Hand
active expiration muscles
yoga nidra
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
22. Social restraints - moral disciplines in relation to others - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
passive expiration muscle
When on period
yama
23. Tada means______
Hero pose
active expiration muscles
Mountain
pranayama
24. Absorption - ultimate state of yoga - superconscious state - ecstasy; last stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Upward
Tree
samadhi
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
25. Trikona means_______
Triangle
active inspiration muscles
Angle
Upward
26. Vrksa means_____
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
Tree
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
deergha pranayama
27. 'life force extension' - regulation or control of the breath - part of hatha yoga - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
asana
pranayama
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
STUDY OF THE SELF
28. Yogic sleep - withdraws the mind from sensory channels; relaxes mind & unfolds awareness - pratyahara
yoga nidra
passive expiration muscle
Purity and cleanliness
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)
29. Mukha means________
Face or aspect
pratyahara
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
pranayama
30. Svadhyaya is___________
Extension
STUDY OF THE SELF
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
31. __________are the 2 guidelines for practice of yoga while on period
four parts of pranayama
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
deergha pranayama
active expiration muscles
32. Diaphragm (external intercostals)
Face or aspect
passive inspiration muscle
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
33. Tapas is_________
yama
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
Heat and energy gained by devoting thought and actions to particular goal
Sideways
34. Uttana means_______--
four parts of pranayama
Extension
samavritti
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
35. Contemplation - become one with the object of meditation - pratyahara
passive inspiration muscle
dhyana
examples of a bija
Purity and cleanliness
36. Mukha means________
Face or aspect
pratyahara
asana
pranayama
37. Asana is...
four parts of pranayama
Hand
3rd limb of yoga - postures or the physical discipline of self control
Hero pose
38. Contemplation - become one with the object of meditation - pratyahara
dharana
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
passive inspiration muscle
dhyana
39. Isvarapranidhana is________
Relinquishing the individual to the universe - being humble and respectful (acceptance)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge formation pose)
Purity and cleanliness
asana
40. The yogic breath/ Complete breath/ 3 part breath - starts with lower lungs - then thoracic region - then clavicular region
deergha pranayama
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
pratyahara
41. Trikona means_______
niyama
Angle
Triangle
active expiration muscles
42. Yoga is_________
Basis of Iyengar style yoga
Purity and cleanliness
Cultivating contentment
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
43. Utkata means__________
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
POWERFUL/MIGHTY
dharana
four parts of pranayama
44. _____________-are the poses not to be done while on period
Union of self realization and spiritual evolution
examples of a bija
samavritti
Halasana (plow pose) and Salamba Sarvangasana(shoulder stand)
45. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?
Sideways
Cultivating contentment
Sage Patanjali - over 2000 years ago
1. Sauca 2. Santosa 3. Tapas 4. Svadhyaya 5. Isvarapranidhana
46. Concentration on a single seed - a bija - pratyahara
dharana
active expiration muscles
Tree
5
47. Contemplation; 2nd stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali
Stiff or staff
Mountain
dhyana
active inspiration muscles
48. Parsva means______
Sideways
Hero pose
samyama
samyama
49. Breath - mantra: AUM
2nd limb of yoga - personal discipline/personal self control
Cultivating contentment
yoga nidra
examples of a bija
50. Hasta means______-
Hand
pratyahara
1. no inversions 2. no poses that stress the abdomen
Easy or comfortable