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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. Sukha means________






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






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






4. Niyama is____






5. Svadhyaya is___________






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






7. Parivrtta means_____






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






9. Parivrtta means_____






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






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






12. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.






13. Hasta means______-






14. Vtra means ________






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






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






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






18. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________






19. Pada means______






20. Sauca is__________






21. Concentration; first stage of meditation - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






22. Tada means______






23. Parsva means______






24. Yoga is_________






25. ___________is the substitute pose while on period






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






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






28. Isvarapranidhana is________






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






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






31. Niyama is____






32. Uttana means_______--






33. Mukha means________






34. Go means_________-






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






36. Virasana__________






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






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






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






40. Urdhva means_____-






41. Sukha means________






42. Diaphragm (external intercostals)






43. Vrksa means_____






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






45. Sanskrit is_________






46. Meditation - pratyahara






47. Breath - mantra: AUM






48. Uttan means_________






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






50. Pada means______