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






2. Utkata means__________






3. Breath - mantra: AUM






4. Mukha means________






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






6. Yoga is_________






7. Pada means______






8. Sanskrit is_________






9. ___________is the substitute pose while on period






10. Vtra means ________






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






12. Svadhyaya is___________






13. Uttana means_______--






14. How many Niyamas are there?






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






16. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.






17. Go means_________-






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






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






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






21. Equal breath - pranayama






22. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the_______






23. Danda means__________






24. Meditation - pratyahara






25. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






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






27. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals






28. Self restraints - Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali






29. Isvarapranidhana is________






30. Santosa is_____






31. Equal breath - pranayama






32. Bharadvaja is the_____






33. Uttana means_______--






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






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






36. Urdhva means_____-






37. Breath - mantra: AUM






38. Sukha means________






39. Asana is...






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






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






42. Isvarapranidhana is________






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






44. Hasta means______-






45. Tapas is_________






46. Pada means______






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






48. How many Niyamas are there?






49. Elastic recoil of lung tissue - surface tension - gravity on ribs - internal intercostals






50. Svadhyaya is___________