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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. Asana is...






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






3. Breath - mantra: AUM






4. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






5. Hasta means______-






6. Niyama is____






7. Vrksa means_____






8. Meditation - pratyahara






9. How many Niyamas are there?






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






11. Hasta means______-






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






13. Sukha means________






14. Tapas is_________






15. _______developed the method of yoga called Iyengar Yoga.






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






17. Svadhyaya is___________






18. Sutra means___________






19. Breath - mantra: AUM






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






21. Urdhva means_____-






22. Isvarapranidhana is________






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






24. _____________- are the 5 Niyamas






25. Vtra means ________






26. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________






27. Uttan means_________






28. Diaphragm (external intercostals)






29. Meditation - pratyahara






30. Parsva means______






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






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






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






34. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the_______






35. Parivrtta means_____






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






37. Yoga is_________






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






39. Who wrote the Yoga Sutras?






40. Forward bends and restorative are most beneficial for ___________






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. Go means_________-






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






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






46. Parsva means______






47. Santosa is_____






48. Kona means_________






49. Niyama is____






50. Asana is...