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Yoga Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Purity






2. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






3. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago


4. 3rd






5. Yoga of heart






6. Bliss body






7. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga






8. Abundance






9. Physical body






10. Inertia






11. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






12. Saucha






13. Cool; through tongue






14. Disillusion






15. 6th






16. Tapas






17. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting






18. Rhythmic - increases auric body






19. Niyama






20. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om






21. Brahmacharya






22. Liberation of stagnant prana






23. Vata - pitta - kapha






24. Father of yoga






25. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')






26. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha






27. Everything after Pantanjali






28. Father of yoga






29. Wisdom






30. Spirit






31. Through teeth; cold






32. Svadhyaya






33. Vata - pitta - kapha






34. 4th






35. Ishvarapranidhana






36. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions






37. Niyama






38. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






39. Tamas - rajas - sattva






40. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






41. Santosha






42. Spinal chord






43. Asteya






44. Brahmacharya






45. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






46. 7th






47. Matter






48. Purity






49. 6th






50. Energy/emo body