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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. Dead fast resolve






2. Vata - pitta - kapha






3. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi






4. Aparigraha






5. Ahimsa






6. Spirit






7. Studied under Krisnamacharya






8. Satya






9. 2nd






10. 2nd






11. Santosha






12. Yama






13. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






14. Everything after Pantanjali






15. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






16. Yoga of action






17. 6th






18. Dhyana






19. Niyama






20. Restraints - observances






21. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






22. Tamas - rajas - sattva






23. Energy/emo body






24. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat






25. Through teeth; cold






26. Disillusion






27. W/Swami Vivekananda






28. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)






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






30. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






31. Everything after Pantanjali






32. 5 winds






33. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






34. Tapas






35. Yoga of mind






36. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






37. Abundance






38. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






39. 3rd






40. Niyama






41. Protector






42. Science of life






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






44. Saucha






45. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)






46. Activity - movement






47. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






48. W/Swami Vivekananda






49. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot






50. Physical body