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






2. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






3. Ishvarapranidhana






4. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






5. Chakra mantra






6. Lion's breath






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






8. Activity - movement






9. Abundance






10. Saucha






11. Physical body






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






13. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






14. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






15. Liberation of stagnant prana






16. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






17. Restraints - observances






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






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






20. Santosha






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






22. Ahimsa






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






24. Purity






25. Tamas - rajas - sattva






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






27. 5 winds






28. All prevading






29. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






30. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






31. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






32. Restraints - observances






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






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






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






36. Rhythmic - increases auric body






37. Through teeth; cold






38. Yoga of mind






39. 1st chakra






40. Spinal chord






41. 4th






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






43. Purity






44. Yoga of mind






45. Abundance






46. Pratyahara






47. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






48. Cool; through tongue






49. Spinal chord






50. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling