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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rhythmic - increases auric body






2. Bliss body






3. Margas






4. Yoga of mind






5. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






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






7. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






8. 7th






9. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






10. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






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






12. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






13. Saucha






14. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






15. 1st chakra






16. Cool; through tongue






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






18. Higher intellectual body






19. Asteya






20. Tapas






21. Science of life






22. Svadhyaya






23. Ishvarapranidhana






24. Tapas






25. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






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






27. W/Swami Vivekananda






28. Wisdom






29. Spinal chord






30. Tamas - rajas - sattva






31. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago

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






33. Satya






34. Vata - pitta - kapha






35. Matter






36. Sick in youth - lived with brother in law (Krishnamacharya) - wrote 'Light on Yoga' 1966 - in 1952 friend - violinist Menuhin - introduced to world - use of props






37. Activity - movement






38. Wisdom






39. Abundance






40. Dharana






41. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left






42. Lion's breath






43. Protector






44. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






45. Lower mental body






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






47. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






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






49. 6th






50. 3rd