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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga






2. Dhyana






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






4. Higher intellectual body






5. Cool; through tongue






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






7. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






8. Creator






9. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






10. Dharana






11. Wisdom






12. Science of life






13. Lower mental body






14. Bliss body






15. 5 winds






16. Yama






17. Pratyahara






18. Purity






19. Liberation of stagnant prana






20. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






21. 6th






22. Restraints - observances






23. Purity






24. 3rd






25. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






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






27. 5 winds






28. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






29. Ahimsa






30. Disillusion






31. Everything after Pantanjali






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






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






34. Liberation of stagnant prana






35. Spinal chord






36. Cool; through tongue






37. Tamas - rajas - sattva






38. Protector






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






40. Studied under Krisnamacharya






41. Creator






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






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






44. Yoga of physical and mental control






45. Tapas






46. Energy/emo body






47. 2nd






48. Dhyana






49. Aparigraha






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