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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






2. 4th






3. Santosha






4. Lion's breath






5. 1st chakra






6. 1st chakra






7. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






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






9. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






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






11. Lower mental body






12. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






13. Higher intellectual body






14. Ishvarapranidhana






15. Bliss body






16. Chakra mantra






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






18. 7th






19. 3rd






20. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago


21. Lower mental body






22. Spirit






23. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






24. Father of yoga






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






26. Cool; through tongue






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






28. Asana






29. Wisdom






30. Niyama






31. Spinal chord






32. 5th






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






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






35. Pranayama






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






37. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






38. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






39. Higher intellectual body






40. Yama






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






42. Through teeth; cold






43. 7th






44. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






45. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






46. 2nd






47. Abundance






48. Tamas - rajas - sattva






49. Svadhyaya






50. Asana