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






2. Dead fast resolve






3. 5 winds






4. Yoga of heart






5. Aparigraha






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






7. Liberation of stagnant prana






8. Dharana






9. 6th






10. Margas






11. Samadhi






12. Tapas






13. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






14. Asana






15. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






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






17. Purity






18. Creator






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






20. Higher intellectual body






21. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






22. Tapas






23. Lower mental body






24. Pratyahara






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






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






27. Satya






28. Niyama






29. Creator






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






31. Bliss body






32. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






33. Asteya






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






35. Pratyahara






36. 3rd






37. Studied under Krisnamacharya






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






39. Yoga of mind






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






41. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






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






43. Yoga of heart






44. Dhyana






45. Bliss body






46. Higher intellectual body






47. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






48. Inertia






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






50. Studied under Krisnamacharya