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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. W/Swami Vivekananda
god triad
Modern
devotion
vyana vayu
2. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
god triad
yoga's origins
Postclassical
nadi shodana
3. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
vishuddha
sattva guna
self restraint
4. Pranayama
posture
doshas
breath control; cultivation of prana
Pancha Koshas
5. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
anandamaya
Vishnu
udana vayu
types of meditation
6. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
samana vayu
apana vayu
B.K.S. Iyengar
god triad
7. Creator
doshas
Brahma
sattva guna
types of meditation
8. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
ajna
pranamaya kosha
doshas
pingala nadi
9. Margas
ida nadi
paths of yoga
anahata
kali
10. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
manomaya kosha
lakhski
asana
11. 1st chakra
muladhara
surya bhedana
vishuddha
T.K.V. Desikachar
12. Saucha
urity
bija mantra
bija mantra
ida nadi
13. Brahmacharya
surya bhedana
B.K.S. Iyengar
manomaya kosha
self restraint
14. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
ayurvedic healing techniques
non harming
surya bhedana
Brahma
15. Science of life
ayurveda
niyamas
types of meditation
Preclassical
16. Creator
Modern
non stealing
Brahma
Vedic
17. Asteya
non stealing
karma yoga
self restraint
study of self
18. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
ayurvedic healing techniques
Sri Krishnamacharya
nadi shodana
types of meditation
19. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
sahashrara
pingala nadi
vinyasa principles
rajas guna
20. 6th
ajna
swadhisthana
Vishnu
manomaya kosha
21. Spirit
purusha
manomaya kosha
ujjayi
rajas guna
22. Aparigraha
yamas
pingala nadi
vinyasa
non-greed
23. Tamas - rajas - sattva
yoga's origins
anahata
breath control; cultivation of prana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
24. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
posture
lakhski
discipline
vinyasa
25. Pratyahara
samana vayu
prana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
T.K.V. Desikachar
26. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
bandha
sahashrara
surya bhedana
27. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
28. Dharana
lakhski
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
contentment
concentration
29. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
Jiddu Krishnamurti
urity
goddesses
bija mantras in order
30. 5th
posture
raja yoga
Pattabhi Jois
vishuddha
31. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
contentment
bandha
contentment
apana vayu
32. Wisdom
saraswati
god triad
Brahma
Vishnu
33. Dhyana
B.K.S. Iyengar
aitkari
meditation
vyana vayu
34. 5 winds
vijnanamaya
non harming
T.K.V. Desikachar
pancha vayus
35. Pratyahara
truthfulness
study of self
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vinyasa principles
36. Physical body
devotion
nnamaya kosha
lakhski
concentration
37. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
bija mantra
tamas guna
samana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
38. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
Jiddu Krishnamurti
saraswati
simhasana
39. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
god triad
muladhara
asana
40. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
karma yoga
prana vayu
nnamaya kosha
Pattabhi Jois
41. All prevading
vyana vayu
bhakti yoga
ujjayi
marma points
42. 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
posture
breath control; cultivation of prana
B.K.S. Iyengar
ujjayi
43. Yama
truthfulness
ida nadi
abstinence
observance
44. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
ida nadi
Modern
vijnanamaya
udana vayu
45. Dhyana
saraswati
chandra bhedana
meditation
asana
46. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
5 elements
Vishnu
vishuddha
47. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
truthfulness
Swami Vivekananda
Pancha Koshas
48. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
god triad
marma points
self restraint
ujjayi
49. Disillusion
antanjali
kali
karma yoga
doshas
50. Ishvarapranidhana
vishuddha
abstinence
devotion
god triad