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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dead fast resolve






2. Spinal chord






3. 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






4. Father of yoga






5. Studied under Krisnamacharya






6. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






7. Svadhyaya






8. Yoga of physical and mental control






9. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






10. Tamas - rajas - sattva






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






12. 5 winds






13. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






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






15. Yoga of action






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






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






18. Yama






19. Activity - movement






20. Protector






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






22. Physical body






23. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






24. Higher intellectual body






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






26. 4th






27. Niyama






28. Brahmacharya






29. Liberation of stagnant prana






30. Vata - pitta - kapha






31. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






32. Restraints - observances






33. Saucha






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






35. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






36. Asteya






37. Pratyahara






38. Through teeth; cold






39. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






40. Tapas






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






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






43. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






44. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






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






46. Yoga of action






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






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






49. 4th






50. Ishvarapranidhana