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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. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
simhasana
posture
vinyasa principles
2. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
pancha vayus
study of self
Modern
3. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
Vedic
meditation
apana vayu
bija mantra
4. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
abstinence
breath control; cultivation of prana
surya bhedana
observance
5. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
bija mantra
chandra bhedana
apana vayu
raja yoga
6. Tapas
types of meditation
prana vayu
Postclassical
discipline
7. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
pingala nadi
aitkari
asana
8. Bliss body
anandamaya
Pattabhi Jois
ajna
sushumna nadi
9. Ishvarapranidhana
swadhisthana
pancha vayus
Pattabhi Jois
devotion
10. Lower mental body
apana vayu
manomaya kosha
rajas guna
chandra bhedana
11. Cool; through tongue
observance
contentment
ajna
sitali
12. 7th
sahashrara
non harming
chandra bhedana
ujjayi
13. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
bhastrika
dourgha
Indra Devi
T.K.V. Desikachar
14. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
prakriti
samana vayu
sitali
prana vayu
15. Inertia
dourgha
manomaya kosha
tamas guna
devotion
16. Everything after Pantanjali
doshas
Pancha Koshas
vinyasa
Postclassical
17. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
chandra bhedana
nadi shodana
antanjali
apana vayu
18. Yoga of action
pingala nadi
types of meditation
karma yoga
sattva guna
19. 5 winds
sushumna nadi
meditation
observance
pancha vayus
20. 6th
ajna
pancha vayus
lakhski
non stealing
21. Yoga of action
muladhara
karma yoga
posture
antanjali
22. Activity - movement
Sri Krishnamacharya
Pancha Koshas
pancha vayus
rajas guna
23. Father of yoga
bhakti yoga
antanjali
study of self
vijnanamaya
24. Yoga of physical and mental control
aitkari
muladhara
raja yoga
meditation
25. Studied under Krisnamacharya
anahata
contentment
Pattabhi Jois
chandra bhedana
26. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
B.K.S. Iyengar
non stealing
breath control; cultivation of prana
27. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
sitali
udana vayu
Preclassical
28. Through teeth; cold
aitkari
paths of yoga
rajas guna
meditation
29. Dhyana
meditation
antanjali
paths of yoga
devotion
30. Yama
Vedic
anahata
abstinence
nadi shodana
31. Satya
niyamas
B.K.S. Iyengar
truthfulness
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
32. Aparigraha
Sri Krishnamacharya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non-greed
5 elements
33. 2nd
dourgha
study of self
vinyasa
swadhisthana
34. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
purusha
observance
marma points
35. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
bija mantra
devotion
doshas
36. Lion's breath
self restraint
sahashrara
marma points
simhasana
37. Saucha
apana vayu
prakriti
vinyasa
urity
38. Yoga of mind
posture
vyana vayu
jnana yoga
saraswati
39. Svadhyaya
asana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
study of self
observance
40. Father of yoga
meditation
Sri Krishnamacharya
paths of yoga
antanjali
41. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
god triad
vinyasa
niyamas
dourgha
42. Creator
chandra bhedana
bhakti yoga
sitali
Brahma
43. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
truthfulness
kali
chandra bhedana
vinyasa principles
44. Inertia
tamas guna
sattva guna
sushumna nadi
marma points
45. Svadhyaya
ida nadi
vishuddha
Pancha Koshas
study of self
46. Studied under Krisnamacharya
self restraint
Pattabhi Jois
ayurveda
ida nadi
47. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
non-greed
Pancha Koshas
Pattabhi Jois
Indra Devi
48. Santosha
devotion
contentment
Classical
T.K.V. Desikachar
49. 6th
meditation
ajna
devotion
muladhara
50. 5 winds
surya bhedana
udana vayu
Indra Devi
pancha vayus