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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Restraints - observances
sattva guna
niyamas
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bhakti yoga
2. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
manomaya kosha
breath control; cultivation of prana
pranamaya kosha
Indra Devi
3. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
Modern
vyana vayu
Pattabhi Jois
4. Through teeth; cold
truthfulness
types of meditation
ayurvedic healing techniques
aitkari
5. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sattva guna
vishuddha
bhakti yoga
6. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Swami Vivekananda
ayurvedic healing techniques
Jiddu Krishnamurti
karma yoga
7. Vata - pitta - kapha
pingala nadi
ujjayi
doshas
Indra Devi
8. Cool; through tongue
manomaya kosha
sitali
anandamaya
aitkari
9. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
Brahma
pingala nadi
yamas
lakhski
10. 2nd
observance
swadhisthana
bhastrika
yoga's origins
11. Satya
truthfulness
T.K.V. Desikachar
contentment
purusha
12. Dhyana
anipura
asana
doshas
meditation
13. Tapas
vinyasa
discipline
sitali
ajna
14. Bliss body
saraswati
anandamaya
ajna
non-greed
15. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
yoga's origins
kali
prana vayu
ajna
16. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
types of meditation
simhasana
bija mantras in order
ujjayi
17. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Preclassical
sushumna nadi
non stealing
sattva guna
18. Yoga of action
ayurveda
self restraint
karma yoga
non stealing
19. Chakra mantra
Vishnu
bija mantra
yamas
sahashrara
20. Everything after Pantanjali
apana vayu
prakriti
Postclassical
prana vayu
21. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
Sri Krishnamacharya
vyana vayu
raja yoga
22. 7th
ida nadi
Brahma
sahashrara
vyana vayu
23. Spinal chord
Pancha Koshas
sushumna nadi
vijnanamaya
types of meditation
24. Chakra mantra
udana vayu
bija mantra
yamas
anahata
25. Svadhyaya
purusha
study of self
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
vijnanamaya
26. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
Indra Devi
T.K.V. Desikachar
Postclassical
ujjayi
27. 2nd
non-greed
Indra Devi
swadhisthana
truthfulness
28. Margas
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
paths of yoga
karma yoga
ayurveda
29. Ahimsa
niyamas
non harming
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
prakriti
30. Pranayama
muladhara
ida nadi
lakhski
breath control; cultivation of prana
31. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
manomaya kosha
ayurvedic healing techniques
nadi shodana
chandra bhedana
32. 5th
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
ayurveda
Swami Vivekananda
vishuddha
33. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
ayurvedic healing techniques
prakriti
sitali
34. 3rd
pingala nadi
B.K.S. Iyengar
anipura
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
35. Yama
bija mantras in order
Jiddu Krishnamurti
samana vayu
abstinence
36. Protector
bhastrika
Vishnu
5 elements
prakriti
37. Creator
raja yoga
Brahma
T.K.V. Desikachar
urity
38. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
ujjayi
asana
yamas
god triad
39. Spirit
swadhisthana
rajas guna
paths of yoga
purusha
40. Spinal chord
chandra bhedana
lakhski
sushumna nadi
bija mantra
41. 1930s-1986 philosopher
karma yoga
Jiddu Krishnamurti
aitkari
vinyasa
42. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
saraswati
tamas guna
apana vayu
43. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
5 elements
vyana vayu
bandha
bhastrika
44. 5th
prana vayu
vishuddha
bhastrika
ayurvedic healing techniques
45. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
nadi shodana
sahashrara
marma points
yamas
46. Yoga of heart
apana vayu
bhakti yoga
goddesses
god triad
47. 3rd
anipura
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
sattva guna
ida nadi
48. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
ujjayi
vinyasa principles
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
tamas guna
49. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
yoga's origins
chandra bhedana
ida nadi
Vedic
50. Father of yoga
antanjali
rajas guna
breath control; cultivation of prana
Postclassical
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