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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. Liberation of stagnant prana
anahata
ayurveda
ajna
asana
2. Samadhi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bija mantras in order
prana vayu
3. Yoga of heart
Postclassical
non-greed
antanjali
bhakti yoga
4. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
ida nadi
non harming
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bandha
5. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
anipura
ayurvedic healing techniques
yamas
nadi shodana
6. Tapas
discipline
chandra bhedana
urity
Indra Devi
7. Asana
pancha vayus
posture
muladhara
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
8. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
prakriti
swadhisthana
simhasana
9. Yama
antanjali
abstinence
Classical
paths of yoga
10. Dead fast resolve
truthfulness
karma yoga
dourgha
manomaya kosha
11. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
muladhara
chandra bhedana
vinyasa principles
surya bhedana
12. Inertia
tamas guna
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anipura
paths of yoga
13. Matter
prakriti
non-greed
Modern
non stealing
14. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
contentment
muladhara
Pancha Koshas
niyamas
15. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
doshas
Classical
Pancha Koshas
antanjali
16. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
sattva guna
contentment
chandra bhedana
surya bhedana
17. Dharana
ajna
abstinence
Modern
concentration
18. Purity
simhasana
Indra Devi
sattva guna
surya bhedana
19. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Pancha Koshas
tamas guna
vyana vayu
bandha
20. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
vyana vayu
anandamaya
bhakti yoga
types of meditation
21. Restraints - observances
ida nadi
5 elements
paths of yoga
niyamas
22. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
pranamaya kosha
samana vayu
sattva guna
23. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
discipline
antanjali
discipline
24. Science of life
non-greed
nadi shodana
ayurveda
Vishnu
25. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
karma yoga
Brahma
Indra Devi
yamas
26. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
ayurveda
aitkari
anandamaya
27. Studied under Krisnamacharya
pranamaya kosha
Pattabhi Jois
Jiddu Krishnamurti
paths of yoga
28. Yama
Pancha Koshas
abstinence
vyana vayu
non stealing
29. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
marma points
non-greed
bija mantras in order
vinyasa principles
30. Yoga of action
pranamaya kosha
B.K.S. Iyengar
karma yoga
bhakti yoga
31. Physical body
kali
ajna
nnamaya kosha
aitkari
32. Restraints - observances
niyamas
karma yoga
Pancha Koshas
nnamaya kosha
33. 6th
tamas guna
Brahma
yoga's origins
ajna
34. Liberation of stagnant prana
meditation
prana vayu
pingala nadi
asana
35. Bliss body
anandamaya
paths of yoga
ida nadi
ayurvedic healing techniques
36. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
saraswati
swadhisthana
anandamaya
37. Vata - pitta - kapha
sattva guna
doshas
concentration
saraswati
38. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
paths of yoga
Vishnu
god triad
Vedic
39. Margas
paths of yoga
saraswati
Jiddu Krishnamurti
non harming
40. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
41. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
tamas guna
goddesses
Swami Vivekananda
bhakti yoga
42. Disillusion
karma yoga
kali
discipline
swadhisthana
43. 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
sushumna nadi
pranamaya kosha
B.K.S. Iyengar
sahashrara
44. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
bandha
vishuddha
god triad
45. W/Swami Vivekananda
Modern
raja yoga
bandha
vishuddha
46. Abundance
lakhski
B.K.S. Iyengar
samana vayu
bija mantra
47. Tapas
bhakti yoga
5 elements
nadi shodana
discipline
48. Creator
asana
bhastrika
discipline
Brahma
49. Abundance
lakhski
marma points
ajna
doshas
50. Through teeth; cold
karma yoga
Modern
Sri Krishnamacharya
aitkari