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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. Studied under Krisnamacharya
ayurveda
contentment
ayurvedic healing techniques
Pattabhi Jois
2. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
Pancha Koshas
purusha
doshas
samana vayu
3. Margas
apana vayu
paths of yoga
swadhisthana
bija mantra
4. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
nnamaya kosha
goddesses
ida nadi
sattva guna
5. Tamas - rajas - sattva
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
asana
aitkari
yoga's origins
6. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
simhasana
antanjali
Modern
7. 1930s-1986 philosopher
tamas guna
contentment
muladhara
Jiddu Krishnamurti
8. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
sahashrara
contentment
truthfulness
9. Restraints - observances
Postclassical
niyamas
dourgha
chandra bhedana
10. Chakra mantra
nadi shodana
T.K.V. Desikachar
bija mantra
bandha
11. Yoga of action
non harming
urity
karma yoga
Pattabhi Jois
12. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vinyasa
devotion
13. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
bija mantra
ujjayi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
contentment
14. Dhyana
pingala nadi
pingala nadi
meditation
Jiddu Krishnamurti
15. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
aitkari
rajas guna
pingala nadi
Swami Vivekananda
16. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
truthfulness
kali
bija mantras in order
pancha vayus
17. Creator
abstinence
Brahma
simhasana
lakhski
18. Purity
goddesses
sattva guna
kali
udana vayu
19. Chakra mantra
concentration
bija mantra
Vedic
non harming
20. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
god triad
pranamaya kosha
goddesses
21. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
22. Activity - movement
yoga's origins
Modern
rajas guna
anandamaya
23. Brahmacharya
study of self
discipline
self restraint
prakriti
24. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
pancha vayus
nnamaya kosha
abstinence
25. Father of yoga
prakriti
antanjali
sattva guna
anandamaya
26. Ishvarapranidhana
ajna
prakriti
truthfulness
devotion
27. Protector
raja yoga
anahata
dourgha
Vishnu
28. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
yamas
Vedic
urity
29. Lower mental body
manomaya kosha
abstinence
bandha
vinyasa principles
30. Tamas - rajas - sattva
concentration
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Vedic
observance
31. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
aitkari
Indra Devi
vinyasa principles
prana vayu
32. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
ujjayi
types of meditation
muladhara
contentment
33. Ahimsa
sattva guna
dourgha
samana vayu
non harming
34. Pratyahara
ayurveda
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
karma yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
35. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
niyamas
Classical
dourgha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
36. Satya
dourgha
doshas
truthfulness
aitkari
37. Higher intellectual body
doshas
vijnanamaya
contentment
surya bhedana
38. Energy/emo body
Classical
ayurveda
devotion
pranamaya kosha
39. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
chandra bhedana
bandha
ayurvedic healing techniques
non-greed
40. Lion's breath
surya bhedana
simhasana
Modern
ajna
41. Disillusion
kali
raja yoga
Preclassical
saraswati
42. Aparigraha
devotion
non-greed
tamas guna
pingala nadi
43. Tapas
self restraint
self restraint
discipline
contentment
44. Abundance
lakhski
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Pancha Koshas
posture
45. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
yoga's origins
T.K.V. Desikachar
non stealing
raja yoga
46. Tapas
Vedic
observance
discipline
Pancha Koshas
47. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
surya bhedana
paths of yoga
prakriti
Indra Devi
48. Matter
asana
bija mantras in order
ujjayi
prakriti
49. Margas
yoga's origins
aitkari
paths of yoga
bija mantra
50. Dead fast resolve
self restraint
non stealing
bandha
dourgha