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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cool; through tongue






2. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






3. Wisdom






4. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






5. Through teeth; cold






6. Dharana






7. Creator






8. 7th






9. 2nd






10. Higher intellectual body






11. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om






12. Energy/emo body






13. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot






14. Rhythmic - increases auric body






15. Energy/emo body






16. Yoga of heart






17. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






18. 7th






19. Wisdom






20. Satya






21. Brahmacharya






22. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot






23. Inertia






24. Disillusion






25. Purity






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






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






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






29. Vata - pitta - kapha






30. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






31. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






32. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






33. Higher intellectual body






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






35. Abundance






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






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






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






39. Asana






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






41. Liberation of stagnant prana






42. Yama






43. Lion's breath






44. Saucha






45. Samadhi






46. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






47. 1st chakra






48. Spirit






49. Yoga of mind






50. Science of life