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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Asana






2. Bliss body






3. Restraints - observances






4. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






5. Samadhi






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






7. Yoga of mind






8. 5 winds






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






10. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






11. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






12. Rhythmic - increases auric body






13. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga






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






15. All prevading






16. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






17. Saucha






18. Svadhyaya






19. Purity






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






21. Ishvarapranidhana






22. Restraints - observances






23. 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






24. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi






25. Physical body






26. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






27. 7th






28. Pratyahara






29. Cool; through tongue






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






31. 4th






32. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






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






34. Svadhyaya






35. 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






36. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






37. Cool; through tongue






38. W/Swami Vivekananda






39. Bliss body






40. Energy/emo body






41. Vata - pitta - kapha






42. Brahmacharya






43. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






44. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat






45. Yoga of action






46. Through teeth; cold






47. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






48. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






49. Tapas






50. Ahimsa