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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. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
Vedic
Classical
saraswati
chandra bhedana
2. Wisdom
Classical
nadi shodana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
saraswati
3. Yama
ujjayi
vinyasa
abstinence
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
4. Yoga of action
karma yoga
ajna
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
5. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
marma points
surya bhedana
samana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
6. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
Jiddu Krishnamurti
muladhara
karma yoga
7. Saucha
lakhski
pingala nadi
urity
Pattabhi Jois
8. Higher intellectual body
vijnanamaya
god triad
sattva guna
meditation
9. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
manomaya kosha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
posture
nadi shodana
10. Dharana
jnana yoga
concentration
prana vayu
ida nadi
11. Santosha
muladhara
anipura
contentment
Vishnu
12. Lower mental body
anandamaya
abstinence
manomaya kosha
bandha
13. Vata - pitta - kapha
god triad
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
abstinence
doshas
14. Purity
sattva guna
niyamas
vinyasa principles
prana vayu
15. Higher intellectual body
Indra Devi
niyamas
ida nadi
vijnanamaya
16. 4th
chandra bhedana
anahata
apana vayu
apana vayu
17. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
muladhara
apana vayu
goddesses
Pancha Koshas
18. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Modern
abstinence
god triad
19. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
Classical
posture
ujjayi
goddesses
20. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
ayurvedic healing techniques
vinyasa principles
doshas
tamas guna
21. Ishvarapranidhana
niyamas
sitali
devotion
nnamaya kosha
22. Activity - movement
yamas
rajas guna
sushumna nadi
god triad
23. Aparigraha
posture
vinyasa principles
ayurveda
non-greed
24. Energy/emo body
discipline
anipura
pranamaya kosha
kali
25. Santosha
nadi shodana
contentment
non-greed
Sri Krishnamacharya
26. Yoga of action
karma yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
ayurvedic healing techniques
saraswati
27. Margas
prakriti
paths of yoga
meditation
discipline
28. Aparigraha
non-greed
nadi shodana
ida nadi
bhastrika
29. W/Swami Vivekananda
ayurvedic healing techniques
Modern
study of self
udana vayu
30. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
Vedic
antanjali
ayurvedic healing techniques
pranamaya kosha
31. Creator
self restraint
vinyasa principles
goddesses
Brahma
32. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
tamas guna
Vishnu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
33. Father of yoga
antanjali
urity
udana vayu
breath control; cultivation of prana
34. Yama
vyana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
abstinence
ida nadi
35. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
niyamas
ajna
sattva guna
36. Energy/emo body
god triad
ajna
vijnanamaya
pranamaya kosha
37. Disillusion
nadi shodana
Indra Devi
lakhski
kali
38. Through teeth; cold
antanjali
goddesses
aitkari
non harming
39. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
pranamaya kosha
urity
jnana yoga
Preclassical
40. Niyama
manomaya kosha
observance
devotion
kali
41. 4th
rajas guna
muladhara
anahata
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
42. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
pingala nadi
Classical
Vedic
Indra Devi
43. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
Indra Devi
god triad
self restraint
bandha
44. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
prakriti
Classical
study of self
45. Pratyahara
Pancha Koshas
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anandamaya
doshas
46. 3rd
anipura
bandha
simhasana
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
47. Saucha
urity
yamas
Brahma
apana vayu
48. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
Sri Krishnamacharya
ajna
karma yoga
49. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
Preclassical
lakhski
purusha
surya bhedana
50. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
concentration
anipura
ida nadi
aitkari