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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creator






2. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






3. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






4. Tamas - rajas - sattva






5. Asana






6. Margas






7. Brahmacharya






8. 7th






9. Aparigraha






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






11. 5 winds






12. Spinal chord






13. Santosha






14. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)






15. Dead fast resolve






16. Everything after Pantanjali






17. Energy/emo body






18. Bliss body






19. Svadhyaya






20. Pranayama






21. Inertia






22. Lower mental body






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. 5th






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






26. 4th






27. 2nd






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






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






30. Yama






31. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






32. Asteya






33. Energy/emo body






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






35. Pranayama






36. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)






37. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






38. 6th






39. Liberation of stagnant prana






40. Yoga of action






41. Dead fast resolve






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






43. Santosha






44. Rhythmic - increases auric body






45. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






46. 1930s-1986 philosopher






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






48. Disillusion






49. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






50. Higher intellectual body