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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






2. 6th






3. Inertia






4. Inertia






5. Rhythmic - increases auric body






6. 5 winds






7. Dead fast resolve






8. Higher intellectual body






9. Tamas - rajas - sattva






10. Spinal chord






11. Niyama






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






13. Studied under Krisnamacharya






14. Dhyana






15. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






16. W/Swami Vivekananda






17. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






18. Abundance






19. Creator






20. 1st chakra






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






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






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






24. Liberation of stagnant prana






25. Through teeth; cold






26. Studied under Krisnamacharya






27. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






28. Asteya






29. Higher intellectual body






30. Creator






31. Svadhyaya






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






33. Santosha






34. 6th






35. Aparigraha






36. 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






37. Matter






38. Science of life






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






40. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






41. Rhythmic - increases auric body






42. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






43. Aparigraha






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






45. 2nd






46. Dharana






47. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






48. 5 winds






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






50. Yoga of heart