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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. Satya






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






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






4. Rhythmic - increases auric body






5. Liberation of stagnant prana






6. 2nd






7. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






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






9. 5th






10. 1930s-1986 philosopher






11. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






12. Saucha






13. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






14. Spinal chord






15. Asteya






16. Rhythmic - increases auric body






17. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






18. Ishvarapranidhana






19. Asana






20. 4th






21. Bliss body






22. W/Swami Vivekananda






23. Abundance






24. Lower mental body






25. Abundance






26. 3rd






27. Higher intellectual body






28. Yama






29. Energy/emo body






30. Science of life






31. Everything after Pantanjali






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






33. Dhyana






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






35. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






36. Activity - movement






37. Chakra mantra






38. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






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






40. Vata - pitta - kapha






41. Purity






42. 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






43. Samadhi






44. Yoga of action






45. Father of yoga






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






47. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






48. Santosha






49. Saucha






50. 5 winds