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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Protector






2. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






3. Cool; through tongue






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






5. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






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






7. Abundance






8. Margas






9. Wisdom






10. 3rd






11. Pratyahara






12. Svadhyaya






13. Tapas






14. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






15. Samadhi






16. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha






17. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






18. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






19. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






20. Science of life






21. Santosha






22. Yoga of action






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






24. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






25. Dead fast resolve






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






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






28. Spirit






29. 4th






30. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






31. Ishvarapranidhana






32. Inertia






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






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






35. Higher intellectual body






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






37. 7th






38. Asana






39. Bliss body






40. Saucha






41. Yama






42. Niyama






43. Yoga of mind






44. Yoga of mind






45. Inertia






46. Asteya






47. Brahmacharya






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






49. Dhyana






50. Vata - pitta - kapha