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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. Activity - movement
ajna
observance
rajas guna
lakhski
2. Vata - pitta - kapha
doshas
Classical
abstinence
Indra Devi
3. Studied under Krisnamacharya
non stealing
Pattabhi Jois
posture
pingala nadi
4. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
5. Spirit
aitkari
Pancha Koshas
purusha
Pattabhi Jois
6. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
Pancha Koshas
aitkari
ayurveda
Vedic
7. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
sattva guna
self restraint
vinyasa principles
abstinence
8. Margas
sahashrara
paths of yoga
study of self
vijnanamaya
9. 2nd
god triad
swadhisthana
vinyasa principles
anahata
10. 6th
ajna
B.K.S. Iyengar
Brahma
antanjali
11. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
yamas
nnamaya kosha
paths of yoga
pingala nadi
12. 3rd
anipura
sattva guna
samana vayu
bhakti yoga
13. Protector
marma points
non stealing
Vishnu
bhastrika
14. Asteya
non stealing
manomaya kosha
god triad
Swami Vivekananda
15. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
B.K.S. Iyengar
udana vayu
surya bhedana
vyana vayu
16. Ahimsa
non harming
sattva guna
sitali
apana vayu
17. 7th
abstinence
Brahma
sahashrara
kali
18. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
sattva guna
yamas
lakhski
breath control; cultivation of prana
19. Disillusion
kali
Pattabhi Jois
chandra bhedana
sitali
20. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
T.K.V. Desikachar
Preclassical
surya bhedana
god triad
21. Dhyana
non-greed
god triad
meditation
marma points
22. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
ayurvedic healing techniques
surya bhedana
Modern
god triad
23. Brahmacharya
self restraint
paths of yoga
posture
5 elements
24. Aparigraha
Modern
non-greed
dourgha
ida nadi
25. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
yamas
yoga's origins
pingala nadi
karma yoga
26. Father of yoga
non stealing
bhastrika
antanjali
anahata
27. Liberation of stagnant prana
observance
asana
discipline
sahashrara
28. Yoga of physical and mental control
Classical
breath control; cultivation of prana
B.K.S. Iyengar
raja yoga
29. Restraints - observances
purusha
niyamas
bhastrika
T.K.V. Desikachar
30. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Classical
surya bhedana
marma points
31. Saucha
yamas
manomaya kosha
truthfulness
urity
32. Brahmacharya
urity
self restraint
Swami Vivekananda
marma points
33. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
god triad
devotion
samana vayu
bhakti yoga
34. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
self restraint
chandra bhedana
non harming
dourgha
35. Pratyahara
doshas
urity
ujjayi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
36. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
Vedic
vinyasa
doshas
vinyasa principles
37. Everything after Pantanjali
Postclassical
rajas guna
vinyasa
niyamas
38. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
swadhisthana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
meditation
39. Asana
study of self
Classical
posture
muladhara
40. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
bhastrika
udana vayu
concentration
41. Pratyahara
abstinence
vinyasa principles
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Sri Krishnamacharya
42. Inertia
Postclassical
devotion
tamas guna
contentment
43. Dhyana
god triad
sushumna nadi
meditation
asana
44. Spinal chord
vishuddha
sushumna nadi
ayurveda
anipura
45. Liberation of stagnant prana
devotion
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vyana vayu
asana
46. Niyama
pranamaya kosha
dourgha
ayurveda
observance
47. 5th
vishuddha
bhastrika
self restraint
goddesses
48. 6th
vishuddha
niyamas
pranamaya kosha
ajna
49. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
Sri Krishnamacharya
karma yoga
vyana vayu
50. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
bhakti yoga
muladhara
dourgha
ayurvedic healing techniques