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Yoga Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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1. Niyama
antanjali
Vedic
paths of yoga
observance
2. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
concentration
vinyasa
purusha
3. Dead fast resolve
samana vayu
sattva guna
pingala nadi
dourgha
4. Through teeth; cold
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
aitkari
ida nadi
apana vayu
5. Dhyana
pancha vayus
meditation
types of meditation
ajna
6. W/Swami Vivekananda
anandamaya
Modern
anipura
Swami Vivekananda
7. Samadhi
god triad
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Modern
pancha vayus
8. Dharana
vyana vayu
concentration
Indra Devi
B.K.S. Iyengar
9. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
Vishnu
Postclassical
goddesses
Preclassical
10. Yoga of mind
prana vayu
ajna
jnana yoga
abstinence
11. Saucha
urity
nadi shodana
non stealing
vishuddha
12. Yama
abstinence
asana
udana vayu
Preclassical
13. Pratyahara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
types of meditation
discipline
Sri Krishnamacharya
14. Science of life
ayurveda
prana vayu
simhasana
non-greed
15. Everything after Pantanjali
Postclassical
samana vayu
nnamaya kosha
vijnanamaya
16. Studied under Krisnamacharya
rajas guna
simhasana
Pattabhi Jois
antanjali
17. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
dourgha
bhakti yoga
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
18. Dharana
T.K.V. Desikachar
concentration
vinyasa principles
aitkari
19. Pranayama
nnamaya kosha
breath control; cultivation of prana
bhastrika
meditation
20. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
prana vayu
antanjali
Classical
aitkari
21. Bliss body
bija mantra
anandamaya
goddesses
pancha vayus
22. Purity
vinyasa
truthfulness
sattva guna
vijnanamaya
23. 7th
non-greed
sahashrara
ida nadi
observance
24. Activity - movement
rajas guna
swadhisthana
udana vayu
vijnanamaya
25. Energy/emo body
sattva guna
non harming
pranamaya kosha
pingala nadi
26. 7th
Swami Vivekananda
non-greed
sahashrara
Indra Devi
27. 3rd
pranamaya kosha
discipline
anipura
discipline
28. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
pranamaya kosha
muladhara
T.K.V. Desikachar
non stealing
29. Brahmacharya
lakhski
self restraint
jnana yoga
Swami Vivekananda
30. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
non stealing
ida nadi
Preclassical
nadi shodana
31. Physical body
abstinence
pancha vayus
raja yoga
nnamaya kosha
32. Abundance
tamas guna
Vishnu
lakhski
udana vayu
33. Ishvarapranidhana
rajas guna
devotion
sattva guna
nadi shodana
34. Cool; through tongue
concentration
yoga's origins
sitali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
35. Wisdom
saraswati
marma points
apana vayu
pingala nadi
36. Higher intellectual body
Vedic
vijnanamaya
study of self
prana vayu
37. Disillusion
T.K.V. Desikachar
Indra Devi
kali
observance
38. Santosha
contentment
nnamaya kosha
sushumna nadi
kali
39. Svadhyaya
sahashrara
Pattabhi Jois
Swami Vivekananda
study of self
40. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
sattva guna
apana vayu
muladhara
samana vayu
41. Protector
swadhisthana
Pattabhi Jois
Vishnu
anandamaya
42. Restraints - observances
Jiddu Krishnamurti
niyamas
anahata
apana vayu
43. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
apana vayu
non harming
Vedic
44. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bhakti yoga
bandha
tamas guna
B.K.S. Iyengar
45. 1930s-1986 philosopher
saraswati
sitali
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Swami Vivekananda
46. Satya
anandamaya
non stealing
truthfulness
tamas guna
47. Svadhyaya
dourgha
vyana vayu
goddesses
study of self
48. Yoga of action
contentment
karma yoga
dourgha
kali
49. Father of yoga
manomaya kosha
non stealing
antanjali
yoga's origins
50. Chakra mantra
observance
aitkari
pancha vayus
bija mantra