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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. Pratyahara
concentration
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
paths of yoga
niyamas
2. Abundance
lakhski
ayurvedic healing techniques
udana vayu
self restraint
3. Saucha
urity
lakhski
rajas guna
Swami Vivekananda
4. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
pingala nadi
ayurvedic healing techniques
goddesses
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
5. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
Indra Devi
vyana vayu
raja yoga
bija mantras in order
6. Santosha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
sattva guna
asana
contentment
7. Disillusion
kali
antanjali
sahashrara
ayurveda
8. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
ayurveda
surya bhedana
B.K.S. Iyengar
jnana yoga
9. 5 winds
Pancha Koshas
pingala nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
pancha vayus
10. Vata - pitta - kapha
ayurvedic healing techniques
bhakti yoga
devotion
doshas
11. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
bhakti yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Vedic
vijnanamaya
12. Yama
abstinence
dourgha
doshas
pranamaya kosha
13. Higher intellectual body
posture
vishuddha
vijnanamaya
bandha
14. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
vinyasa
Pattabhi Jois
ayurveda
15. 3rd
devotion
Swami Vivekananda
anipura
aitkari
16. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
ayurveda
5 elements
Swami Vivekananda
Classical
17. Energy/emo body
Sri Krishnamacharya
swadhisthana
prana vayu
pranamaya kosha
18. Yoga of physical and mental control
apana vayu
non stealing
paths of yoga
raja yoga
19. Protector
ida nadi
yamas
Vishnu
devotion
20. Dharana
vinyasa principles
concentration
posture
muladhara
21. Asteya
Sri Krishnamacharya
urity
non stealing
apana vayu
22. Pranayama
Vedic
yamas
antanjali
breath control; cultivation of prana
23. Rhythmic - increases auric body
bhastrika
B.K.S. Iyengar
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
swadhisthana
24. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
ayurvedic healing techniques
nnamaya kosha
paths of yoga
doshas
25. Asana
posture
Indra Devi
non stealing
bhastrika
26. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
ida nadi
rajas guna
Classical
muladhara
27. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
vyana vayu
pranamaya kosha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
types of meditation
28. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
vishuddha
ida nadi
types of meditation
samana vayu
29. 7th
pingala nadi
sahashrara
ujjayi
non harming
30. Bliss body
anandamaya
non-greed
karma yoga
surya bhedana
31. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
raja yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
bija mantra
Vedic
32. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
33. All prevading
bija mantra
bhakti yoga
non harming
vyana vayu
34. Purity
sattva guna
raja yoga
dourgha
vyana vayu
35. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
purusha
saraswati
T.K.V. Desikachar
Vedic
36. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
non-greed
vinyasa
study of self
bija mantras in order
37. Niyama
ujjayi
Brahma
nadi shodana
observance
38. Tapas
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
rajas guna
discipline
yoga's origins
39. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
aitkari
karma yoga
tamas guna
40. Disillusion
Classical
kali
Swami Vivekananda
lakhski
41. 1st chakra
swadhisthana
dourgha
muladhara
Pattabhi Jois
42. Aparigraha
non-greed
nadi shodana
nadi shodana
Vedic
43. Pratyahara
simhasana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
types of meditation
44. Santosha
contentment
vishuddha
chandra bhedana
pingala nadi
45. 4th
breath control; cultivation of prana
paths of yoga
anahata
purusha
46. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
aitkari
purusha
study of self
47. W/Swami Vivekananda
Brahma
Modern
bhastrika
surya bhedana
48. Ahimsa
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
sattva guna
non harming
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
49. Satya
nnamaya kosha
truthfulness
sahashrara
abstinence
50. Tapas
samana vayu
sahashrara
non stealing
discipline