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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. Chakra mantra
truthfulness
bija mantra
Classical
Indra Devi
2. 7th
Vishnu
vinyasa principles
rajas guna
sahashrara
3. Lower mental body
god triad
prakriti
devotion
manomaya kosha
4. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
vishuddha
Pattabhi Jois
niyamas
T.K.V. Desikachar
5. Svadhyaya
pranamaya kosha
types of meditation
study of self
ujjayi
6. Tapas
prakriti
muladhara
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
discipline
7. Ishvarapranidhana
asana
devotion
anandamaya
5 elements
8. Asana
sitali
god triad
raja yoga
posture
9. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
apana vayu
kali
vinyasa
ajna
10. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
sitali
sushumna nadi
types of meditation
posture
11. 4th
swadhisthana
anahata
yoga's origins
ida nadi
12. Restraints - observances
niyamas
simhasana
Pancha Koshas
sitali
13. Asteya
pranamaya kosha
Sri Krishnamacharya
non stealing
saraswati
14. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
yamas
dourgha
asana
apana vayu
15. Higher intellectual body
Postclassical
lakhski
vijnanamaya
niyamas
16. Everything after Pantanjali
yoga's origins
Postclassical
ayurvedic healing techniques
self restraint
17. Creator
T.K.V. Desikachar
saraswati
meditation
Brahma
18. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
ayurvedic healing techniques
anahata
god triad
study of self
19. Bliss body
anandamaya
pranamaya kosha
sattva guna
abstinence
20. Wisdom
ida nadi
B.K.S. Iyengar
B.K.S. Iyengar
saraswati
21. Yoga of mind
jnana yoga
5 elements
Classical
types of meditation
22. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
Classical
5 elements
surya bhedana
types of meditation
23. Lower mental body
lakhski
bija mantras in order
manomaya kosha
saraswati
24. Spinal chord
raja yoga
doshas
sushumna nadi
muladhara
25. Dhyana
vinyasa principles
dourgha
meditation
pranamaya kosha
26. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
bhakti yoga
observance
Sri Krishnamacharya
marma points
27. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
simhasana
rajas guna
god triad
28. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
discipline
prana vayu
tamas guna
29. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
breath control; cultivation of prana
Vedic
ajna
30. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
simhasana
ida nadi
sitali
ayurvedic healing techniques
31. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
bandha
Postclassical
Sri Krishnamacharya
anandamaya
32. Cool; through tongue
vyana vayu
jnana yoga
pancha vayus
sitali
33. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
pingala nadi
vinyasa principles
vyana vayu
34. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
observance
bandha
bija mantras in order
saraswati
35. Dharana
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
concentration
dourgha
ujjayi
36. Ahimsa
non harming
Brahma
kali
pancha vayus
37. Activity - movement
goddesses
rajas guna
vishuddha
sitali
38. Svadhyaya
anipura
study of self
lakhski
sahashrara
39. Purity
yamas
sattva guna
paths of yoga
pancha vayus
40. Yoga of action
raja yoga
jnana yoga
karma yoga
marma points
41. Yama
yoga's origins
paths of yoga
abstinence
raja yoga
42. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
pranamaya kosha
urity
chandra bhedana
43. Vata - pitta - kapha
bija mantra
devotion
samana vayu
doshas
44. Abundance
abstinence
non harming
lakhski
Jiddu Krishnamurti
45. Protector
devotion
Vishnu
ayurvedic healing techniques
anandamaya
46. Brahmacharya
posture
self restraint
Classical
Sri Krishnamacharya
47. Saucha
bhastrika
purusha
urity
sattva guna
48. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
anahata
Classical
marma points
Jiddu Krishnamurti
49. Studied under Krisnamacharya
ayurveda
Indra Devi
5 elements
Pattabhi Jois
50. 3rd
non harming
Sri Krishnamacharya
Brahma
anipura