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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
vyana vayu
surya bhedana
2. Liberation of stagnant prana
Vedic
asana
manomaya kosha
swadhisthana
3. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
truthfulness
Swami Vivekananda
nnamaya kosha
bija mantra
4. Niyama
chandra bhedana
nnamaya kosha
pingala nadi
observance
5. Pranayama
breath control; cultivation of prana
observance
vinyasa principles
sushumna nadi
6. Santosha
5 elements
bija mantras in order
contentment
vishuddha
7. 3rd
anipura
Vishnu
chandra bhedana
Postclassical
8. All prevading
vyana vayu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
manomaya kosha
udana vayu
9. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
karma yoga
simhasana
vishuddha
10. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
paths of yoga
apana vayu
Brahma
observance
11. Physical body
vinyasa
jnana yoga
nnamaya kosha
lakhski
12. Yoga of action
karma yoga
sitali
paths of yoga
udana vayu
13. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
bhakti yoga
prakriti
bandha
14. Lower mental body
nadi shodana
muladhara
manomaya kosha
Sri Krishnamacharya
15. Higher intellectual body
vijnanamaya
asana
truthfulness
rajas guna
16. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
sattva guna
vinyasa principles
tamas guna
ujjayi
17. Chakra mantra
muladhara
abstinence
Jiddu Krishnamurti
bija mantra
18. 1st chakra
muladhara
concentration
purusha
antanjali
19. Cool; through tongue
discipline
prana vayu
sitali
breath control; cultivation of prana
20. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
saraswati
vinyasa principles
chandra bhedana
ajna
21. 1930s-1986 philosopher
doshas
udana vayu
bija mantra
Jiddu Krishnamurti
22. Rhythmic - increases auric body
Postclassical
Preclassical
bhastrika
vinyasa
23. Svadhyaya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
karma yoga
study of self
sitali
24. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
muladhara
Preclassical
Swami Vivekananda
concentration
25. Yoga of heart
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
non harming
bhakti yoga
meditation
26. Higher intellectual body
abstinence
vijnanamaya
sushumna nadi
sitali
27. Vata - pitta - kapha
vishuddha
doshas
Pattabhi Jois
vyana vayu
28. Brahmacharya
sahashrara
self restraint
bija mantra
anandamaya
29. 6th
jnana yoga
samana vayu
5 elements
ajna
30. Studied under Krisnamacharya
types of meditation
nnamaya kosha
nnamaya kosha
Pattabhi Jois
31. Cool; through tongue
sitali
contentment
Pancha Koshas
vinyasa
32. 1st chakra
muladhara
bija mantras in order
rajas guna
abstinence
33. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
purusha
Vishnu
surya bhedana
types of meditation
34. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
ayurvedic healing techniques
non harming
anipura
god triad
35. Activity - movement
Sri Krishnamacharya
rajas guna
surya bhedana
ujjayi
36. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
non harming
kali
marma points
B.K.S. Iyengar
37. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
goddesses
non stealing
types of meditation
contentment
38. Creator
pranamaya kosha
vinyasa principles
Brahma
breath control; cultivation of prana
39. Father of yoga
ujjayi
purusha
antanjali
self restraint
40. Inertia
tamas guna
paths of yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
anandamaya
41. Margas
marma points
nnamaya kosha
niyamas
paths of yoga
42. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
Indra Devi
ujjayi
prana vayu
Pancha Koshas
43. Samadhi
5 elements
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
bandha
Sri Krishnamacharya
44. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
nnamaya kosha
pingala nadi
Pattabhi Jois
ayurvedic healing techniques
45. Bliss body
breath control; cultivation of prana
anandamaya
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
study of self
46. 2nd
swadhisthana
yoga's origins
rajas guna
contentment
47. Svadhyaya
yamas
Swami Vivekananda
study of self
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
48. Science of life
ayurveda
non-greed
goddesses
Modern
49. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
aitkari
udana vayu
concentration
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
50. Samadhi
Pattabhi Jois
contentment
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
pingala nadi