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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purity






2. Pratyahara






3. Yoga of action






4. Saucha






5. Ahimsa






6. Bliss body






7. Asana






8. Spirit






9. Purity






10. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






11. Activity - movement






12. Disillusion






13. Vata - pitta - kapha






14. Margas






15. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






16. Inertia






17. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






18. Spinal chord






19. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)






20. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi






21. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






22. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption






23. Dead fast resolve






24. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






25. Santosha






26. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






27. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






28. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






29. Svadhyaya






30. Pranayama






31. Asteya






32. Yoga of heart






33. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting






34. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






35. Tamas - rajas - sattva






36. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')






37. Higher intellectual body






38. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left






39. Protector






40. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha






41. Abundance






42. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')






43. Chakra mantra






44. Pranayama






45. Through teeth; cold






46. Wisdom






47. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi






48. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions






49. Disillusion






50. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga