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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Margas






2. Tapas






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






4. Santosha






5. Disillusion






6. Restraints - observances






7. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






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






9. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






10. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






11. Protector






12. Protector






13. Pratyahara






14. Abundance






15. Cool; through tongue






16. Matter






17. Sick in youth - lived with brother in law (Krishnamacharya) - wrote 'Light on Yoga' 1966 - in 1952 friend - violinist Menuhin - introduced to world - use of props






18. Pranayama






19. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






20. Higher intellectual body






21. Disillusion






22. Yoga of action






23. Cool; through tongue






24. Liberation of stagnant prana






25. Dharana






26. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling






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






28. Brahmacharya






29. 7th






30. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






31. Margas






32. Studied under Krisnamacharya






33. Yoga of mind






34. 6th






35. 1st chakra






36. 2nd






37. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat






38. Ahimsa






39. Through teeth; cold






40. Asana






41. Dead fast resolve






42. Creator






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






44. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om






45. Asteya






46. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






47. Father of yoga






48. Creator






49. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






50. Female - left - lunar - water - yin