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Yoga Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 60 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
self restraint
devotion
vinyasa
doshas
2. Asteya
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Sri Krishnamacharya
non stealing
asana
3. Father of yoga
Pattabhi Jois
antanjali
pancha vayus
swadhisthana
4. Abundance
lakhski
goddesses
bija mantra
devotion
5. Niyama
urity
observance
jnana yoga
Postclassical
6. Chakra mantra
nnamaya kosha
antanjali
lakhski
bija mantra
7. Dead fast resolve
discipline
dourgha
apana vayu
paths of yoga
8. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
swadhisthana
Indra Devi
aitkari
surya bhedana
9. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
sahashrara
prana vayu
simhasana
vishuddha
10. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
vinyasa principles
self restraint
god triad
observance
11. Yoga of action
bhastrika
vishuddha
surya bhedana
karma yoga
12. 1st chakra
simhasana
muladhara
Swami Vivekananda
bhastrika
13. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
truthfulness
urity
devotion
ayurvedic healing techniques
14. Samadhi
saraswati
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
contentment
Jiddu Krishnamurti
15. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
prana vayu
Vedic
Jiddu Krishnamurti
16. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
urity
Preclassical
bhastrika
Vedic
17. Satya
Vishnu
simhasana
sitali
truthfulness
18. Creator
yoga's origins
anandamaya
Brahma
Classical
19. Lion's breath
jnana yoga
simhasana
ida nadi
samana vayu
20. 5th
Modern
vishuddha
sahashrara
bandha
21. Yoga of heart
bhakti yoga
saraswati
surya bhedana
ujjayi
22. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vyana vayu
vinyasa
asana
pranamaya kosha
23. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
karma yoga
udana vayu
paths of yoga
24. Chakra mantra
simhasana
non-greed
urity
bija mantra
25. 3rd
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
purusha
T.K.V. Desikachar
anipura
26. Aparigraha
pingala nadi
non-greed
Indra Devi
sitali
27. Cool; through tongue
sitali
manomaya kosha
marma points
nadi shodana
28. Dhyana
meditation
Sri Krishnamacharya
ida nadi
truthfulness
29. 6th
saraswati
god triad
ajna
study of self
30. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
ujjayi
nadi shodana
muladhara
31. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
ayurveda
apana vayu
Indra Devi
purusha
32. Niyama
ida nadi
samana vayu
Classical
observance
33. Tapas
Brahma
Brahma
discipline
jnana yoga
34. 1st chakra
muladhara
bija mantra
bija mantras in order
chandra bhedana
35. Inertia
non-greed
breath control; cultivation of prana
tamas guna
muladhara
36. Rhythmic - increases auric body
vinyasa principles
dourgha
bhastrika
bhakti yoga
37. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
ujjayi
non-greed
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
study of self
38. Protector
lakhski
devotion
ayurveda
Vishnu
39. Dead fast resolve
dourgha
ajna
T.K.V. Desikachar
lakhski
40. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
devotion
purusha
prakriti
41. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
posture
bandha
devotion
concentration
42. 3rd
anipura
marma points
sattva guna
yamas
43. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
truthfulness
5 elements
ayurvedic healing techniques
B.K.S. Iyengar
44. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
45. 1930s-1986 philosopher
meditation
saraswati
nnamaya kosha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
46. Tamas - rajas - sattva
ayurvedic healing techniques
ujjayi
saraswati
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
47. Margas
antanjali
T.K.V. Desikachar
non stealing
paths of yoga
48. Everything after Pantanjali
Postclassical
sushumna nadi
breath control; cultivation of prana
asana
49. Studied under Krisnamacharya
types of meditation
Pattabhi Jois
sattva guna
samana vayu
50. Dhyana
breath control; cultivation of prana
kali
meditation
antanjali