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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. 1930s-1986 philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pingala nadi
surya bhedana
Indra Devi
2. Yama
non stealing
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
abstinence
bandha
3. Dharana
Indra Devi
god triad
concentration
bandha
4. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
non stealing
posture
ayurveda
5. All prevading
muladhara
aitkari
goddesses
vyana vayu
6. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
Postclassical
pingala nadi
vinyasa
bandha
7. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
non-greed
observance
vishuddha
pingala nadi
8. Inertia
jnana yoga
marma points
niyamas
tamas guna
9. Inertia
yamas
Preclassical
tamas guna
Vishnu
10. Bliss body
anandamaya
vijnanamaya
non-greed
pancha vayus
11. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
Modern
chandra bhedana
anandamaya
12. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
Jiddu Krishnamurti
ida nadi
pranamaya kosha
5 elements
13. Dead fast resolve
vyana vayu
bhakti yoga
dourgha
prakriti
14. Svadhyaya
study of self
Brahma
udana vayu
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
15. Saucha
urity
posture
T.K.V. Desikachar
prakriti
16. Niyama
prakriti
anahata
observance
doshas
17. Liberation of stagnant prana
asana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
chandra bhedana
bandha
18. Ishvarapranidhana
meditation
devotion
concentration
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
19. Tapas
5 elements
goddesses
discipline
Classical
20. Lion's breath
5 elements
ujjayi
simhasana
ujjayi
21. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago
22. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
lakhski
apana vayu
doshas
23. Restraints - observances
nnamaya kosha
pancha vayus
5 elements
niyamas
24. Pranayama
concentration
Brahma
tamas guna
breath control; cultivation of prana
25. Studied under Krisnamacharya
Pattabhi Jois
concentration
saraswati
posture
26. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
prakriti
Swami Vivekananda
yamas
ujjayi
27. Physical body
nnamaya kosha
posture
saraswati
self restraint
28. All prevading
chandra bhedana
vyana vayu
urity
bija mantra
29. Pratyahara
paths of yoga
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
lakhski
sahashrara
30. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
bandha
god triad
chandra bhedana
truthfulness
31. 1st chakra
muladhara
abstinence
jnana yoga
vishuddha
32. Asana
Classical
posture
bandha
Postclassical
33. Yoga of mind
jnana yoga
anipura
surya bhedana
self restraint
34. Tapas
discipline
prakriti
niyamas
breath control; cultivation of prana
35. Pratyahara
non harming
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
asana
sushumna nadi
36. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
Jiddu Krishnamurti
apana vayu
discipline
god triad
37. Lower mental body
aitkari
types of meditation
manomaya kosha
jnana yoga
38. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
bhakti yoga
5 elements
ida nadi
Indra Devi
39. W/Swami Vivekananda
abstinence
ujjayi
pingala nadi
Modern
40. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
ajna
manomaya kosha
vyana vayu
Classical
41. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
lakhski
Pancha Koshas
ida nadi
concentration
42. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
prana vayu
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
niyamas
chandra bhedana
43. Yoga of action
swadhisthana
raja yoga
purusha
karma yoga
44. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
pingala nadi
bandha
sahashrara
45. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
breath control; cultivation of prana
Vedic
Postclassical
46. Wisdom
bija mantra
saraswati
Swami Vivekananda
chandra bhedana
47. Dhyana
Postclassical
meditation
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
non harming
48. Margas
paths of yoga
non-greed
observance
jnana yoga
49. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
vyana vayu
karma yoga
vinyasa principles
50. 4th
discipline
bhastrika
5 elements
anahata