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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Purity
ajna
sattva guna
jnana yoga
ida nadi
2. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
Preclassical
abstinence
Classical
samana vayu
3. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
Pancha Koshas
simhasana
ajna
ayurvedic healing techniques
4. Everything after Pantanjali
Indra Devi
Postclassical
anandamaya
surya bhedana
5. Yama
Postclassical
Brahma
bija mantras in order
abstinence
6. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
raja yoga
Brahma
concentration
7. Father of yoga
non-greed
chandra bhedana
antanjali
bija mantra
8. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
apana vayu
saraswati
goddesses
discipline
9. 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
swadhisthana
Pancha Koshas
bija mantras in order
B.K.S. Iyengar
10. Studied under Krisnamacharya
pingala nadi
lakhski
ayurveda
Pattabhi Jois
11. 3rd
anipura
abstinence
jnana yoga
observance
12. Margas
paths of yoga
vishuddha
yamas
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
13. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left
sahashrara
purusha
urity
surya bhedana
14. Protector
truthfulness
self restraint
Vishnu
goddesses
15. Yoga of mind
jnana yoga
ayurveda
Modern
contentment
16. Disillusion
ayurvedic healing techniques
concentration
Preclassical
kali
17. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
5 elements
Modern
kali
truthfulness
18. All prevading
vinyasa
prana vayu
nadi shodana
vyana vayu
19. 5 winds
pancha vayus
study of self
Swami Vivekananda
Modern
20. Aparigraha
discipline
jnana yoga
tamas guna
non-greed
21. Pratyahara
antanjali
lakhski
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
meditation
22. Yoga of physical and mental control
raja yoga
prana vayu
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
posture
23. Lion's breath
niyamas
bhastrika
simhasana
ujjayi
24. Lower mental body
paths of yoga
bhastrika
nnamaya kosha
manomaya kosha
25. Higher intellectual body
Swami Vivekananda
vijnanamaya
Classical
tamas guna
26. Lion's breath
swadhisthana
simhasana
antanjali
antanjali
27. Spinal chord
simhasana
T.K.V. Desikachar
sushumna nadi
karma yoga
28. Tamas - rajas - sattva
ayurvedic healing techniques
anipura
truthfulness
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
29. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
devotion
bija mantras in order
purusha
god triad
30. Svadhyaya
goddesses
study of self
karma yoga
observance
31. Yoga of heart
meditation
god triad
bhakti yoga
saraswati
32. Energy/emo body
sahashrara
pranamaya kosha
dourgha
non stealing
33. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
contentment
prana vayu
vijnanamaya
udana vayu
34. Asteya
non stealing
urity
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Indra Devi
35. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
dourgha
Pancha Koshas
ida nadi
abstinence
36. Tapas
discipline
god triad
observance
breath control; cultivation of prana
37. 2nd
kali
swadhisthana
sitali
vinyasa
38. Studied under Krisnamacharya
devotion
Pattabhi Jois
tamas guna
samana vayu
39. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
devotion
udana vayu
types of meditation
observance
40. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali
marma points
Classical
vijnanamaya
asana
41. Restraints - observances
anahata
niyamas
prakriti
pancha vayus
42. Chakra mantra
non stealing
non stealing
prana vayu
bija mantra
43. Asteya
study of self
non stealing
ida nadi
vinyasa
44. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
muladhara
pranamaya kosha
apana vayu
niyamas
45. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
anahata
karma yoga
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
46. 5 winds
manomaya kosha
pancha vayus
karma yoga
ayurveda
47. Ishvarapranidhana
urity
pingala nadi
nadi shodana
devotion
48. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
Sri Krishnamacharya
lakhski
Jiddu Krishnamurti
ujjayi
49. Spirit
bija mantra
purusha
surya bhedana
paths of yoga
50. Energy/emo body
ujjayi
niyamas
anandamaya
pranamaya kosha