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Yoga Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Asteya






2. Science of life






3. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






4. Lower mental body






5. Higher intellectual body






6. 5 winds






7. Abundance






8. Samadhi






9. Tamas - rajas - sattva






10. Saucha






11. Yoga of action






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






13. 5 winds






14. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






15. Disillusion






16. Chakra mantra






17. Dhyana






18. Yoga of heart






19. Dead fast resolve






20. Through teeth; cold






21. Bliss body






22. 2nd






23. Yama






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






25. Ishvarapranidhana






26. Activity - movement






27. Satya






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






29. Svadhyaya






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






31. Creator






32. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






33. Yama






34. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






35. 3rd






36. Tapas






37. Physical body






38. 2nd






39. Everything after Pantanjali






40. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






41. Inertia






42. Ishvarapranidhana






43. Dharana






44. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






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






46. 4th






47. 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






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






49. Tapas






50. Yoga of mind