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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. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
T.K.V. Desikachar
pingala nadi
purusha
vinyasa
2. Wisdom
saraswati
Postclassical
pingala nadi
swadhisthana
3. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
tamas guna
bhakti yoga
Postclassical
4. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
Jiddu Krishnamurti
sahashrara
pranamaya kosha
nadi shodana
5. Margas
vyana vayu
paths of yoga
abstinence
breath control; cultivation of prana
6. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
swadhisthana
urity
breath control; cultivation of prana
7. Santosha
anandamaya
vinyasa principles
contentment
pancha vayus
8. Svadhyaya
paths of yoga
dourgha
Modern
study of self
9. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath
Preclassical
anipura
Pancha Koshas
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
10. Liberation of stagnant prana
antanjali
asana
vinyasa
marma points
11. Satya
marma points
truthfulness
asana
vishuddha
12. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
self restraint
5 elements
prana vayu
13. Asana
discipline
tamas guna
posture
apana vayu
14. Santosha
Vedic
contentment
sitali
anipura
15. Purity
sattva guna
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Postclassical
Pancha Koshas
16. Cool; through tongue
sitali
dourgha
muladhara
antanjali
17. Abundance
lakhski
tamas guna
vinyasa principles
posture
18. Rhythmic - increases auric body
Sri Krishnamacharya
bhastrika
Modern
jnana yoga
19. Tapas
discipline
B.K.S. Iyengar
contentment
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
20. Ahimsa
apana vayu
non harming
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Vedic
21. Lion's breath
simhasana
abstinence
sitali
non harming
22. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
meditation
Swami Vivekananda
vinyasa principles
bandha
23. Cool; through tongue
Vishnu
ujjayi
chandra bhedana
sitali
24. 1930s-1986 philosopher
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
pancha vayus
sitali
Jiddu Krishnamurti
25. Pranayama
god triad
breath control; cultivation of prana
apana vayu
nnamaya kosha
26. Dead fast resolve
ida nadi
dourgha
Vishnu
sattva guna
27. Spirit
discipline
samana vayu
purusha
Vedic
28. 3rd
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
anipura
sitali
jnana yoga
29. 5th
vishuddha
contentment
pranamaya kosha
bhakti yoga
30. Chakra mantra
prana vayu
Classical
bija mantra
Vishnu
31. Samadhi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
udana vayu
sattva guna
paths of yoga
32. 1st chakra
Postclassical
sitali
sattva guna
muladhara
33. Bliss body
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anandamaya
muladhara
marma points
34. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
study of self
vinyasa
anipura
35. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
pranamaya kosha
Brahma
simhasana
bija mantras in order
36. Bliss body
ayurvedic healing techniques
anandamaya
manomaya kosha
Brahma
37. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
Swami Vivekananda
Indra Devi
self restraint
vinyasa
38. 1930s-1986 philosopher
study of self
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pancha vayus
39. Aparigraha
non-greed
ayurveda
ida nadi
bhastrika
40. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
chandra bhedana
5 elements
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
anipura
41. Inertia
pranamaya kosha
non harming
tamas guna
concentration
42. Brahmacharya
study of self
urity
vyana vayu
self restraint
43. 4th
anahata
paths of yoga
Vishnu
Jiddu Krishnamurti
44. Dhyana
meditation
niyamas
rajas guna
Indra Devi
45. Father of yoga
manomaya kosha
vishuddha
study of self
antanjali
46. 3rd
bandha
anipura
vinyasa principles
self restraint
47. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
observance
prana vayu
ujjayi
pingala nadi
48. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
Classical
Indra Devi
bhastrika
pingala nadi
49. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
yamas
ayurveda
posture
ida nadi
50. Purity
posture
Pancha Koshas
sattva guna
Preclassical
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