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Yoga Vocab

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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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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. Inertia






2. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






3. Tamas - rajas - sattva






4. Abundance






5. Lower mental body






6. Yama






7. Wisdom






8. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






9. Protector






10. Svadhyaya






11. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)






12. Niyama






13. 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






14. Abundance






15. Yama






16. Rhythmic - increases auric body






17. 7th






18. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling






19. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






20. 3rd






21. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






22. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






23. Saucha






24. Niyama






25. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)






26. Yoga of heart






27. Brahmacharya






28. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






29. Yoga of action






30. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






31. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling






32. Liberation of stagnant prana






33. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






34. Restraints - observances






35. Santosha






36. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






37. Ahimsa






38. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om






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






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






41. Chakra mantra






42. W/Swami Vivekananda






43. Energy/emo body






44. Pranayama






45. Pratyahara






46. 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






47. Aparigraha






48. Vata - pitta - kapha






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






50. Bliss body