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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. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
anandamaya
non harming
urity
2. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
Indra Devi
chandra bhedana
non harming
Modern
3. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
apana vayu
concentration
yamas
urity
4. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
anipura
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
apana vayu
5. Lion's breath
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
vyana vayu
simhasana
antanjali
6. 4th
anahata
Sri Krishnamacharya
vinyasa principles
concentration
7. Svadhyaya
study of self
Pattabhi Jois
Brahma
aitkari
8. Ahimsa
goddesses
non harming
ajna
bandha
9. Yoga of mind
sushumna nadi
types of meditation
jnana yoga
asana
10. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
B.K.S. Iyengar
Postclassical
simhasana
goddesses
11. Protector
nadi shodana
abstinence
Vishnu
apana vayu
12. Yoga of heart
yoga's origins
non harming
bhakti yoga
Pancha Koshas
13. Restraints - observances
vinyasa principles
niyamas
urity
karma yoga
14. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
swadhisthana
chandra bhedana
bija mantras in order
Indra Devi
15. Creator
Sri Krishnamacharya
Brahma
non-greed
Classical
16. Abundance
vinyasa
lakhski
vinyasa principles
yoga's origins
17. Saucha
Indra Devi
urity
anahata
self restraint
18. 1930s-1986 philosopher
ayurveda
breath control; cultivation of prana
pancha vayus
Jiddu Krishnamurti
19. Yoga of physical and mental control
Sri Krishnamacharya
raja yoga
breath control; cultivation of prana
Pancha Koshas
20. Cool; through tongue
abstinence
karma yoga
sitali
non-greed
21. W/Swami Vivekananda
vinyasa principles
god triad
discipline
Modern
22. Yama
purusha
ayurvedic healing techniques
abstinence
T.K.V. Desikachar
23. Vata - pitta - kapha
karma yoga
vinyasa
Postclassical
doshas
24. Ishvarapranidhana
Indra Devi
devotion
swadhisthana
ida nadi
25. 3rd
concentration
anipura
breath control; cultivation of prana
anahata
26. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Preclassical
ujjayi
Indra Devi
27. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
udana vayu
jnana yoga
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
28. 1st chakra
bija mantras in order
Vedic
samana vayu
muladhara
29. Tamas - rajas - sattva
Preclassical
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
Vedic
non stealing
30. Samadhi
sushumna nadi
observance
swadhisthana
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
31. Asteya
B.K.S. Iyengar
god triad
Indra Devi
non stealing
32. Chakra mantra
tamas guna
apana vayu
jnana yoga
bija mantra
33. Female - left - lunar - water - yin
vijnanamaya
goddesses
ida nadi
purusha
34. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali
goddesses
anandamaya
observance
prana vayu
35. Svadhyaya
yoga's origins
study of self
Vishnu
pingala nadi
36. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya
yoga's origins
sitali
Swami Vivekananda
37. Brahmacharya
self restraint
T.K.V. Desikachar
abstinence
contentment
38. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
Swami Vivekananda
purusha
meditation
urity
39. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
vinyasa
Indra Devi
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
simhasana
40. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
dourgha
posture
Swami Vivekananda
41. 6th
nadi shodana
ajna
bija mantras in order
god triad
42. Pratyahara
asana
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Postclassical
bandha
43. Energy/emo body
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
ajna
contentment
pranamaya kosha
44. Dhyana
meditation
bija mantras in order
prakriti
non harming
45. Tapas
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
discipline
ajna
ujjayi
46. Inertia
marma points
bhastrika
niyamas
tamas guna
47. Pranayama
bandha
non-greed
breath control; cultivation of prana
devotion
48. 5th
saraswati
posture
Indra Devi
vishuddha
49. Disillusion
meditation
Classical
pingala nadi
kali
50. Wisdom
muladhara
saraswati
discipline
purusha
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