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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. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago


2. Purity






3. Satya






4. Matter






5. Through teeth; cold






6. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






7. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot






8. Asteya






9. Brahmacharya






10. Yama






11. To strike through solar channel; IN right - OUT left






12. Eightfold Yoga (Raja Yoga) by Pantanjali






13. 2nd






14. Male - right - solar - fire - yang






15. Physical body






16. Lower mental body






17. Pratyahara






18. Pancha: 5 - kosha: sheath






19. Female - left - lunar - water - yin






20. Yoga of physical and mental control






21. Aparigraha






22. Vata - pitta - kapha






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






24. 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






25. 7th






26. 6th






27. Margas






28. Asteya






29. 3rd






30. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat






31. W/Swami Vivekananda






32. Cool; through tongue






33. Svadhyaya






34. Dead fast resolve






35. Wisdom






36. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






37. Yoga of action






38. 6th






39. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






40. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






41. Yoga of mind






42. Yoga of heart






43. Chakra mantra






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






45. Inertia






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






47. Energy/emo body






48. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






49. Aparigraha






50. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions