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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Santosha






2. Rhythmic - increases auric body






3. Originated in India 5 -000 + years ago


4. Saucha






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






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






7. Father of yoga






8. Cool; through tongue






9. Disillusion






10. Niyama






11. Vata - pitta - kapha






12. Chakra mantra






13. 2nd






14. Ahimsa






15. Dharana






16. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






17. Yoga of mind






18. Inertia






19. Yama






20. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions






21. Through teeth; cold






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






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






24. Purity






25. 5th






26. 1930s-1986 philosopher






27. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






28. Disillusion






29. Bliss body






30. Spinal chord






31. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






32. Chakra mantra






33. Tamas - rajas - sattva






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






35. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads






36. Protector






37. Matter






38. Creator






39. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath






40. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






41. Navel to diaphragm; digestion






42. Svadhyaya






43. Ishvarapranidhana






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






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






46. Cool; through tongue






47. Spirit






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






49. Margas






50. 5 winds