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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. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
jnana yoga
Swami Vivekananda
jnana yoga
types of meditation
2. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
raja yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar
B.K.S. Iyengar
prana vayu
3. Ishvarapranidhana
antanjali
nadi shodana
devotion
asana
4. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
pingala nadi
muladhara
simhasana
chandra bhedana
5. Chakra mantra
Vishnu
anipura
ayurveda
bija mantra
6. Lion's breath
simhasana
yamas
sahashrara
bhastrika
7. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
urity
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indra Devi
ujjayi
8. Activity - movement
B.K.S. Iyengar
bhakti yoga
rajas guna
truthfulness
9. Abundance
lakhski
B.K.S. Iyengar
simhasana
ayurvedic healing techniques
10. Saucha
discipline
T.K.V. Desikachar
urity
dourgha
11. Physical body
Classical
tamas guna
study of self
nnamaya kosha
12. Ahimsa - satya - asteya - brahmacharya - aparigrahal; refinement of outer behavioral Karmas via healthy relationship to others (thus true Self)
Brahma
vyana vayu
Preclassical
yamas
13. Male - right - solar - fire - yang
Brahma
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
bija mantras in order
pingala nadi
14. Earth - wind - water - fire - space
raja yoga
non-greed
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
5 elements
15. Liberation of stagnant prana
god triad
anipura
asana
bandha
16. Downward from navel to feet; elimination
ayurvedic healing techniques
bhastrika
pranamaya kosha
apana vayu
17. Restraints - observances
Pancha Koshas
meditation
niyamas
dourgha
18. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
vinyasa principles
god triad
prakriti
pranamaya kosha
19. Taught father's (Krishnamacharya) system of yoga
T.K.V. Desikachar
swadhisthana
study of self
pancha vayus
20. Santosha
vishuddha
nnamaya kosha
kali
contentment
21. Linking breath to movement - breath / ujjayi - locks / bhandas - gaze / dhristi
prana vayu
Classical
Vishnu
vinyasa principles
22. Ahimsa
simhasana
non harming
vinyasa principles
samana vayu
23. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
Brahma
sattva guna
5 elements
24. Purity
urity
study of self
bija mantra
sattva guna
25. Tamas - rajas - sattva
nnamaya kosha
Vedic
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
antanjali
26. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
anipura
concentration
udana vayu
bandha
27. 5 winds
pancha vayus
jnana yoga
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
kali
28. All prevading
pranamaya kosha
urity
vyana vayu
urity
29. 1893 World's Fair at Parliment off religions
5 elements
samana vayu
Swami Vivekananda
Pattabhi Jois
30. Navel to diaphragm; digestion
vinyasa
samana vayu
Pancha Koshas
tamas guna
31. 1900 BC-200 AD; Upanishads
udana vayu
T.K.V. Desikachar
bija mantras in order
Preclassical
32. Restraints - observances
prakriti
udana vayu
swadhisthana
niyamas
33. Rig-Veda: fountainhead of Hinduism ('praise of knowledge')
prana vayu
doshas
sattva guna
Vedic
34. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
sattva guna
god triad
Vishnu
ujjayi
35. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha
nadi shodana
Postclassical
purusha
Postclassical
36. Rhythmic - increases auric body
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
bhastrika
nnamaya kosha
udana vayu
37. Through teeth; cold
non harming
Preclassical
aitkari
contentment
38. Yoga of mind
ayurvedic healing techniques
bija mantras in order
jnana yoga
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
39. 1st chakra
ayurvedic healing techniques
Postclassical
muladhara
apana vayu
40. Spinal chord
sushumna nadi
dourgha
devotion
chandra bhedana
41. 4th
goddesses
discipline
ayurveda
anahata
42. Concentrative - tactile - integrative - contemplative - off-mat
vyana vayu
Sri Krishnamacharya
vijnanamaya
types of meditation
43. Purity
goddesses
sushumna nadi
sattva guna
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
44. Yoga of mind
marma points
jnana yoga
samana vayu
swadhisthana
45. Abundance
Postclassical
prana vayu
lakhski
chandra bhedana
46. Pratyahara
pancha vayus
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
simhasana
ujjayi
47. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana
marma points
T.K.V. Desikachar
apana vayu
ajna
48. Cool; through tongue
Vishnu
sitali
raja yoga
apana vayu
49. Spinal chord
manomaya kosha
Postclassical
sushumna nadi
jnana yoga
50. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
breath control; cultivation of prana
Preclassical
chandra bhedana
bhastrika