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Yoga Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Father of yoga






2. Yoga of mind






3. Matter






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






5. 1888-1989; taught viniyoga system of Hatha-Yoga






6. Santosha






7. Dhyana






8. Ishvarapranidhana






9. Protector






10. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha






11. Bliss body






12. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






13. Restraints - observances






14. Through teeth; cold






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






16. Lower mental body






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






18. Purity






19. Tapas






20. Matter






21. 108 points; energy amplification points - lie along nadis - boost flow of prana






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






23. Dead fast resolve






24. Samadhi






25. Purity






26. Ahimsa






27. 1st chakra






28. Downward from navel to feet; elimination






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






30. Earth - wind - water - fire - space






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






32. Higher intellectual body






33. Yoga of physical and mental control






34. Everything after Pantanjali






35. Alt nostril; IN left - OUT right w/bandha






36. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva






37. Yoga of physical and mental control






38. W/Swami Vivekananda






39. Spirit






40. 1st chakra






41. 5th






42. Activity - movement






43. Studied under Krisnamacharya






44. 7th






45. Wisdom






46. Yoga of mind






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






48. Lakhski - saraswati - dourgha - kali






49. 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






50. Female - left - lunar - water - yin