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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. Santosha
Pancha Koshas
contentment
pranamaya kosha
chandra bhedana
2. Psychic breathing; 'upward + success'; energy: mind - cold; body - hot
Indra Devi
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
ujjayi
dourgha
3. Father of yoga
prakriti
abstinence
vyana vayu
antanjali
4. Higher intellectual body
Vishnu
types of meditation
vijnanamaya
anipura
5. Vata - pitta - kapha
ajna
ayurvedic healing techniques
doshas
chandra bhedana
6. Bliss body
ajna
yoga's origins
kali
anandamaya
7. Inertia
paths of yoga
tamas guna
vijnanamaya
observance
8. Rhythmic - increases auric body
bhastrika
Vishnu
5 elements
surya bhedana
9. Disillusion
kali
rajas guna
pranamaya kosha
surya bhedana
10. Abundance
lakhski
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
Indra Devi
dourgha
11. Diet and nutrition - herbs - massage/marma pt therapy - asana/pranayama - lifestyle changes - mantra - mediation - purification/fasting
discipline
bandha
nnamaya kosha
ayurvedic healing techniques
12. Lam - vam - ram - yam - ham - om - silent om
bija mantras in order
dourgha
meditation
yoga's origins
13. 7th
doshas
sahashrara
bija mantras in order
vyana vayu
14. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
posture
chandra bhedana
simhasana
15. Asteya
vyana vayu
non stealing
concentration
chandra bhedana
16. Studied under Krisnamacharya
posture
Pattabhi Jois
sahashrara
rajas guna
17. Strike through lunar channel; IN left - OUT right: cooling
Sri Krishnamacharya
chandra bhedana
muladhara
raja yoga
18. Restraints - observances
Modern
manomaya kosha
niyamas
self restraint
19. Ahimsa
Pancha Koshas
ajna
non harming
nadi shodana
20. Spinal chord
pranamaya kosha
karma yoga
non harming
sushumna nadi
21. Father of yoga
truthfulness
ujjayi
antanjali
vishuddha
22. Brought Hatha yoga to America in 40s; studied under Krishnamacharya
simhasana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indra Devi
Pancha Koshas
23. 5 winds
pancha vayus
Swami Vivekananda
bandha
bhastrika
24. Activity - movement
pingala nadi
rajas guna
Preclassical
non harming
25. Pranayama
types of meditation
samana vayu
non-greed
breath control; cultivation of prana
26. Spirit
yamas
observance
rajas guna
purusha
27. Inertia
simhasana
Indra Devi
tamas guna
Preclassical
28. Dhyana
Postclassical
raja yoga
meditation
aitkari
29. From base of throat to top of head; movement in throat and facial expressions
nadi shodana
udana vayu
yamas
bija mantra
30. 2nd
5 elements
swadhisthana
bandha
devotion
31. Energy/emo body
pranamaya kosha
swadhisthana
god triad
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
32. Yoga of physical and mental control
sushumna nadi
gunas (qualities of matter in prakriti)
sitali
raja yoga
33. Tapas
simhasana
prana vayu
karma yoga
discipline
34. Margas
vinyasa principles
paths of yoga
Vishnu
pingala nadi
35. Yoga of mind
Pancha Koshas
jnana yoga
concentration
aitkari
36. Asana
abstinence
Indra Devi
posture
concentration
37. Dharana
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Pattabhi Jois
samana vayu
concentration
38. Cool; through tongue
sattva guna
sitali
Jiddu Krishnamurti
pingala nadi
39. Diaphragm to base of throat; pranic absorption
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
posture
prana vayu
pranamaya kosha
40. Pratyahara
T.K.V. Desikachar
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
Indra Devi
Brahma
41. To place or arrange in a special way with the breath
vinyasa
bija mantras in order
pranamaya kosha
dourgha
42. Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva
discipline
Modern
god triad
non harming
43. 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
B.K.S. Iyengar
manomaya kosha
pranamaya kosha
jnana yoga
44. Cool; through tongue
observance
prana vayu
sitali
meditation
45. Uddiyana - moola - jalandhara (net - web); maha (all three)
vinyasa
Sri Krishnamacharya
bandha
urity
46. Yoga of heart
Sri Krishnamacharya
bhakti yoga
non-greed
Brahma
47. Samadhi
apana vayu
anahata
god triad
xperience of the true self (atman); the big picture
48. Dead fast resolve
pranamaya kosha
ayurvedic healing techniques
asana
dourgha
49. Pratyahara
marma points
sitali
sense withdrawal; mental cleansing - fasting
udana vayu
50. Liberation of stagnant prana
ajna
vyana vayu
asana
sahashrara