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What are the 14 points to be covered in a Jivamukti “open level” class?

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1.Vinyasa : Surya Namaskar, 5 minutes
2.Side Bending: Trikonasana or equalent sidebending 5 breths each side
3.Twisting: Ardha Matsyendrasana or Parivritta Parshvakonasana 5 breaths each side.
4..Inversion: Arda Mukha Vrikshasana, Pincha Mayurasana or Shirshasana 5 min
5.Bhujangasana, or Shalabasana 5 Breaths
6.Dhanurasana or ustrasana, or rabbit, twice, 5 breaths each time
7.Urdhva Dhanurasana 3 times, 5 breaths each time
8.Paschimottanasana 10 breaths
9.Purvottasana or tabletop or half wheel 5 breaths
10.Sarvangasana/Halasana or Viparita Karani: 5 minutes
11.Matsyasana or Suptha Baddha Konasana 10 breaths
12.Shavasana 10 minutes
13.MEditation 5 min
14Spiritual Teaching: Set intention. And draw from focus of the month 5 minutes

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What are the 5 tenets of Jivamukti Yoga?

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Ahimsa: A Non Viloent, Compassionate lifestyle extending to other animals, the enviroment and all living beings, emphasizing ethical vegatariansism (veganism) and animal rights.
Bhakti: Acknowledgment that God/Self-realization is the goal of all yoga practices.
Dhyana: Meditation: Connection to that eternal unchanging reality within
Nada: The development of sound body and mind through deep listenling.
Shastra: Study of the ancient yogic teachings, including Sanskrift chanting, drawn from the focus of the month to the extent possible.

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What does the word Jivamukti mean?

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Jiva: individual soul, Mukti: liberation : Liberation of the individual soul.

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Who are David Life’s and Sharon Gannon’s three main gurus from whom the Jivamukti lineage stems?

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Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, Shri Swami Nirmalananda, Shri K. Pattabhi Jois.

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What is aarti?

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A waving or offering of light at the beginning or end of satsang or worship.

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What are the 8 standardized Jivamukti Yoga class formats?

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Basic, Open, Spiritual Warrior, Restore and Renew, Meditation, Magic 10 and Beyond, In-Class Private, Beginner Vinyasa.

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What is the Jivamukti Yoga method of meditation?

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Mantra Form of meditation, instructed in three steps: Choose your seat, Be still, Focus.

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Translate lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu.

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May all beings be happy and free, and may all your thought words and action contribute in some way to that freedom for all living beings.
Lokah: Location, all universes exsisting now
Samastha: All being and things sharing location
Sukhino: Centered in happiness and joy, free form suffering
Bhav: The divine mood or state of connection
Antu: (this endinga n oath) may it be so, it must be so, it is said to be so.

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Translate atha yoganusasanam.

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Now this is yoga as I have percieved it in the natural world. Please write the translation of each word, not the interpretation
Atha: Now, Therefore
Yoga: super consciousness, samadhi, conectedness to oneessof being, to yoke
Anu: alongside or following, near to
Shasanam: (root shas) instruction, teachings, commands, in the auspiciousness of the present moment the experience of yoga is alongside of, before, connected to.

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Define sadhana

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Conscious spiritual practice , geared to bringing about enlightenment

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Define sadhaka

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Spiritual Practisioner

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Name the principle shat karma kriyas according to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

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Shat means six in sanskript:
Karma means action
Kriya: means cleansing

For people who need to balance their doshas.

Sadaka: Spiritual practisioners:

  1. Dhauti;: Washing
  2. Basti (Vasti): Claensing
  3. Neti: Elimination
  4. Trataka: Fixing/gazing
  5. Nauli: chorning/move the cream into butter/
  6. Kapalabhati: Skull shining

Number: 6, 5, 4 can be practice daily.

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2) Translate kapalabhati, agni sara, nauli and trataka.

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Kapalabhati: Skull shining

Agni Sala: Fire Fire wash

Nauli: Chorning

Trataka:
Fixing/Gazing

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Define R.I.C.E.

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R. I. C. E is what to do if you experience a accident or injure someone in your class. It is important to not pretend to be a doctor, but to conjunct R.I.C.E and give them support while they wait for a lift to the doctor or home.

R: Rest: Have the person lie down and calm them
I: Ice: Cool down/ put ice on the most muscular or joint injuries to reduce inflammation.
C: Compression: applied to minimum bleeding
E: Elevation: Used to both support and relax a muscle or joint and to reduce swelling or bleeding.

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Translate the following:
tat twam asi
aham Brahmasmi

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That You/thou Are/Art (That you are)

I am Brahman

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Define Brahman

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From the Sanskrit word of Bri, expansive. The all inclusive, changeless reality, The Ultimate Reality. Refers to that what is real. Brahman is sanskrit for God.

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Define maya.

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MAya means illusion, like a layer. (På Norsk ville jeg sagt slør kanskje). Trying to measure something that can not be measured: illusion.

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Define jiva

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Individual soul. Is bound by Maya. Subject of the three gunas. Not aware of being Brahman. (When realize the Jiva will become: Jivanmukta..) Identifies with the Atman. 3 tyes of soul:

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Define atman

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The Supreme Self within the individual. The cosmic soul, it sees all. The same as Brahman. The immortal.

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What are the 3 gunas?

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Raja,, Tamas, Sattva
Raja: (makes you wake up). Passion, Active: Attachment to activity (Sattva will overcome Rajas)
Tamas: (makes you go to sleep at night)darkness, destructive, : Attachment to illusion/ignorance, Rajas will overcome Tamas.
Sattva: Harmonious, Constructive: Attachment to happiness and pleasure.

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Name and describe, in a word or two, the three states of consciousness.

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Jagrat: The waking State: The ego self, time is
Sushupti: The deep Sleep state: No thinking, No way of knowing if you have deep sleep, essential for good health, feel refreshed when you had a good night sleep. Karma awakens us. Unresolved Karma
Swapna: The dream state: Subjective reality where we create our own impressions and objects. Dreams comes from waking state. Ego Self. .

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Name and describe the three shariras, or bodies, and the five koshas, or sheaths, that make up the upadhi.

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The tree bodys/Shariras and 5 layers/Koshas are the same, just 3 instead of 5. Because 3 of the five koshas go into one Sharira.

  1. Sthula Sharira: The Physical body: Annamaya : Sthula means growth : In the drawing in book: the house
  2. Sukshma Shraira: Pranamaya, Manomaya ,Vijnanamaya,: Sukshma: Astrall : In drawing: The room with the lamp. The intellect . Forming the astral body.
  3. Karana Sharira: Anandamaya : Karana: Caustel: The body that is causing the two their bodies, making, seed. In the drawing: the light bowl. Not the light itself, covering: Atman
  4. Pranamaya Kosha: Prana: vitality, kosha : Covering. Made up by energy.
  5. Manomaya kosha: Mano: emotion, Kosha: covering:
  6. Vijnanamaya Kosha: Vijna: intellect , Kosha: covering: : Made up by thought, ego, mind, analyses, determination.
  7. Anandamaya: Ananda: Bliss , Kosha: covering: Bliss, joy, happiness. Purified by samadhi.

Nadam will purify all 5 koshas.

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Describe the two paths of yoga

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maryada marg and pushti marg.

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Define ishvara.

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God, cosmic selv, the self. Define in form, personal God. How each individual person relates to God. Can be, most often is: : different from one being to another being. Ishvara possesses the qualities of Maya, but is not affected by the Gunas. Ishvara HAS the qualities of the gunas, but not affected by them.
“Who choose to rule over you”

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What does the term guru mean?

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Guru: Gu means darkness; ru; means remover. Guro is the remover of darkness or ignorance (avidya), the ignorance of your true nature. The guru is the enlightenment principle, which is operating at all times around us and inside us. Aids us to the realization of our true self.

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Define the word pranayama.

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Prana-yama
Or
Prana- Ayama

The practise of consuos regulation of prana. In order to set the prana free. The purpose is to master the prana within. Control of prana is done with conscious breathing.

To quiet our mind you can control your breathing.

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What are nadis?

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Subtle energy channels

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Name and describe the five winds or prana vayus.

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Vitale Air
Prana Vayus: Flows from diaphragm up to the throat. To the base of the throat. Regulates speech and respiration. Seated in the heart, heart chakra. MAnomaya Kosha: Emotional Cover. Moving Up.
Apana: From navel to bottom of the feet. Regulates functions that are in that area. Associated with the two first Chakras and Annamaya Kosha. Moving Down.
Samana: From diaphragm to navel. Moved back and forward. Around the digestive system. Regulation of food. Keeps prana and apana in balance. Third chakra. Pranic storehouse of th body. Willpower.
Udana Vayus: From base of the troat to top of the head. Regulates swallowing, vomiting, Vishudh or throat chakra. Regulates sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
Vyana Vayus: The yellow color, all over the body, regulates circulation. All cells, assosiated with the six chakra. The covering of the intellect.

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Name the bandhas and give their locations.

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Mula Bandha: Root Lock: Can be applied at all times. Energy lock. Get apana to move upwards. (reverses).
Uddiyana Bandha:: Navel area. Practiced best on an empty stomach. Exhale all air out and draw navel in and up.
Jalandhara Bandha: Claud catching lock, net lock. Protects all small nadis in the throat. After inhale or exhalation, not during.
Maha Bandha:
Brahma Bandha

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Define granthi.

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Phsycig lock. A knot.
Prevent prana from moving freely-. Barers of moksha/liberation. Granthis grant us to our past karmas. Root us down and keep our fear of death.

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Name and briefly describe the two general categories of pranayama.

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Samavritti: Sama: Smooth, even, float Vritti: fluctuation
Visamavritti: : Visama : irregular Vritti: Fluctation

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