Teaching Yoga A

Question 1

a

Answer 1

non e.g ahimsa (non) violence

Question 2

abductor

Answer 2

muscle that draws a bone away from the midline of the body

Question 3

adductor

Answer 3

muscle that draws a bone toward from the midline of the body

Question 4

adho

Answer 4

downward

Question 5

adho mukha

Answer 5

downward facing

Question 6

afflictions

Answer 6

5 forms of suffering (kleshas)

Question 7

agni

Answer 7

fire

Question 8

ahimsa

Answer 8

non violence

Question 9

ajna chakra

Answer 9

third-eye chakra

Question 10

akarna

Answer 10

to the ear

Question 11

anahata chakra

Answer 11

heart chakra

Question 12

ananda

Answer 12

ecstasy, bliss, love

Question 13

anjali mudra

Answer 13

palms together at the heart (gesture of anjali)

Question 14

Anjaneya

Answer 14

the monkey god

Question 15

antara

Answer 15

internal

Question 16

antara kumbhaka

Answer 16

holding your breath after inhalation

Question 17

anterior

Answer 17

forward, in front

Question 18

anuloma

Answer 18

with the grain, refers to movement or breathing

Question 19

apana

Answer 19

pelvis or lower abdomen

Question 20

apanasana

Answer 20

pelvic floor poses

Question 21

apana - vayu

Answer 21

the neurological force operating on the lower abdomen

Question 22

aparigraha

Answer 22

freedom from hoarding or collecting

Question 23

ardha

Answer 23

half

Question 24

asana

Answer 24

to take one seat, a yoga pose, 3rd limb of ashtanga

Question 25

Astavakra

Answer 25

Indian sage and Sanskrit scholar, the asana Astavakrasana named for him

Question 26

asteya

Answer 26

non stealing

Question 27

atman

Answer 27

the true self, consciousness

Question 28

aum

Answer 28

first described in the Upanishads as the originating and all encompassing sound of the universe - alternately spelled om

Question 29

avidya

Answer 29

ignorance

Question 30

ayurveda

Answer 30

ancient Indian science, tradional form of indian medicine baddha. bound