Terminology

Question 1

chita vritti

Answer 1

mental fluctuations

Question 2

samskaras

Answer 2

patterns that shape who we are, can come from childhood, can be benign or aggressive

Question 3

svadhyaya

Answer 3

meta-cognition, to look back on thoughts, self-study

Question 4

PIES

Answer 4

physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual bodies

Question 5

Isvara

Answer 5

pure awareness, om

Question 6

kleshas

Answer 6

obstacles to practice, veils of ignorance

Question 7

dukkha

Answer 7

suffering of the mind, emotional and spiritual turmoil

Question 8

gunas

Answer 8

energetic forces or qualities of nature

Question 9

veda

Answer 9

ancient Indian text

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Dharma

Answer 10

four parts: duty, desire, things, liberation

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puja

Answer 11

offering, celebration devoted to avatar of choice

Question 12

Proprioception

Answer 12

ability to sense your body in time and space

Question 13

projection

Answer 13

unconscious transfer of one’s own desires or emotions onto another person

Question 14

meridians

Answer 14

system of nerves and plexuses in our muscles and tissues that run throughout the entire body, helping to communicate with our organs and extremities; help control and stimulate organ function; directly related to gross and is in the physical body

Question 15

plexuses

Answer 15

networks of nerves, blood vessels, and/or hormone receptors designed to chemically communicate with organs

Question 16

Kundalini

Answer 16

universal energy which is coiled at the root chakra

Question 17

prana

Answer 17

abundant source of energy that comes from the universe in the form of oxygen, food, water, sunlight, relationships, electromagnetic field, and many other types of energy