Yoga History Week 1 YTT

Question 1

Who wrote the yoga sutras?

Answer 1

Patanjali

Question 2

What is a sutra?

Answer 2

A thread/strand/series of teachings similar to verses in the bible

Question 3

How long does yoga date back?

Answer 3

3,500 years +

Question 4

Is this the end all be all of yoga?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

What is Tantra yoga?

Answer 5

radical techniques to cleanse the body and mind to break the knots that bind us to our physical existence (expand and liberate)

Question 6

What is Hatha yoga?

Answer 6

Willful and forceful yoga practice

Question 7

What are Ayurveda’s 3 Pillars of Health?

Answer 7

Food
Sleep
Sex (Energy)

Question 8

Do yoga and Ayurveda have the same goal of self-realization?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

Elements

Answer 9

unique qualities that help us describe the universe and life

Question 10

What are the 5 elements?

Answer 10

Ether, Air, Fire, Water, Earth

Question 11

What is Ether related sensory?

Answer 11

Hearing

Question 12

What is Air related sensory?

Answer 12

Touch

Question 13

What is the Fire related sensory?

Answer 13

See

Question 14

What is Water-related sensory?

Answer 14

Taste

Question 15

What is Earth-related sensory?

Answer 15

Smell

Question 16

What is the universal sound?

Answer 16

Omm

Question 17

What are the qualities of Ether?

Answer 17

clear, light, subtle, soft, immeasurable

Question 18

What are the qualities of Air?

Answer 18

mobile, dry, light, cold, rough, subtle

Question 19

What are the qualities of Fire?

Answer 19

hot, sharp, light, dry, subtle

Question 20

What are the qualities of Water?

Answer 20

cool, liquid, dull, soft, oily, slimy

Question 21

What are the qualities of Earth?

Answer 21

heavy, dull, static, dense, hard, gross

Question 22

The two journeys of consciousness into matter?

Answer 22

Purusha and Prakruti

Question 23

Another word for Purusha?

Answer 23

Sheva

Question 24

Another word for Prakruti?

Answer 24

Shakti

Question 25

What is Sheva?

Answer 25

Pure awareness, never dies, what sees, "witness" the goal of yoga is to return to this, some views as female

Question 26

What is Shakti?

Answer 26

Creativity, creative potential, energy, the substance of the universe, what is seen, view as male

Question 27

Vata is a combination of?

Answer 27

Ether and Air

Question 28

Pitta is a combination of?

Answer 28

Fire and Water

Question 29

Kapha is a combination of?

Answer 29

Earth and Water

Question 30

What does yoga mean?

Answer 30

Attentiveness in Action

Question 31

What are the eight limbs of yoga?

Answer 31

Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi

Question 32

Yama

Answer 32

Restraint, Code of Conduct

Question 33

What are the five Yamas?

Answer 33

Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Aparigraha

Question 34

Niyama

Answer 34

Precept, self-discipline, study+devotion

Question 35

Asana

Answer 35

Posture yoga poses

Question 36

Pranayama

Answer 36

Suspension of Breath | Lifeforce

Question 37

Pratayahara

Answer 37

Withdrawing the Senses (inner reflection)

Question 38

Dharana

Answer 38

Concentration

Question 39

Dhyana

Answer 39

Meditation

Question 40

Samadhi

Answer 40

Integration - bliss or enlightenment

Question 41

What are the five niyamas?

Answer 41

Saucha, santosa, tapas, svadhyaya, isvara pranidhana

Question 42

Ahimsa

Answer 42

Non- Violence

Question 43

Satya

Answer 43

Truthfulness

Question 44

Asteya

Answer 44

Non-Stealing

Question 45

Brahmacharya

Answer 45

Celibacy

Question 46

Aparigraha

Answer 46

Non-greed

Question 47

Saucha

Answer 47

Cleanliness

Question 48

Santosha

Answer 48

Contentment

Question 49

Tapas

Answer 49

Discipline

Question 50

Svadhyaya

Answer 50

Self-study

Question 51

Isvara Pranidhana

Answer 51

Contemplation of a higher power

Question 52

What are the 4 paths of yoga?

Answer 52

Bhakti, Karma, Gyana, Raja

Question 53

Characteristics of Bhatki Yoga

Answer 53

to feel love, connecting to the divine is never broken, being in love with love itself, easier path

Question 54

Characteristics of Karma Yoga

Answer 54

To act, performing action without the attachment to the outcome, selfless self-service, doing the right thing, all desires are meant to serve a higher power

Question 55

Characteristics of Gyana Yoga

Answer 55

path of knowledge, self-study, wisdom, enlightenment through the process of reason- most difficult path as it uses the mind to go beyond themselves and realize you are one with the Divine. Who am I?

Question 56

Characteristics of Raja Yoga

Answer 56

also known as Ashtanga aka Eight Limbs of Yoga, the process of molding our character and life to the experience of enlightenment

Question 57

What are the five causes of suffering according to the Vendanta?

Answer 57

1. not knowing who we are 2. attachment: clinging to things that are impermanent and having expectations 3. Aversion: trying to avoid things that are not real 4. Identifying with the ego and creating separate realities 5. Fear of death