Yoga Sutras
Anatomy
Sanskrit
Name that Pose
Yoga in America
100

The number of limbs on this yoga tree.

What is 8

100

Flexion and Extension occurs in this plane

What is the Sagittal plane

100

A divine salutation

What is Namaste

100

This pose reminds us of man's (and woman's) best friend.

What is downward facing dog.

100

The number of people practicing yoga in America.

What is 36 million people

200

This half man half serpent is the father of the Yoga Sutras

Who is Patanjali

200

Name a pair of antagonist muscles

What are quadriceps/hamstrings or biceps/triceps or glute max/hip flexors or pecs/latissimus dorsi

200

This term encompasses the five obstacles to enlightenment

What are the kleshas?

200

This pose is also in the name of a sports team.

What is Warrior Pose or Eagle Pose

200

The most popular style of yoga practiced in America.

What is Hatha Yoga

300

This limb is neither a piano or a motorcycle but it sounds like it could be.

What are the yamas

300

A door and your knee have this in common

What is a hinge 

300

It is a sound not a word

What is OM

300

Another word for talking is in the name of this common yoga pose.

what is chat-uranga

300

The number one reason people start a yoga practice.

What is flexibility

400

The limb of moving limbs into shapes

What is asana

400

The dense fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone

what is a tendon

400

Darth Vader, a sea shell, sighing

What are ways to describe Ujjayi Breath

400

If you twist in your chair you might try flying.

What is side crane

400

This popular music group inspired many Americans to practice yoga and meditation.

Who are the Beatles.

500

The state where the knower, the knowledge and the object of knowledge unite

What is samadhi

500

Tina's pet peeve in many standing poses in the frontal plane.

What is the relationship of the knee to ankle of the straight back leg.

500

This is the third limb in Patanjali's 8 limbed path

What is asana

500

It turns out this pose is not a bird.

What is bird of paradise

500

Americans love this more than denim.

What are yoga pants

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