Universal Energy
This word means constant, innate, tiniest energy of life.
Hint: it's vital to live.
What is prana?
There are seven of these energetic centres or "wheels" in the body.
BONUS 100 pts each if you can name them in sanskrit
What are the chakras?
BONUS: Muladhara, Svadhisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddha, Ajna, Sahasrara
These two terms are the philosophy of creation - samkhya:
The witness (from where all of us begin)
Nature (all that is alive)
What is:
The witness - purusha
Nature - prakruti?
Pure consciousness
What is purusha?
This is the sound of the universe.
BONUS 100 pts if you sing it!
What is Aum/ Om?
There's so much energy running through you right now. No wonder there can be some traffic jams along the these energetic highways. There could be somewhere between 72,000 - 350,000 inside you!
BONUS 100 pts if you can name the 3 major highways
Hint: There's one on the right, one on the left, and a central one.
What are the nadis?
BONUS Ida, Pingala, Sushumna
Everyone has their very own perfect natural balance of these three energetic patterns.
Hint: Your constitution
What are
Vata, Pitta, Kapha?
Active, Inert, Pure
What are the rajas, tamas, sattva - the gunas?
Yoga is a journey from ______ to ______ .
What is reality to truth?
Will accept any answer.
You are all right! :)
There are energetic "locks" that work like gates and there are also energetic "knots" that can be difficult to untie.
BONUS 100 pts: Show and or name the 3 locks.
What are bandhas - locks?
What are granthis - knots?
BONUS: Mula Bandha, Uddiyana Banda, Jalandhara Bandha
The qualities of this dosha are hot, sharp, quick.
What is pitta?
Digestive Fire
What is agni?
Antahkarana are the aspects, or functions of the mind.
There is the ego, the hard drive, the processor, and the part that reasons or ahamkara, chitta, manos, buddhi. This part remembers.
What is the chitta?
The kleshas are the obstacles of the mind.
Thoughts take us to the illusion of the world around us through the ego, ignorance, attachment, aversion, and ________ .
What is fear or fear of death?
The doshas are patterns of energy.
Vata is the energy of action, transportation, and movement.
Pitta is the energy of transformation and metabolism
Kapha is the energy of structure, strength, and lubrication.
Name the one that is associated with air and space.
What is Vata?
3 part breath
What is dirga pranayama?
This common mudra is a gesture of respect.
Hint: The palms come together at the heart.
What is Anjali mudra?
Namaste is a greeting, not a mudra.
Vayu = Air
There are five directions or "winds" of prana.
Demonstrate at least 2.
BONUS 100 pts: if you demonstrate all 5
What are the vayus?
Prana - in through nose to brow & lungs
Udana - upward from chest to crown
Vyana - expands throughout and around the body
Samana - circles inward around the navel
Apana - moves downward from navel
Ayurveda teaches us the three causes of disease.
Hint: it's the way we misuse...
What is
time, senses, wisdom?
Truth
BONUS 100 pts: this two word mantra means I am truth.
What is sat, satya?
BONUS: Sat nam