Koshas
Vocabulary
History
Ancient
Texts
Mantras and People
100

The outermost layer of the Koshas. Also known as the food layer.

What is the physical layer (annamaya Kosha)

100

An instrument for the mind.

What is a mantra?

100

Approximately 3000 BCE.

When were articles found in the Indus Valley Civilization , including the pashupati seal?

100

These texts focus on external action/ritual.  ACT.  Collection of hymns and poems to different deities. Includes the story of Prapati.

What are the Vedas?


100
The grandfather of modern yoga

Who is Krishnamacharya?


200

The innermost layer where one feels peace, joy, contentment. 

What is the bliss body?

200

Defined as duty/obligation. One’s calling.

What is dharma?

200

1500-500 BCE; oral transmission 

When were the Vedas  ? And how were they transmitted?

200

Focus on internal struggles/meditation/pursuit of spirit.  THINK.

What are the Upanishads?

200

The sound of inhalation and exhalation

What is So-ham?

300

This sheath is reached by focusing on one’s breath to bring the self into the present moment. 

What is the pranamaya Kosha?

300

Yogic sleep or conscious sleep. 

What is yoga nidra?

300

Bikram introduced hot yoga to the West during this time.

What is the 2000s?

300

"The Song of the Lord". Part 6 of the Mahabharata.

What is the Bhagavad Gita?

300

Taught ashtanga/yoga flow and introduced it to the West.

Who is Patabi Jois?


400

Feelings, thoughts, emotions, memory and imagination

What is the mental body?


400

The first refers to the inner witness/soul/observer.

The second refers to the material world.


What is purusa and prakrti?

400
This book most widely used in YTT was written this year.

When is 0?

400

These are statements of individual consciousness with Divine or Absolute Reality, aka Brahman, and originated from the Upanishads.

What are the six great sayings?

400

His practice was prop-intensive.

Who is BKS Iyengar?

500

Where the soul/inner witness resides.

What is the wisdom layer?

500

Abhyasa-practice.

Vairagya-detachment from the outcomes of your action

2 words prescribed by Bhagavad Gita to achieve evenness of the mind.

500

The Koshas were from this ancient text and in this year.

What is the Upanishads in 800 BCE?

500
The earliest text that focused on the describing specific asana postures.

What is the Hatha Yoga Pradipika?

500

The primordial sound. Said to start creation and existed before the universe.

What is OM?