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1. Where and when did yoga originate? ANS >>> North India, 5000 years ago, or
more
2. Who is the father of yoga asana? ANS >>> Krishnamacharya. In 1930,
Krishnamacharya received financial backing and set up classes in gymnasium at
the Sanksrit College with the goal of introducing the power of yoga to as many
students as possible. The students were more interested in building strength and
fitness than building a spir- itual practice so Krishnamacharya created sequences
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that focused on athleticism and incorporating the power of the breath.
3. Who brought yoga to the west? Under what circumstances? ANS >>> 1893 by
Swami Vivekananda spoke passionately about raja yoga at the first Parliament of
World Religions held that year in Chicago. He lectured extensively for another two
years in European cities and then returning to India. When he came back to the
US in 1899, he set up the New York Vedanta Society, a community dedicated to
the four branches of yoga practice ANS >>> bhakti, karma, jnana, and raja.
4. Who were the four students who greatly impacted yoga as we know it? ANS
>>> Pat- tabhi Jois - Ashtanga yoga, Indra Devi- Sai Yoga, B.K.S iyengar - body
alignment,
T.K.V Desikachar - Viniyoga
5. In what period of yoga history was the Bhagavad Gita written? ANS >>>
composed around 500 B.C. during the Preclassical Yoga Period
6. What is the message of this poetic work? ANS >>> Its central teachings is to
be alive means to be active and if we want to avoid difficulties for ourselves and
others, our actions must be benign and also beyond the grip of the ego. A simple
matter of how to accomplish the daily life.
7. What four path are declared for the pure heart? ANS >>> bhakti, karma,
jnana, and meditation
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8. What Greater Epic is the Bhagavad Gita taken from? ANS >>> Upanishads
9. In what period of yoga history were Patanjali's Yoga Sutras born? ANS
>>> The classical period
10. What are the four main books of the Sutras? ANS >>> Contemplation,
Practice, Ac- complishment, Absoluteness
11. What are the 8 limbs of yoga? ANS >>> 1.yamas-restraint, 2. niyamas-
observances,
3. asanas-postures, 4. pranyama-control of the breath, 5. pratyahara-withdrawal
of the senses, 6. dharana-concetration, dhyana-meditation, samadhi-oneness with
creation/bliss
12. yamas ANS >>> restraint
13. niyamas ANS >>> observances
14. asanas ANS >>> postures
1. Where and when did yoga originate? ANS >>> North India, 5000 years ago, or
more
2. Who is the father of yoga asana? ANS >>> Krishnamacharya. In 1930,
Krishnamacharya received financial backing and set up classes in gymnasium at
the Sanksrit College with the goal of introducing the power of yoga to as many
students as possible. The students were more interested in building strength and
fitness than building a spir- itual practice so Krishnamacharya created sequences
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that focused on athleticism and incorporating the power of the breath.
3. Who brought yoga to the west? Under what circumstances? ANS >>> 1893 by
Swami Vivekananda spoke passionately about raja yoga at the first Parliament of
World Religions held that year in Chicago. He lectured extensively for another two
years in European cities and then returning to India. When he came back to the
US in 1899, he set up the New York Vedanta Society, a community dedicated to
the four branches of yoga practice ANS >>> bhakti, karma, jnana, and raja.
4. Who were the four students who greatly impacted yoga as we know it? ANS
>>> Pat- tabhi Jois - Ashtanga yoga, Indra Devi- Sai Yoga, B.K.S iyengar - body
alignment,
T.K.V Desikachar - Viniyoga
5. In what period of yoga history was the Bhagavad Gita written? ANS >>>
composed around 500 B.C. during the Preclassical Yoga Period
6. What is the message of this poetic work? ANS >>> Its central teachings is to
be alive means to be active and if we want to avoid difficulties for ourselves and
others, our actions must be benign and also beyond the grip of the ego. A simple
matter of how to accomplish the daily life.
7. What four path are declared for the pure heart? ANS >>> bhakti, karma,
jnana, and meditation
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8. What Greater Epic is the Bhagavad Gita taken from? ANS >>> Upanishads
9. In what period of yoga history were Patanjali's Yoga Sutras born? ANS
>>> The classical period
10. What are the four main books of the Sutras? ANS >>> Contemplation,
Practice, Ac- complishment, Absoluteness
11. What are the 8 limbs of yoga? ANS >>> 1.yamas-restraint, 2. niyamas-
observances,
3. asanas-postures, 4. pranyama-control of the breath, 5. pratyahara-withdrawal
of the senses, 6. dharana-concetration, dhyana-meditation, samadhi-oneness with
creation/bliss
12. yamas ANS >>> restraint
13. niyamas ANS >>> observances
14. asanas ANS >>> postures
