TRIVIA TODAY - November 10, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

One of the perks of planning programs for the library is that I get to learn about a lot of different things - last week it was palm reading; this week it is yoga!

Tonight is a chair yoga class, which will be taught by a local fitness instructor. She'll be showing participants how to do basic yoga moves all with the help of a chair. It will be great to learn a few moves that I can do even while sitting at my desk!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there-buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."

HINT: (1947-), Indian-American author, public speaker and physician.


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The word "yoga" is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj meaning to yoke or join together. It most often refers to the yoking of a conscious subject (jiva-atman) with a Supreme Spirit (parama ta man) in order to reach an ecstatic condition (Samadhi, a "placing or putting together").

The yoga symbol "Om" is found in Hindu and Tibetan philosophy. It is said to be the primordial sound of the universe and is connected to the Ajna Chakra (the conscience) or "third eye" region.

Hatha yoga is the type of yoga most frequently practiced in Western culture. Ha means "sun" and tha means "moon," representing hatha yoga's attempt to combine both complementary forces.

The lotus pose is a sitting pose meant to resemble the perfect symmetry and beauty of a lotus flower. Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, and Shiva, a major god in Hinduism, are typically shown in this pose.

A 2008 market study in Yoga Journal reports that some 16 million Americans practice yoga and spend $5.7 billion a year on gear.

Yoga is defined as having eight branches or limbs. (Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyhara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi). The third limb, "Asana," refers to postures and poses that most people think of when they hear the word "yoga."


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there-buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."

ANSWER: Deepak Chopra.

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