CORE POWER YOGA TESTS EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND FULL
SOLUTION
◉ Inhale - Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana 2) Answer: Point your front
foot forward and stack your knee over your ankle,
Draw your tailbone down and lengthen your spine,
Reach your arms in opposite directions
◉ Exhale - Extended Side Angle (Utthita Parsvakonasana) Answer:
Extended Side Angle, reach your right hand to the floor and your left
hand to the ceiling
Keep your front knee over your ankle, Engage your abdominals,
Draw your gaze up
◉ Inhale - Reverse Warrior (Parivrtta Virabhadrasana 2) Answer:
Recommit to the bend in your front knee,
Draw your tailbone down,
Place your back hand lightly on your leg, and reach your front arm
high feeling the stretch in your side
◉ Exhale - High p to Low Plank (Chaturanga Dandasana) Answer:
Option to take on your knees or move right into down dog
,◉ Inhale - Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) Answer:
Take a moment in to fully engage
◉ Exhale - Downward facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) Answer:
Stay here for three breaths
◉ Transition from Down Dog Answer: Inhale gaze toward your
fingertips, at the bottom of your Exhale, walk your feet between your
hands
◉ Inhale - Halfway Lift (Ardha Uttanasana) Answer: Halfway lift
◉ Exhale - Forward Fold (Uttanasana) Answer: Forward fold
◉ Inhale - Chair Pose (Utkatasana) Answer: Bend your knees, draw
your tailbone back and down, reach your arms up
◉ Exhale - Forward FolD (Uttanasana) Answer: Forward Fold
◉ Inhale - Halfway LifT (Ardha Uttanasana) Answer: Halfway Lift
, ◉ Exhale - High to Low Plnk (Chaturanga Dandasana) Answer:
Lower down slowly
◉ Inhale - Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) Answer:
Press your toes into the mat
◉ Exhale - Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svansana) Answer:
Take a three deep breaths
◉ Transition from Down dog to Core Strengthening Answer: Exhale,
look forward and walk through your hands to a seated position and
lie back
◉ Exhale - Reclined Bound Angle Pose Sit Ups (Supta Baddha
Konasana) Answer: (30 secs)
Bring the soles of your feet together,
Draw your shoulder blades together and down your back,
Bring your hands behind your head and spread your fingers wide
◉ Exhale - Bicycle Sit Ups Answer: (1 min)
Stack both knees over your hips at a 90 degree angle,
Engage your abdominals and lift your chest,
Open your elbows, then bring your left elbow to outside your right
thigh, and alternate
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND FULL
SOLUTION
◉ Inhale - Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana 2) Answer: Point your front
foot forward and stack your knee over your ankle,
Draw your tailbone down and lengthen your spine,
Reach your arms in opposite directions
◉ Exhale - Extended Side Angle (Utthita Parsvakonasana) Answer:
Extended Side Angle, reach your right hand to the floor and your left
hand to the ceiling
Keep your front knee over your ankle, Engage your abdominals,
Draw your gaze up
◉ Inhale - Reverse Warrior (Parivrtta Virabhadrasana 2) Answer:
Recommit to the bend in your front knee,
Draw your tailbone down,
Place your back hand lightly on your leg, and reach your front arm
high feeling the stretch in your side
◉ Exhale - High p to Low Plank (Chaturanga Dandasana) Answer:
Option to take on your knees or move right into down dog
,◉ Inhale - Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) Answer:
Take a moment in to fully engage
◉ Exhale - Downward facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) Answer:
Stay here for three breaths
◉ Transition from Down Dog Answer: Inhale gaze toward your
fingertips, at the bottom of your Exhale, walk your feet between your
hands
◉ Inhale - Halfway Lift (Ardha Uttanasana) Answer: Halfway lift
◉ Exhale - Forward Fold (Uttanasana) Answer: Forward fold
◉ Inhale - Chair Pose (Utkatasana) Answer: Bend your knees, draw
your tailbone back and down, reach your arms up
◉ Exhale - Forward FolD (Uttanasana) Answer: Forward Fold
◉ Inhale - Halfway LifT (Ardha Uttanasana) Answer: Halfway Lift
, ◉ Exhale - High to Low Plnk (Chaturanga Dandasana) Answer:
Lower down slowly
◉ Inhale - Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) Answer:
Press your toes into the mat
◉ Exhale - Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svansana) Answer:
Take a three deep breaths
◉ Transition from Down dog to Core Strengthening Answer: Exhale,
look forward and walk through your hands to a seated position and
lie back
◉ Exhale - Reclined Bound Angle Pose Sit Ups (Supta Baddha
Konasana) Answer: (30 secs)
Bring the soles of your feet together,
Draw your shoulder blades together and down your back,
Bring your hands behind your head and spread your fingers wide
◉ Exhale - Bicycle Sit Ups Answer: (1 min)
Stack both knees over your hips at a 90 degree angle,
Engage your abdominals and lift your chest,
Open your elbows, then bring your left elbow to outside your right
thigh, and alternate
