YOGA RENEW TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Where do the earliest known texts on yoga come from?
Answer: The Vedas
●● What does the word 'Vedas' mean?
Answer: Knowledge
●● What is the sanskrit meaning of the word 'yoga'?
Answer: To make one
●● According to the text, when were the Vedas estimated to have been
written?
Answer: 1700-1100 BCE
●● What was the primary tool used to achieve a state of oneness and
consciousness according to the Veda texts?
Answer: Meditation
●● What was the primary form of meditation in the Vedas?
Answer: Mantra Meditation
,●● T/F: Cultivating and tapping into your authentic spiritual sensibilities
will help guide you whether to bring chanting into your yoga classes.
Answer: True
●● The Upanishads held forth the belief in what two Hindu religious
philosophies?
Answer: Universal Spirit and Individual soul
●● What does the word 'Upanishad' mean?
Answer: Sitting down beside
●● The Bhagavad Gita is also called the ___________________?
Answer: Song of God
●● What are the three yogic paths according to the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: -Karma yoga
-Jnana Yoga
-Bhakti Yoga
●● What is Karma Yoga?
Answer: yoga of service
, ●● The primary activities of Bhakti yoga include?
Answer: -Offering Prayer
-Chanting God's names
-Meditating on God
●● In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - what does he explain is the meaning
of yoga?
Answer: To calm the fluctuations of the mind
●● According to the text, what is the definition of Samadhi in the Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali?
Answer: A blissful state in which one is absorbed with the divine
●● T/F: Many yoga teachers and students are surprised to find the Yoga
Sutras do not describe a single asana or pose.
Answer: True
●● T/F: The Yoga Sutras include the philosophy of the Eight Limbs of
Yoga
Answer: True
●● Which of the Yamas philosophies describes creating a safe space for
students to learn and practice?
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Where do the earliest known texts on yoga come from?
Answer: The Vedas
●● What does the word 'Vedas' mean?
Answer: Knowledge
●● What is the sanskrit meaning of the word 'yoga'?
Answer: To make one
●● According to the text, when were the Vedas estimated to have been
written?
Answer: 1700-1100 BCE
●● What was the primary tool used to achieve a state of oneness and
consciousness according to the Veda texts?
Answer: Meditation
●● What was the primary form of meditation in the Vedas?
Answer: Mantra Meditation
,●● T/F: Cultivating and tapping into your authentic spiritual sensibilities
will help guide you whether to bring chanting into your yoga classes.
Answer: True
●● The Upanishads held forth the belief in what two Hindu religious
philosophies?
Answer: Universal Spirit and Individual soul
●● What does the word 'Upanishad' mean?
Answer: Sitting down beside
●● The Bhagavad Gita is also called the ___________________?
Answer: Song of God
●● What are the three yogic paths according to the Bhagavad Gita?
Answer: -Karma yoga
-Jnana Yoga
-Bhakti Yoga
●● What is Karma Yoga?
Answer: yoga of service
, ●● The primary activities of Bhakti yoga include?
Answer: -Offering Prayer
-Chanting God's names
-Meditating on God
●● In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - what does he explain is the meaning
of yoga?
Answer: To calm the fluctuations of the mind
●● According to the text, what is the definition of Samadhi in the Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali?
Answer: A blissful state in which one is absorbed with the divine
●● T/F: Many yoga teachers and students are surprised to find the Yoga
Sutras do not describe a single asana or pose.
Answer: True
●● T/F: The Yoga Sutras include the philosophy of the Eight Limbs of
Yoga
Answer: True
●● Which of the Yamas philosophies describes creating a safe space for
students to learn and practice?
