CorePower Yoga C1 Class Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
Exhale Balasana
Answer:
Child's Pose (2 min)
Question 2:
Child's Pose Cues 1.Open your knees wide, bring big toes to touch
Answer:
2. reach your arms forward 3. rest your forehead on your mat 4. bring your hips toward you heels
Introduce ujjayi breathing, set intention for class
Question 3:
Exhale Ahdo Mukha Svanasana
Answer:
Downward Facing Dog (1 min)
Question 4:
Downward Facing Dog Cues
Answer:
Step your feet hip width distance apart, place your hands shoulder width distance apart, send your hips
up and back, spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs into the mat.
Question 5:
Transition from downward facing dog to ragdoll
Answer:
at the bottom of your exhale , walk to the top of your mat
Question 6:
Exhale Uttanasana
Answer:
Ragdoll (1 min)
,Question 7:
Ragdoll cues
Answer:
step your feet hip width distance apart, hang your torso over your thighs, place a small bend in your
knees, grab for opposite elbows and relax your neck. option to shake your yes and no, option to
interlace your hands behind your neck.
Question 8:
Transition from Ragdoll to standing at attention
Answer:
Release your fingertips to the mat and toe/heel your feet together- Inhale slowly roll up
Question 9:
Exhale Samasthiti
Answer:
Standing at Attention (3 breaths)
Question 10:
Standing at attention cues
Answer:
Once you have arrived standing bring your big toes to touch and your hands to heart center. Press into
the four corners of your feet and draw your shoulder blades together and down your back. Option to
close your eyes while taking three deep breaths here. Inhale through your nose, exhale out your
mouth..inhale......exhale......, one more makes this your deepest breath of the day, inhale... exhale...
excellent..
Question 11:
Inhale Tadasana Mountain Pose (3-5B)
Answer:
not provided in source.
,Question 12:
Mountain Pose Cues
Answer:
reach your arms up to the ceiling and rotate your pinkies in, gaze forward, press through the four
corners of your feet, engage your abdominals and re-engage your legs. engage your ujjayi breath here
for 3 to 5 breaths. inhale through your nose, exhale right back through your nose, inhale...exhale... two
more on your own..
Question 13:
Exhale Uttanasana
Answer:
Forward Fold
Question 14:
Forward fold cues
Answer:
Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up and slowly descend your hands to your mat, relax your
neck and gaze back.
Question 15:
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana
Answer:
Halfway lift
Question 16:
Halfway lift cues place your fingers on your shins, lift your chest away from your thighs, shift your
Answer:
weight forward, Draw your shoulder blades together and down your back and lengthen the back of your
neck and gaze down.
Question 17:
Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana
Answer:
High to mid plank Pose
, Question 18:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
Upward Facing Dog Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Question 19:
Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana
Answer:
Downward Facing Dog (2-3 breaths here)
Question 20:
Chatarunga demo
Answer:
For high to mid plank pose: plant your hands on your mat in front of you and step your feet back and
bring them hip-width distance apart. stack your wrists over your shoulders and bring your hips in line
with your heels and shoulders, lengthen your neck and gaze down. Engage your core and your legs.
Then shift your weight forward and Pull your elbows into your side bodies and bend your elbows 90
degrees, engage your abdominals and lengthen the back of your neck and gaze down for Upward facing
dog: bring the tops of your feet to the mat and straighten your arms and stack shoulders over wrists,
spread your fingers wide and press into your mat, open and pull your chest forward and lift your knees
and thighs off your mat. Flip your feet and go back to downward facing dog.
Question 21:
Go through SUN A Twice through
Answer:
FLOW ONE BREATH TO ONE MOVEMENT -on the bottom of your exhale step to the top of your
mat -inhale mountain pose -exhale forward fold -inhale halfway lift -exhale chaturanga dandasana
-inhale upward facing dog -exhale downward facing dog (2-3 breaths here) inhale..
Question 22:
Transition from Down Dog
Answer:
Inhale gaze toward your fingertips; Exhale bend you knees and walk to the top of your mat
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
Exhale Balasana
Answer:
Child's Pose (2 min)
Question 2:
Child's Pose Cues 1.Open your knees wide, bring big toes to touch
Answer:
2. reach your arms forward 3. rest your forehead on your mat 4. bring your hips toward you heels
Introduce ujjayi breathing, set intention for class
Question 3:
Exhale Ahdo Mukha Svanasana
Answer:
Downward Facing Dog (1 min)
Question 4:
Downward Facing Dog Cues
Answer:
Step your feet hip width distance apart, place your hands shoulder width distance apart, send your hips
up and back, spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs into the mat.
Question 5:
Transition from downward facing dog to ragdoll
Answer:
at the bottom of your exhale , walk to the top of your mat
Question 6:
Exhale Uttanasana
Answer:
Ragdoll (1 min)
,Question 7:
Ragdoll cues
Answer:
step your feet hip width distance apart, hang your torso over your thighs, place a small bend in your
knees, grab for opposite elbows and relax your neck. option to shake your yes and no, option to
interlace your hands behind your neck.
Question 8:
Transition from Ragdoll to standing at attention
Answer:
Release your fingertips to the mat and toe/heel your feet together- Inhale slowly roll up
Question 9:
Exhale Samasthiti
Answer:
Standing at Attention (3 breaths)
Question 10:
Standing at attention cues
Answer:
Once you have arrived standing bring your big toes to touch and your hands to heart center. Press into
the four corners of your feet and draw your shoulder blades together and down your back. Option to
close your eyes while taking three deep breaths here. Inhale through your nose, exhale out your
mouth..inhale......exhale......, one more makes this your deepest breath of the day, inhale... exhale...
excellent..
Question 11:
Inhale Tadasana Mountain Pose (3-5B)
Answer:
not provided in source.
,Question 12:
Mountain Pose Cues
Answer:
reach your arms up to the ceiling and rotate your pinkies in, gaze forward, press through the four
corners of your feet, engage your abdominals and re-engage your legs. engage your ujjayi breath here
for 3 to 5 breaths. inhale through your nose, exhale right back through your nose, inhale...exhale... two
more on your own..
Question 13:
Exhale Uttanasana
Answer:
Forward Fold
Question 14:
Forward fold cues
Answer:
Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up and slowly descend your hands to your mat, relax your
neck and gaze back.
Question 15:
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana
Answer:
Halfway lift
Question 16:
Halfway lift cues place your fingers on your shins, lift your chest away from your thighs, shift your
Answer:
weight forward, Draw your shoulder blades together and down your back and lengthen the back of your
neck and gaze down.
Question 17:
Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana
Answer:
High to mid plank Pose
, Question 18:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
Upward Facing Dog Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Question 19:
Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana
Answer:
Downward Facing Dog (2-3 breaths here)
Question 20:
Chatarunga demo
Answer:
For high to mid plank pose: plant your hands on your mat in front of you and step your feet back and
bring them hip-width distance apart. stack your wrists over your shoulders and bring your hips in line
with your heels and shoulders, lengthen your neck and gaze down. Engage your core and your legs.
Then shift your weight forward and Pull your elbows into your side bodies and bend your elbows 90
degrees, engage your abdominals and lengthen the back of your neck and gaze down for Upward facing
dog: bring the tops of your feet to the mat and straighten your arms and stack shoulders over wrists,
spread your fingers wide and press into your mat, open and pull your chest forward and lift your knees
and thighs off your mat. Flip your feet and go back to downward facing dog.
Question 21:
Go through SUN A Twice through
Answer:
FLOW ONE BREATH TO ONE MOVEMENT -on the bottom of your exhale step to the top of your
mat -inhale mountain pose -exhale forward fold -inhale halfway lift -exhale chaturanga dandasana
-inhale upward facing dog -exhale downward facing dog (2-3 breaths here) inhale..
Question 22:
Transition from Down Dog
Answer:
Inhale gaze toward your fingertips; Exhale bend you knees and walk to the top of your mat