200 hr yoga teacher training Exam Questions and Answers

200 hr yoga teacher training Exam Questions and Answers What is yoga? - Correct Answer ️️ -yoke," meaning to join together- Union yoga means stillness of the mind Union of body, mind, and spirit Patanjali - Correct Answer ️️ -the Father of modern yoga and the yoga sutras Yoga Sutra, - Correct Answer ️️ -Written at least 1,700 years ago, it's made up of 195 aphorisms (sutras), or words of wisdom. asana - Correct Answer ️️ -body posture* what is yoga for? - Correct Answer ️️ -a mental practice during which there is opportunity to work through stress, emotional issues, anxiety or psychological challenges. Yoga practice encourages mindfulness, or creating awareness. the matt is your mirror Ashtanga - Correct Answer ️️ -"8 limbs" (ashta= eight, anga = limb) what are the 8 limbs - Correct Answer ️️ --Yamas - sense of ethics and our personal integrity -Niyamas- personal observances and self-discipline -Asanas- are yoga poses -Pranayamas- is breathing -Pratyahara -is self observation and controlling our senses- work on outside distractions -Dharana- is concentration- inside distractions- focus on one point -Dhyana- is meditation- stillness of the mind -Samadhi- to stand outside of what are the five rules to Yamas - Correct Answer ️️ --the golden rule/ how we react to others -Ahimsa- practice of non-violence/non harming others and the self -Satya- is the practice of truthfulness -Asteya - practice of non-stealing -Brahmacharya- is moderation, or the proper use of energy Aparigraha- is practicing non-attachment/ appreciating because it can be fleeting what are the five niyamas - Correct Answer ️️ --how we react to ourself/help ourselves. -Saucha- is the practice of purification/ cleansing -Santosha- is the practice of contentment -Tapas- practicing discipline and austerity -Svadhyaya-is the practice of self study/ alone time -Ishvara Pranidhana- is devotion, dedication and surrender to the Highest Love karma yoga - Correct Answer ️️ -To do this, we have to take the benefits we receive from our practice and give them as an offering. we experience a connection with a power greater than ourselves. This is the oneness, the surrender, that is Ishvara Pranidhana. examples: community classes,charity benefits or some other form of giving or donation Purusharthas (for purpose of the soul): 4 Aims of Life - Correct Answer ️️ --they build on one another AND balance and theme a yoga class with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Moksha- full liberation (be yourself, calm in the storm) -Dharma- essentially means duty (talents, born into, title, responsibilities you choose ie. like a dog) -Artha- is prosperity (how to carry out your dharama) - Kama- is pleasure find balance between the 4 aims of life 4 Noble truths - Correct Answer ️️ --Dukkha, which means that life is suffering. -Samudaya, that we create our own suffering in our minds. -Nirodha, the end of suffering, which means the end of wanting, craving or desiring. -Marga, -which is the 8-fold path that leads to the cessation of suffering. 4 Aspects of True Love: - Correct Answer ️️ -- Maitri-It is benevolence or loving kindness -karuna- which means compassion -mudita- which means joy -Upekesha- which means freedom or equanimity Bhagavad Gita - Correct Answer ️️ --The Bhagavad Gita, often known simply as the "Gita" - There are 700 different verses -all written in 300-400 BCE -part of the epic Indian text, the Mahabharata. -ongoing dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Sri Krishna -the three-fold path of yoga- karma (behavior), jnana (knowledge), and bhakti (devotion) -it gives way to talks about the purpose of life, the three-fold path of yoga, and the essence of the soul-