Fitour Yoga Certification Exam Questions
With Revised Answers
The benefits of yoga - answer✔✔*Improved flexibility,
*awareness mindbodyspirit connection,
*increased strength,suppleness, stamina
*improved proprioception (the body's ability to respond when it is off balance),enhancement
balance, posture, ability, and grace,
*cleansing and conditioning internal organs,
*enhancement bodily processes digestion,
*improved breathing, clarity and stillness of mind and concentration,
*reduced anxiety, emotional tension, mood swings,
*alleviates eliminates specific physical symptoms PMS, headaches, backaches, stress, insomnia,
IBS,
*assists in management recovery from cancer, HIV, arthritis, other degenerative diseases,
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*personal path of discovery.
Nine components of yoga that you can incorporate in each different session. - answer✔✔*Asana
- Body postures that cleanse and tone the body from the inside out.
*Dristi - Nine Gaze points in yoga that assist one to deepen his/her concentration
*Suryanamaskara - Sun Salutations that conist of 12 positions and should be practiced at dawn
12 times(once for each month of the year).
*Mudras - "to delight in" - Symbolic Hand gestures that concentrate and channel flow in the
body. Traditionally in the Tantic Yoga Practice.
*Prananayama - Control of the vital and psychic energy in the body through breathing practices.
Prana means cosmic energy, creative life force, invisible but of the utmost importance.
Ujjayi - Deep thoracic breathing from the ribcage that moves from the back of one's throat down
to the heart throughout the rest of the body.
*Bandhas - Energy support locks or seals that help to awaken and direct the creative energy in
the body and aid pranayama. These locks or seals strengthen the abdominal and lower muscles.
*Jalandhara - Restraint of jugular notch. Breathing through the glottis at the back of the throat.
*Uddiyana - The "flying up lock" which harnesses the mind. The lower abdomen from the pubic
bone to the navel towards the spine. Benefits include toning of the abdominal muscles, reducing
of fat in the stomach, massaging of the intestines, and reducing constipation.
*Mula bandha - An energy technique, involving the contraction of of the perineum, the section
of the pelvic floor between the anus and genitals.