CorePower Yoga C1 Class
CorePower Yoga C1 Class Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers Graded A
2024
Exhale Balasana -Correct Answer ✔Child's Pose (2 min)
Child's Pose Cues -Correct Answer ✔1.Open your knees wide, bring big toes to touch
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
Exhale Ahdo Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Downward Facing Dog (1 min)
Downward Facing Dog Cues -Correct 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.
Transition from downward facing dog to ragdoll -Correct Answer ✔at the bottom of your
exhale , walk to the top of your mat
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Ragdoll (1 min)
Ragdoll cues -Correct 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.
Transition from Ragdoll to standing at attention -Correct Answer ✔Release your
fingertips to the mat and toe/heel your feet together- Inhale slowly roll up
Exhale Samasthiti -Correct Answer ✔Standing at Attention (3 breaths)
Standing at attention cues -Correct 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..
Inhale Tadasana -Correct Answer ✔Mountain Pose (3-5B)
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Mountain Pose Cues -Correct 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..
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Forward Fold
Forward fold cues -Correct Answer ✔Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up
and slowly descend your hands to your mat, relax your neck and gaze back.
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Halfway lift
Halfway lift cues -Correct Answer ✔place your fingers on your shins, lift your chest away
from your thighs, shift your weight forward, Draw your shoulder blades together and
down your back and lengthen the back of your neck and gaze down.
Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana -Correct Answer ✔High to mid plank Pose
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Upward Facing Dog
Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Downward Facing Dog (2-3 breaths
here)
Chatarunga demo -Correct 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.
Go through SUN A Twice through -Correct Answer ✔FLOW ONE BREATH TO ONE
MOVEMENT
-on the bottom of your exhale step to the top of your mat
-inhale mountain pose
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-exhale forward fold
-inhale halfway lift
-exhale chaturanga dandasana
-inhale upward facing dog
-exhale downward facing dog (2-3 breaths here) inhale..
Transition from Down Dog -Correct Answer ✔Inhale gaze toward your fingertips; Exhale
bend you knees and walk to the top of your mat
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Halfway Lift
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Forward Fold
Inhale Utkatasana -Correct Answer ✔Chair Pose (3-5B)
chair pose cues -Correct Answer ✔lift your torso up, bend your knees and sit back like
there is a chair behind you, shift your weight into your heels and reach your arms up
and rotate your pinkies in, sit lower into your chair. 2 more breaths here.
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Forward fold
Inhale Urdhva Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Halfway Lift
Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana -Correct Answer ✔High plank to mid plank
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Upward Facing Dog
Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Downward Facing Dog
Inhale -Correct Answer ✔Right leg high
Exhale -Correct Answer ✔Low Lunge (send your right foot to your right wrist)
Inhale Virabhadrasana 2 -Correct Answer ✔Warrior 2 (right foot forward)
Warrior 2 cues -Correct Answer ✔lift your chest up and square to the side, spin your
back heel down and angle it slightly forward, point your front foot forward and stack your
knee over your ankle, reach your arms in opposite directions, draw your shoulder
blades together and down your back.
Exhale Utthita Parsvakonsana -Correct Answer ✔Extended Side Angle
CorePower Yoga C1 Class
CorePower Yoga C1 Class Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers Graded A
2024
Exhale Balasana -Correct Answer ✔Child's Pose (2 min)
Child's Pose Cues -Correct Answer ✔1.Open your knees wide, bring big toes to touch
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
Exhale Ahdo Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Downward Facing Dog (1 min)
Downward Facing Dog Cues -Correct 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.
Transition from downward facing dog to ragdoll -Correct Answer ✔at the bottom of your
exhale , walk to the top of your mat
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Ragdoll (1 min)
Ragdoll cues -Correct 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.
Transition from Ragdoll to standing at attention -Correct Answer ✔Release your
fingertips to the mat and toe/heel your feet together- Inhale slowly roll up
Exhale Samasthiti -Correct Answer ✔Standing at Attention (3 breaths)
Standing at attention cues -Correct 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..
Inhale Tadasana -Correct Answer ✔Mountain Pose (3-5B)
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Mountain Pose Cues -Correct 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..
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Forward Fold
Forward fold cues -Correct Answer ✔Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up
and slowly descend your hands to your mat, relax your neck and gaze back.
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Halfway lift
Halfway lift cues -Correct Answer ✔place your fingers on your shins, lift your chest away
from your thighs, shift your weight forward, Draw your shoulder blades together and
down your back and lengthen the back of your neck and gaze down.
Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana -Correct Answer ✔High to mid plank Pose
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Upward Facing Dog
Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Downward Facing Dog (2-3 breaths
here)
Chatarunga demo -Correct 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.
Go through SUN A Twice through -Correct Answer ✔FLOW ONE BREATH TO ONE
MOVEMENT
-on the bottom of your exhale step to the top of your mat
-inhale mountain pose
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-exhale forward fold
-inhale halfway lift
-exhale chaturanga dandasana
-inhale upward facing dog
-exhale downward facing dog (2-3 breaths here) inhale..
Transition from Down Dog -Correct Answer ✔Inhale gaze toward your fingertips; Exhale
bend you knees and walk to the top of your mat
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Halfway Lift
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Forward Fold
Inhale Utkatasana -Correct Answer ✔Chair Pose (3-5B)
chair pose cues -Correct Answer ✔lift your torso up, bend your knees and sit back like
there is a chair behind you, shift your weight into your heels and reach your arms up
and rotate your pinkies in, sit lower into your chair. 2 more breaths here.
Exhale Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Forward fold
Inhale Urdhva Uttanasana -Correct Answer ✔Halfway Lift
Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana -Correct Answer ✔High plank to mid plank
Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Upward Facing Dog
Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana -Correct Answer ✔Downward Facing Dog
Inhale -Correct Answer ✔Right leg high
Exhale -Correct Answer ✔Low Lunge (send your right foot to your right wrist)
Inhale Virabhadrasana 2 -Correct Answer ✔Warrior 2 (right foot forward)
Warrior 2 cues -Correct Answer ✔lift your chest up and square to the side, spin your
back heel down and angle it slightly forward, point your front foot forward and stack your
knee over your ankle, reach your arms in opposite directions, draw your shoulder
blades together and down your back.
Exhale Utthita Parsvakonsana -Correct Answer ✔Extended Side Angle
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