ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
3 Principles of Yin - CORRECT ANSWER - Come into the pose, find your edge, hold
How many lines of energy? - CORRECT ANSWER -2
Core verbal adjustment for standing postures? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rooted feet, tailbone
down, naval in, soften shoulders
Chapter 1 in Yoga Sutras - CORRECT ANSWER - Samadhi Pada - Concentration
Chapter 2 in Yoga Sutras - CORRECT ANSWER - Sadhana Pada - Practices
Chapter 3 in Yoga Sutras - CORRECT ANSWER - Vibhuti Pada - Progressing
Chapter 4 in Yoga Sutras - CORRECT ANSWER - Kaivalya Pada - Liberation
What is the second sutra? - CORRECT ANSWER - Citta Vrtti Nirodha - Stillness of the mind
What are the 4 bandha locks? - CORRECT ANSWER - mula bandha
uddiyana bandha
jalandhara banda
maha banda
What are the kleshas? - CORRECT ANSWER - afflictions, mental states that cloud the
, mind and manifest in unwholesome actions.
What are the gunas? - CORRECT ANSWER - "what binds", we perceive wrongly and
this keeps us in bondage in the external world.
What are the three aspects of pranayama? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inhalation, exhalation &
transitions (space in-between)
Sattva (guna) - CORRECT ANSWER - Intelligence, impart balance
Rajas (guna) - CORRECT ANSWER - Energy, causes imbalance
Tamas (guna) - CORRECT ANSWER - Substance, creates inertia
Avidya (klesha) - CORRECT ANSWER - ignorance
Asmita (klesha) - CORRECT ANSWER - ego
Raga (klesha) - CORRECT ANSWER - attachment
Dvesa (klesha) - CORRECT ANSWER - Aversion
Ashinivesah (klesha) - CORRECT ANSWER - Fear of death
Yama - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal restraints
Niyama - CORRECT ANSWER - Observances