200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What year did yoga come to the U.S.?
A. 1585
B. 1700
C.1893
D.1920 - ✔✔C. 1893
List three of the Eight Limbs of Yoga - ✔✔Niyama, Yama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara,
Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
The Bhagavad Gita came to influence what movement in the 1800s? - ✔✔Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David
The first U.S. yoga magazine published was called?
A. Light on Yoga
B. Yoga Journal
C. Pathways of the 8 Limbs
D. Hatha Life - ✔✔B. Yoga Journal
True or False - Indira Devi was a successful bookstore owner prior to finding yoga. - ✔✔False
In what city did Krishnamacharya ask Indira Devi to open a Mysore school? - ✔✔Shanghi
,True or False - the main character in the Bhagavad Gita is Iyengar. - ✔✔False
Krishnamacharya & Prince Arjuna
Name the three yogic paths: - ✔✔Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jhana Yoga
Who wrote The Yoga Sutras? - ✔✔Patanjali
What does "Chitta Vritti Nirodha" mean? - ✔✔"Yoga is the stilling or controlling of the
modifications or fluctuations of the mind"
Name one of the highest revered mantras in Hinduism. - ✔✔Gayatri mantra - The Gayatri
mantra is highly revered in every word, found in the Rig Veda. Goddess Gayatri is also called
"Veda-Mata" or Mother Vedas - Rig, Yajur, Saam, and Atharva - because they are the very
foundation of the Vedas.
What does the word "yoga" mean? - ✔✔To Yoke or to link, connect, or join with.
Vinyasa classes are broken up into segments called ______. - ✔✔Rounds
How many postures should be in a puttering? - ✔✔3-5
Which round builds the groundwork for your series? - ✔✔Round 1
SUN A/SUN A variations" go between puttering and Down Dog Warm Up. True or False? -
✔✔False
,How many postures at least should be flowed to create "Krama" in Round 2? Also, explain what
is "Krama flow" : - ✔✔3 postures
Krama is one breath per movement
List specifically where your "Dharma Talk" goes in a Vinyasa Krama class. Also, should you have,
music on during your Dharma Talk? Do your breathe together with your students before or after
your Dharma Talk? - ✔✔Centering & breathing and no music during Dharma talk, music comes
on after breath work. Breath together after Dharma Talk.
How many rounds of breathwork do you take with your students? - ✔✔3
Which round is the MEAT of the practice? The longest? - ✔✔Round 2
Where do you put a peak pose demo in the structure of your class? - ✔✔After Round 2
What is the breath Sandwich? - ✔✔Guiding into a posture
Breathing (inhale, exhale to stay) --> Nuggets --> Inhale, Exhale out of pose
What is the rule of thumb for structuring a pose? When should you use the Breath Sandwich? -
✔✔"Start from the bottom now we're here" and when you are setting up a posture.
How many postures should you ADD ON in Round 2? - ✔✔5-8
The hardest variation of a pose should be taught first. True or False? - ✔✔False
List a few ways to make your class tell a cohesive story. - ✔✔Mudras, related cues, Dharma
Talks, Transitions, Baby variations, Through poses, Atmosphere, and breathing.
, Should you count 3 leg Dog-knee to nose-step thru to lunge as a "posture"? - ✔✔NO
Hi Lunge is a good choice for Down Dog Warm Up. True or False? - ✔✔False - standing rounds
Bound Side Angle pose works well in Round 1. True or False? - ✔✔False - Side angle prep
If my peak pose is grasshopper, list prep poses that would be necessary to set up the student for
success and prep the body? - ✔✔Crow, curtsy, side plank or modify side plank, twisted lunge or
horizon lunge, side angle, triangle, standing split
You and your students are groovin' and flowin' through some spinal balance crunches as you
warm up. But, you're about to head to something new. How could you let your students know
that a change is coming?
- Vary the tone of your voice
- Use a cue like "Last one!"
- Exhale them to crunch and then say "HOLD" before cueing your next move
- All of the above - ✔✔- All of the Above
Below are two examples of verbal cues. What example would be the better option?
- "From your warrior 2 take your left arm and drop it behind you. Now lift your right arm to the
sky. Feel the side body stretch. Reverse Warrior."
- "Inhale Reverse Warrior: left arm drops back, right arm sweeps high. Exhale here to stay. Feel
the stretch in your side body." - ✔✔- "Inhale Reverse Warrior: left arm drops back, right arm
sweeps high. Exhale here to stay. Feel the stretch in your side body."
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What year did yoga come to the U.S.?
A. 1585
B. 1700
C.1893
D.1920 - ✔✔C. 1893
List three of the Eight Limbs of Yoga - ✔✔Niyama, Yama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara,
Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
The Bhagavad Gita came to influence what movement in the 1800s? - ✔✔Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David
The first U.S. yoga magazine published was called?
A. Light on Yoga
B. Yoga Journal
C. Pathways of the 8 Limbs
D. Hatha Life - ✔✔B. Yoga Journal
True or False - Indira Devi was a successful bookstore owner prior to finding yoga. - ✔✔False
In what city did Krishnamacharya ask Indira Devi to open a Mysore school? - ✔✔Shanghi
,True or False - the main character in the Bhagavad Gita is Iyengar. - ✔✔False
Krishnamacharya & Prince Arjuna
Name the three yogic paths: - ✔✔Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jhana Yoga
Who wrote The Yoga Sutras? - ✔✔Patanjali
What does "Chitta Vritti Nirodha" mean? - ✔✔"Yoga is the stilling or controlling of the
modifications or fluctuations of the mind"
Name one of the highest revered mantras in Hinduism. - ✔✔Gayatri mantra - The Gayatri
mantra is highly revered in every word, found in the Rig Veda. Goddess Gayatri is also called
"Veda-Mata" or Mother Vedas - Rig, Yajur, Saam, and Atharva - because they are the very
foundation of the Vedas.
What does the word "yoga" mean? - ✔✔To Yoke or to link, connect, or join with.
Vinyasa classes are broken up into segments called ______. - ✔✔Rounds
How many postures should be in a puttering? - ✔✔3-5
Which round builds the groundwork for your series? - ✔✔Round 1
SUN A/SUN A variations" go between puttering and Down Dog Warm Up. True or False? -
✔✔False
,How many postures at least should be flowed to create "Krama" in Round 2? Also, explain what
is "Krama flow" : - ✔✔3 postures
Krama is one breath per movement
List specifically where your "Dharma Talk" goes in a Vinyasa Krama class. Also, should you have,
music on during your Dharma Talk? Do your breathe together with your students before or after
your Dharma Talk? - ✔✔Centering & breathing and no music during Dharma talk, music comes
on after breath work. Breath together after Dharma Talk.
How many rounds of breathwork do you take with your students? - ✔✔3
Which round is the MEAT of the practice? The longest? - ✔✔Round 2
Where do you put a peak pose demo in the structure of your class? - ✔✔After Round 2
What is the breath Sandwich? - ✔✔Guiding into a posture
Breathing (inhale, exhale to stay) --> Nuggets --> Inhale, Exhale out of pose
What is the rule of thumb for structuring a pose? When should you use the Breath Sandwich? -
✔✔"Start from the bottom now we're here" and when you are setting up a posture.
How many postures should you ADD ON in Round 2? - ✔✔5-8
The hardest variation of a pose should be taught first. True or False? - ✔✔False
List a few ways to make your class tell a cohesive story. - ✔✔Mudras, related cues, Dharma
Talks, Transitions, Baby variations, Through poses, Atmosphere, and breathing.
, Should you count 3 leg Dog-knee to nose-step thru to lunge as a "posture"? - ✔✔NO
Hi Lunge is a good choice for Down Dog Warm Up. True or False? - ✔✔False - standing rounds
Bound Side Angle pose works well in Round 1. True or False? - ✔✔False - Side angle prep
If my peak pose is grasshopper, list prep poses that would be necessary to set up the student for
success and prep the body? - ✔✔Crow, curtsy, side plank or modify side plank, twisted lunge or
horizon lunge, side angle, triangle, standing split
You and your students are groovin' and flowin' through some spinal balance crunches as you
warm up. But, you're about to head to something new. How could you let your students know
that a change is coming?
- Vary the tone of your voice
- Use a cue like "Last one!"
- Exhale them to crunch and then say "HOLD" before cueing your next move
- All of the above - ✔✔- All of the Above
Below are two examples of verbal cues. What example would be the better option?
- "From your warrior 2 take your left arm and drop it behind you. Now lift your right arm to the
sky. Feel the side body stretch. Reverse Warrior."
- "Inhale Reverse Warrior: left arm drops back, right arm sweeps high. Exhale here to stay. Feel
the stretch in your side body." - ✔✔- "Inhale Reverse Warrior: left arm drops back, right arm
sweeps high. Exhale here to stay. Feel the stretch in your side body."
