Yoga Teacher Training Questions And Answers, Graded A+/ Verified.

YOGA TEACHER TRAINING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. Where and when did yoga originate? - -North India, 5000 years ago, or more Who is the father of yoga asana? - -Krishnamacharya. In 1930, Krishnamacharya received financial backing and set up classes in gymnasium at the Sanksrit College with the goal of introducing the power of yoga to as many students as possible. The students were more interested in building strength and fitness than building a spiritual practice so Krishnamacharya created sequences that focused on athleticism and incorporating the power of the breath. Who brought yoga to the west? Under what circumstances? - -1893 by Swami Vivekananda spoke passionately about raja yoga at the first Parliament of World Religions held that year in Chicago. He lectured extensively for another two years in European cities and then returning to India. When he came back to the US in 1899, he set up the New York Vedanta Society, a community dedicated to the four branches of yoga practice: bhakti, karma, jnana, and raja. Who were the four students who greatly impacted yoga as we know it? - -Pattabhi Jois - Ashtanga yoga, Indra Devi- Sai Yoga, B.K.S iyengar - body alignment, T.K.V Desikachar - Viniyoga In what period of yoga history was the Bhagavad Gita written? - -composed around 500 B.C. during the Preclassical Yoga Period What is the message of this poetic work? - -Its central teachings is to be alive means to be active and if we want to avoid difficulties for ourselves and others, our actions must be benign and also beyond the grip of the ego. A simple matter of how to accomplish the daily life. What four path are declared for the pure heart? - -bhakti, karma, jnana, and meditation What Greater Epic is the Bhagavad Gita taken from? - -Upanishads