YOGA TEACHER TRAINING FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
5 Koshas
Sheaths: Anamayakosha, Pranamayakosha, Manomayakosha, Vjnanamayakosha,
Anandamayakosha
Annamaya kosha
Anna means food the outermost of the koshas is called the sheath of food
Pranamaya kosha
Prana means energy.
Manamaya kosha
Mana means mind.
Vijnanamaya kosha
Vijnana means knowing
Anandamaya kosha
Ananda means bliss
3 Gunas
Rajas, tamas, sattva
6 types of joints
ball & socket, hinge, ellipsoidal, saddle (elbow), pivot, gliding,
4 movements of shoulders
protraction, retration, elevation, depression
prana
the life energy that rides the breath
Pancha Vayu
5 winds/ 5 directions of the breath
5 directions of the breath
pranavayu, apanavayu, vyanavayu, samanavayu, udana vayu
pranavayu
inhale, upward, lifting
apanavayu
exhale, grounding, stability
vyanavayu
flow of prana out to extremities
Samanavayu
contracting to the core, digestive fire
udanavayu
special pathway that moves up to top chakra (sahasrara)
chakras
muladara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, visuddha, anjana, sahasrara
Tibialis Anterior
dorsiflexion of foot, inversion
peroneus longus
plantarflexions, eversion
Atha
now
, shastras
holy teachings: Upanishads, Gita, Mahabarata
samadhi
a mind that is well placed is placed in samadhi, absorbed
chitta vritta
turnings of the mind
dharma
duty or nature, essential quality
Chittaya Dharmi
Conditions of the mind:
Ksipta/tossed, mudam/sleepy/dull, viskiptam/sometimes distracted,
ekagman/onepointedfocus, nirudham/still/stopped/resting
ksipta
tossed mind
mudam
dull mind
viskiptam
sometimes distracted
ekagman
one pointed
nirudham
still, stopped, at rest
prakriti
nature
purusha
consciousness
8 major joints (Grilley)
wrist/forearm, elbow, shoulder, neck, lumbar spine, pelvis, knee, ankle
clavicle and scapula move together
remember this
savikalpa samadhi
samadhi with an object of meditation
karma
actions or the results of actions
avidya
ignorance
ahmisa
non violence to self or others (1 of 5 yamas)
satya
truth (1 of 5 yamas)
asteya
non stealing (1 of 5 yamas)
brahmacharya
chastity, non-sensuality (1 of 5 yamas)
aparigraha
non-coveting (1 of 5 yamas)
Yama
right living (external)
Niyama
restraints (internal)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
5 Koshas
Sheaths: Anamayakosha, Pranamayakosha, Manomayakosha, Vjnanamayakosha,
Anandamayakosha
Annamaya kosha
Anna means food the outermost of the koshas is called the sheath of food
Pranamaya kosha
Prana means energy.
Manamaya kosha
Mana means mind.
Vijnanamaya kosha
Vijnana means knowing
Anandamaya kosha
Ananda means bliss
3 Gunas
Rajas, tamas, sattva
6 types of joints
ball & socket, hinge, ellipsoidal, saddle (elbow), pivot, gliding,
4 movements of shoulders
protraction, retration, elevation, depression
prana
the life energy that rides the breath
Pancha Vayu
5 winds/ 5 directions of the breath
5 directions of the breath
pranavayu, apanavayu, vyanavayu, samanavayu, udana vayu
pranavayu
inhale, upward, lifting
apanavayu
exhale, grounding, stability
vyanavayu
flow of prana out to extremities
Samanavayu
contracting to the core, digestive fire
udanavayu
special pathway that moves up to top chakra (sahasrara)
chakras
muladara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, visuddha, anjana, sahasrara
Tibialis Anterior
dorsiflexion of foot, inversion
peroneus longus
plantarflexions, eversion
Atha
now
, shastras
holy teachings: Upanishads, Gita, Mahabarata
samadhi
a mind that is well placed is placed in samadhi, absorbed
chitta vritta
turnings of the mind
dharma
duty or nature, essential quality
Chittaya Dharmi
Conditions of the mind:
Ksipta/tossed, mudam/sleepy/dull, viskiptam/sometimes distracted,
ekagman/onepointedfocus, nirudham/still/stopped/resting
ksipta
tossed mind
mudam
dull mind
viskiptam
sometimes distracted
ekagman
one pointed
nirudham
still, stopped, at rest
prakriti
nature
purusha
consciousness
8 major joints (Grilley)
wrist/forearm, elbow, shoulder, neck, lumbar spine, pelvis, knee, ankle
clavicle and scapula move together
remember this
savikalpa samadhi
samadhi with an object of meditation
karma
actions or the results of actions
avidya
ignorance
ahmisa
non violence to self or others (1 of 5 yamas)
satya
truth (1 of 5 yamas)
asteya
non stealing (1 of 5 yamas)
brahmacharya
chastity, non-sensuality (1 of 5 yamas)
aparigraha
non-coveting (1 of 5 yamas)
Yama
right living (external)
Niyama
restraints (internal)
