UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
8 limbs of yoga - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Yamas, niyamas, asanas, pranayamas,
pratyahara, dharana, dhyana & samadhi.
Yamas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Restraints. How we interact with others.
Niyamas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Observances. How you interact with yourself.
Asanas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Postures with comfort and ease. Alert attention with
focused stability.
Pranayama - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Breath. Specifically the extension of energy through
the breath.
Pratyahara - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A withdrawal of the senses. Introspection.
Dharana - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Concentration.
Dhyana - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Meditation.
Samadi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Highest state of union. Absolute integration with all.
7 chakras - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Muladhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata,
vishuddha, ajna, sahasrara.
Muladhara - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Red - lam - base - material: food, shelter & safety.
, Svadhisthana - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Orange - vam - hips - doorway to relationships,
sexuality, creativity & desires.
Manipura - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Yellow - ram - solar plexus - ego & sense of self.
Anahata - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Green - yam - heart - selflessness, welfare of others,
hurt from others.
Vishuddha - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Blue - ham - throat - communication & self
expression.
Ajna - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Purple - Om - third eye - knowledge & intuition.
Sahasrara - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- White - (silent - nada) - crown - cosmic
consciousness.
Definition of yoga - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Attention with intention.
Samskara - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pattern or habits. (Good and bad - think "scar" on the
soul.)
Purpose of yoga - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Prepare the body for savasana.
Tool for discernment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sustained focus.
Strong yoga practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Practiced for a long time, continuously,
with conviction (faith) and depth (sustained attention - sthira & sukham).
Sthira - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alert attention. Focused stability.
Sukham - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ease and comfort.