NEW (2025) YOGA TEACHER
TRAINING 200 HOUR TEST
8 limbs of yoga - ANSWER Yamas, niyamas, asanas, pranayamas, pratyahara,
dharana, dhyana & samadhi.
Yamas - ANSWER Restraints. How we are with others.
Niyamas - ANSWER Observances. How you are with yourself.
Asanas - ANSWER Postures with ease and comfort. Vigilant awareness with
stable focus.
Pranayama - ANSWER Breath. More specifically the expansion of energy
through the breath.
Pratyahara - ANSWER A withdrawal of the senses. Self-reflection.
Dharana - ANSWER Concentration.
Dhyana - ANSWER Meditation.
Samadi - ANSWER Highest state of union. Absolute integration with all.
7 chakras - ANSWER Muladhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddha,
ajna, sahasrara.
Muladhara - ANSWER Red - lam - base - material: food, shelter & safety.
Svadhisthana - ANSWER Orange - vam - hips - doorway to relationships,
sexuality, creativity & desires.
, Manipura - ANSWER Yellow - ram - solar plexus - ego & sense of self.
Anahata - ANSWER Green - yam - heart - selflessness, welfare of others, hurt
from others.
Vishuddha - ANSWER Blue - ham - throat - communication & self expression.
Ajna - ANSWER Purple - Om - third eye - knowledge & intuition.
Sahasrara - ANSWER White - (silence - nada) - crown - cosmic awareness.
Definition of yoga - ANSWER Awareness with intention.
Samskara - ANSWER Habit or routine. (Good and evil - think "scar" on the
soul.)
Purpose of yoga - ANSWER Condition body for savasana.
Tool for discernment - ANSWER Concentrated attention.
Focused yoga practice - ANSWER Completed over a long duration,
consistently, with devotion and profundity (thorough attention - sthira &
sukham).
Sthira - ANSWER Lively attention. Focused stability.
Sukham - ANSWER Comfort and ease.
Om sounds and their meanings - ANSWER A - creation / U - preservation / M
- dissolution / Nada - unspoken song of the universe. Symbolizes the divine
assuming form.
5 yamas - ANSWER Ahimsa, satya, asteya, brahmacarya, aparigraha
TRAINING 200 HOUR TEST
8 limbs of yoga - ANSWER Yamas, niyamas, asanas, pranayamas, pratyahara,
dharana, dhyana & samadhi.
Yamas - ANSWER Restraints. How we are with others.
Niyamas - ANSWER Observances. How you are with yourself.
Asanas - ANSWER Postures with ease and comfort. Vigilant awareness with
stable focus.
Pranayama - ANSWER Breath. More specifically the expansion of energy
through the breath.
Pratyahara - ANSWER A withdrawal of the senses. Self-reflection.
Dharana - ANSWER Concentration.
Dhyana - ANSWER Meditation.
Samadi - ANSWER Highest state of union. Absolute integration with all.
7 chakras - ANSWER Muladhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddha,
ajna, sahasrara.
Muladhara - ANSWER Red - lam - base - material: food, shelter & safety.
Svadhisthana - ANSWER Orange - vam - hips - doorway to relationships,
sexuality, creativity & desires.
, Manipura - ANSWER Yellow - ram - solar plexus - ego & sense of self.
Anahata - ANSWER Green - yam - heart - selflessness, welfare of others, hurt
from others.
Vishuddha - ANSWER Blue - ham - throat - communication & self expression.
Ajna - ANSWER Purple - Om - third eye - knowledge & intuition.
Sahasrara - ANSWER White - (silence - nada) - crown - cosmic awareness.
Definition of yoga - ANSWER Awareness with intention.
Samskara - ANSWER Habit or routine. (Good and evil - think "scar" on the
soul.)
Purpose of yoga - ANSWER Condition body for savasana.
Tool for discernment - ANSWER Concentrated attention.
Focused yoga practice - ANSWER Completed over a long duration,
consistently, with devotion and profundity (thorough attention - sthira &
sukham).
Sthira - ANSWER Lively attention. Focused stability.
Sukham - ANSWER Comfort and ease.
Om sounds and their meanings - ANSWER A - creation / U - preservation / M
- dissolution / Nada - unspoken song of the universe. Symbolizes the divine
assuming form.
5 yamas - ANSWER Ahimsa, satya, asteya, brahmacarya, aparigraha
