CORE POWER YOGA TESTS EXAM 2026 FINAL
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Child's Pose Cues. Answer: 1.Open your knees wide, bring big toes
to touch
2. reach your arms forward
3. rest your forehead on your mat
4. bring your hips toward you heels
Introduce ujjayi breathing, set intention for class
◉ Exhale Ahdo Mukha Svanasana. Answer: Downward Facing Dog (1
min)
◉ Downward Facing Dog Cues. Answer: Step your feet hip width
distance apart, place your hands shoulder width distance apart,
send your hips up and back, spread your fingers wide and press your
thumbs into the mat.
◉ Transition from downward facing dog to ragdoll. Answer: at the
bottom of your exhale , walk to the top of your mat
,◉ Exhale Uttanasana. Answer: Ragdoll (1 min)
◉ Ragdoll cues. Answer: step your feet hip width distance apart,
hang your torso over your thighs, place a small bend in your knees,
grab for opposite elbows and relax your neck. option to shake your
yes and no, option to interlace your hands behind your neck.
◉ Transition from Ragdoll to standing at attention. Answer: Release
your fingertips to the mat and toe/heel your feet together- Inhale
slowly roll up
◉ Exhale Samasthiti. Answer: Standing at Attention (3 breaths)
◉ Standing at attention cues. Answer: Once you have arrived
standing bring your big toes to touch and your hands to heart center.
Press into the four corners of your feet and draw your shoulder
blades together and down your back. Option to close your eyes while
taking three deep breaths here. Inhale through your nose, exhale out
your mouth..inhale......exhale......, one more makes this your deepest
breath of the day, inhale... exhale... excellent..
◉ Inhale Tadasana. Answer: Mountain Pose (3-5B)
◉ Mountain Pose Cues. Answer: reach your arms up to the ceiling
and rotate your pinkies in, gaze forward, press through the four
,corners of your feet, engage your abdominals and re-engage your
legs. engage your ujjayi breath here for 3 to 5 breaths. inhale
through your nose, exhale right back through your nose,
inhale...exhale... two more on your own..
◉ Exhale Uttanasana. Answer: Forward Fold
◉ Forward fold cues. Answer: Hinge from your hips and draw your
tailbone up and slowly descend your hands to your mat, relax your
neck and gaze back.
◉ Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana. Answer: Halfway lift
◉ Halfway lift cues. Answer: place your fingers on your shins, lift
your chest away from your thighs, shift your weight forward, Draw
your shoulder blades together and down your back and lengthen the
back of your neck and gaze down.
◉ Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana. Answer: High to mid plank Pose
◉ Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana. Answer: Upward Facing Dog
◉ Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana. Answer: Downward Facing Dog
(2-3 breaths here)
, ◉ Chatarunga demo. Answer: For high to mid plank pose: plant your
hands on your mat in front of you and step your feet back and bring
them hip-width distance apart. stack your wrists over your
shoulders and bring your hips in line with your heels and shoulders,
lengthen your neck and gaze down. Engage your core and your legs.
Then shift your weight forward and Pull your elbows into your side
bodies and bend your elbows 90 degrees, engage your abdominals
and lengthen the back of your neck and gaze down
for Upward facing dog:
bring the tops of your feet to the mat and straighten your arms and
stack shoulders over wrists, spread your fingers wide and press into
your mat, open and pull your chest forward and lift your knees and
thighs off your mat.
Flip your feet and go back to downward facing dog.
◉ Go through SUN A Twice through. Answer: FLOW ONE BREATH
TO ONE MOVEMENT
-on the bottom of your exhale step to the top of your mat
-inhale mountain pose
-exhale forward fold
-inhale halfway lift
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Child's Pose Cues. Answer: 1.Open your knees wide, bring big toes
to touch
2. reach your arms forward
3. rest your forehead on your mat
4. bring your hips toward you heels
Introduce ujjayi breathing, set intention for class
◉ Exhale Ahdo Mukha Svanasana. Answer: Downward Facing Dog (1
min)
◉ Downward Facing Dog Cues. Answer: Step your feet hip width
distance apart, place your hands shoulder width distance apart,
send your hips up and back, spread your fingers wide and press your
thumbs into the mat.
◉ Transition from downward facing dog to ragdoll. Answer: at the
bottom of your exhale , walk to the top of your mat
,◉ Exhale Uttanasana. Answer: Ragdoll (1 min)
◉ Ragdoll cues. Answer: step your feet hip width distance apart,
hang your torso over your thighs, place a small bend in your knees,
grab for opposite elbows and relax your neck. option to shake your
yes and no, option to interlace your hands behind your neck.
◉ Transition from Ragdoll to standing at attention. Answer: Release
your fingertips to the mat and toe/heel your feet together- Inhale
slowly roll up
◉ Exhale Samasthiti. Answer: Standing at Attention (3 breaths)
◉ Standing at attention cues. Answer: Once you have arrived
standing bring your big toes to touch and your hands to heart center.
Press into the four corners of your feet and draw your shoulder
blades together and down your back. Option to close your eyes while
taking three deep breaths here. Inhale through your nose, exhale out
your mouth..inhale......exhale......, one more makes this your deepest
breath of the day, inhale... exhale... excellent..
◉ Inhale Tadasana. Answer: Mountain Pose (3-5B)
◉ Mountain Pose Cues. Answer: reach your arms up to the ceiling
and rotate your pinkies in, gaze forward, press through the four
,corners of your feet, engage your abdominals and re-engage your
legs. engage your ujjayi breath here for 3 to 5 breaths. inhale
through your nose, exhale right back through your nose,
inhale...exhale... two more on your own..
◉ Exhale Uttanasana. Answer: Forward Fold
◉ Forward fold cues. Answer: Hinge from your hips and draw your
tailbone up and slowly descend your hands to your mat, relax your
neck and gaze back.
◉ Inhale Urdhva Mukha Uttanasana. Answer: Halfway lift
◉ Halfway lift cues. Answer: place your fingers on your shins, lift
your chest away from your thighs, shift your weight forward, Draw
your shoulder blades together and down your back and lengthen the
back of your neck and gaze down.
◉ Exhale Chaturanga Dandasana. Answer: High to mid plank Pose
◉ Inhale Urdhva Mukha Svanasana. Answer: Upward Facing Dog
◉ Exhale Adho Mukha Svanasana. Answer: Downward Facing Dog
(2-3 breaths here)
, ◉ Chatarunga demo. Answer: For high to mid plank pose: plant your
hands on your mat in front of you and step your feet back and bring
them hip-width distance apart. stack your wrists over your
shoulders and bring your hips in line with your heels and shoulders,
lengthen your neck and gaze down. Engage your core and your legs.
Then shift your weight forward and Pull your elbows into your side
bodies and bend your elbows 90 degrees, engage your abdominals
and lengthen the back of your neck and gaze down
for Upward facing dog:
bring the tops of your feet to the mat and straighten your arms and
stack shoulders over wrists, spread your fingers wide and press into
your mat, open and pull your chest forward and lift your knees and
thighs off your mat.
Flip your feet and go back to downward facing dog.
◉ Go through SUN A Twice through. Answer: FLOW ONE BREATH
TO ONE MOVEMENT
-on the bottom of your exhale step to the top of your mat
-inhale mountain pose
-exhale forward fold
-inhale halfway lift
