200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Final
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What year did yoga come to the U.S.?
A. 1585
B. 1700
C.1893
D.1920 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. 1893
List three of the Eight Limbs of Yoga - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Niyama, Yama, Asana,
Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
The Bhagavad Gita came to influence what movement in the 1800s? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David
The first U.S. yoga magazine published was called?
A. Light on Yoga
B. Yoga Journal
C. Pathways of the 8 Limbs
D. Hatha Life - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. Yoga Journal
True or False - Indira Devi was a successful bookstore owner prior to finding yoga. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
In what city did Krishnamacharya ask Indira Devi to open a Mysore school? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Shanghi
True or False - the main character in the Bhagavad Gita is Iyengar. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
,Krishnamacharya & Prince Arjuna
Name the three yogic paths: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jhana
Yoga
Who wrote The Yoga Sutras? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Patanjali
What does "Chitta Vritti Nirodha" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "Yoga is the stilling or
controlling of the modifications or fluctuations of the mind"
Name one of the highest revered mantras in Hinduism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gayatri
mantra - The Gayatri mantra is highly revered in every word, found in the Rig Veda. Goddess
Gayatri is also called "Veda-Mata" or Mother Vedas - Rig, Yajur, Saam, and Atharva -
because they are the very foundation of the Vedas.
What does the word "yoga" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To Yoke or to link, connect,
or join with.
Vinyasa classes are broken up into segments called ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Rounds
How many postures should be in a puttering? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3-5
Which round builds the groundwork for your series? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Round 1
SUN A/SUN A variations" go between puttering and Down Dog Warm Up. True or False? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
How many postures at least should be flowed to create "Krama" in Round 2? Also, explain
what is "Krama flow" : - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3 postures
Krama is one breath per movement
, List specifically where your "Dharma Talk" goes in a Vinyasa Krama class. Also, should you
have, music on during your Dharma Talk? Do your breathe together with your students before
or after your Dharma Talk? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Centering & breathing and no music
during Dharma talk, music comes on after breath work. Breath together after Dharma Talk.
How many rounds of breathwork do you take with your students? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 3
Which round is the MEAT of the practice? The longest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Round
2
Where do you put a peak pose demo in the structure of your class? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- After Round 2
What is the breath Sandwich? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Guiding into a posture
Breathing (inhale, exhale to stay) --> Nuggets --> Inhale, Exhale out of pose
What is the rule of thumb for structuring a pose? When should you use the Breath Sandwich?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "Start from the bottom now we're here" and when you are
setting up a posture.
How many postures should you ADD ON in Round 2? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 5-8
The hardest variation of a pose should be taught first. True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
List a few ways to make your class tell a cohesive story. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Mudras, related cues, Dharma Talks, Transitions, Baby variations, Through poses,
Atmosphere, and breathing.
Should you count 3 leg Dog-knee to nose-step thru to lunge as a "posture"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- NO
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What year did yoga come to the U.S.?
A. 1585
B. 1700
C.1893
D.1920 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. 1893
List three of the Eight Limbs of Yoga - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Niyama, Yama, Asana,
Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
The Bhagavad Gita came to influence what movement in the 1800s? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David
The first U.S. yoga magazine published was called?
A. Light on Yoga
B. Yoga Journal
C. Pathways of the 8 Limbs
D. Hatha Life - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. Yoga Journal
True or False - Indira Devi was a successful bookstore owner prior to finding yoga. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
In what city did Krishnamacharya ask Indira Devi to open a Mysore school? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Shanghi
True or False - the main character in the Bhagavad Gita is Iyengar. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
,Krishnamacharya & Prince Arjuna
Name the three yogic paths: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jhana
Yoga
Who wrote The Yoga Sutras? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Patanjali
What does "Chitta Vritti Nirodha" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "Yoga is the stilling or
controlling of the modifications or fluctuations of the mind"
Name one of the highest revered mantras in Hinduism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gayatri
mantra - The Gayatri mantra is highly revered in every word, found in the Rig Veda. Goddess
Gayatri is also called "Veda-Mata" or Mother Vedas - Rig, Yajur, Saam, and Atharva -
because they are the very foundation of the Vedas.
What does the word "yoga" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To Yoke or to link, connect,
or join with.
Vinyasa classes are broken up into segments called ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Rounds
How many postures should be in a puttering? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3-5
Which round builds the groundwork for your series? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Round 1
SUN A/SUN A variations" go between puttering and Down Dog Warm Up. True or False? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
How many postures at least should be flowed to create "Krama" in Round 2? Also, explain
what is "Krama flow" : - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3 postures
Krama is one breath per movement
, List specifically where your "Dharma Talk" goes in a Vinyasa Krama class. Also, should you
have, music on during your Dharma Talk? Do your breathe together with your students before
or after your Dharma Talk? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Centering & breathing and no music
during Dharma talk, music comes on after breath work. Breath together after Dharma Talk.
How many rounds of breathwork do you take with your students? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 3
Which round is the MEAT of the practice? The longest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Round
2
Where do you put a peak pose demo in the structure of your class? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- After Round 2
What is the breath Sandwich? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Guiding into a posture
Breathing (inhale, exhale to stay) --> Nuggets --> Inhale, Exhale out of pose
What is the rule of thumb for structuring a pose? When should you use the Breath Sandwich?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "Start from the bottom now we're here" and when you are
setting up a posture.
How many postures should you ADD ON in Round 2? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 5-8
The hardest variation of a pose should be taught first. True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
List a few ways to make your class tell a cohesive story. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Mudras, related cues, Dharma Talks, Transitions, Baby variations, Through poses,
Atmosphere, and breathing.
Should you count 3 leg Dog-knee to nose-step thru to lunge as a "posture"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- NO
