COREPOWER YOGA TT EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Name 4 things pregnant students should avoid in C1. - ✔✔1. Compressions of belly
2. Twisting postures closing off the pelvis
3. Lying on belly
4. Jumping forward
✔✔Where do you bend in prasarita? - ✔✔hips
✔✔Why is core series specifically where it is in C1 sequence? - ✔✔Rest arms and legs,
prepare for deep twists with core focused activation, prepare for inversions, connect
with students face to face.
✔✔How do you cue warrior one? - ✔✔-Spin your back heel down, glue your heel down
with your foot pointing towards the top corner of your mat
-lift your chest & stack your shoulders over hips
- reach your arms up and rotate palms in
✔✔What is importance of ujjayi pranayama? - ✔✔This type of breath slows and
smoothes the flow of breathes. It increases the breath capacity, which provides more
energy for any given person.
✔✔What is uddiyana bandha? - ✔✔An energetic lock that keeps life energy at the
center of the body. Also known as abdominal lock.
✔✔What is difference in tempo of sun A/B slow versus flow? - ✔✔The first flow consists
of 2-3 breaths per postures as you teach using 3 or more cues, the 2nd and 3rd flow is
one breath to one movement
✔✔Know modifications for chaturanga, crescent lunge, side plank, updog. -
✔✔Chaturanga: drop your knees, hold high plank
Crescent Lunge: drop your back knee, hands to heart center
Side Plank: drop your bottom knee, place your top foot flat to the floor, bring your gaze
down
Upward Facing Dog: stay in high plank
✔✔What is the action in tree pose that creates balance and stability? - ✔✔compression
between the foot and leg
✔✔What is pregnancy modification for uttkatasana and prayer twist? - ✔✔-hands at
heart center
-hold chair pose
-vertical twist
, ✔✔Who is Krishnamacharya? - ✔✔he was a Brahmin known as the father of modern
yoga and was the teacher of many teachers of different styles of yoga that we practice
today (BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois of Ashtanga Yoga, Indra Devi, and his son)
✔✔Know 8 limbs of yoga in order, English first and then Sanskrit. - ✔✔Yama- restraints
Niyama- observances
Asana- seat
Pranayama- life force
Pratyahara- withdrawl from the senses
Dharana- focus
Dhyana- meditation
Samadhi- equilibrium of the mind
✔✔Know Yamas and niyamas, English and Sanskrit. - ✔✔YAMAS
Ahimsa: nonviolence
Satya: truthfulness
Asteya: non-stealing
Brahmacharya: non-excess (often interpreted as celibacy)
Aparigraha: non-possessiveness, non-greed.
NIYAMAS
Saucha: purity
Santosha: contentment
Tapas: self-discipline, training your senses
Svadhyaya: self-study, inner exploration
Ishvara Pranidhana: surrender (to God
✔✔Why are yamas and niyamas important for teachers to know? - ✔✔The yamas and
niyamas are the moral backbones of yoga. They offer a way to live the spiritual yoga
outside of the studio, and provide a way teachers can set an example of the yoga
lifestyle to their students.
✔✔Know 2 adjusts for downdog. - ✔✔- hands at hip crease & pull back
-hands at lower back/sacrum & push up and back
✔✔What are the four types of assists? - ✔✔Verbal, Directional, Physical, Demonstation
✔✔How do you enter a student's personal space when adjusting/assisting? - ✔✔enter
with confidence and focus on the student you are going to adjust. also by rubbing your
hands together to not only warm them but let them know you are about to enter their
space.
✔✔Why is it important to assist and adjust? - ✔✔Helps you become a better teacher
and understand student' bodies as well as the intricacies of alignment
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Name 4 things pregnant students should avoid in C1. - ✔✔1. Compressions of belly
2. Twisting postures closing off the pelvis
3. Lying on belly
4. Jumping forward
✔✔Where do you bend in prasarita? - ✔✔hips
✔✔Why is core series specifically where it is in C1 sequence? - ✔✔Rest arms and legs,
prepare for deep twists with core focused activation, prepare for inversions, connect
with students face to face.
✔✔How do you cue warrior one? - ✔✔-Spin your back heel down, glue your heel down
with your foot pointing towards the top corner of your mat
-lift your chest & stack your shoulders over hips
- reach your arms up and rotate palms in
✔✔What is importance of ujjayi pranayama? - ✔✔This type of breath slows and
smoothes the flow of breathes. It increases the breath capacity, which provides more
energy for any given person.
✔✔What is uddiyana bandha? - ✔✔An energetic lock that keeps life energy at the
center of the body. Also known as abdominal lock.
✔✔What is difference in tempo of sun A/B slow versus flow? - ✔✔The first flow consists
of 2-3 breaths per postures as you teach using 3 or more cues, the 2nd and 3rd flow is
one breath to one movement
✔✔Know modifications for chaturanga, crescent lunge, side plank, updog. -
✔✔Chaturanga: drop your knees, hold high plank
Crescent Lunge: drop your back knee, hands to heart center
Side Plank: drop your bottom knee, place your top foot flat to the floor, bring your gaze
down
Upward Facing Dog: stay in high plank
✔✔What is the action in tree pose that creates balance and stability? - ✔✔compression
between the foot and leg
✔✔What is pregnancy modification for uttkatasana and prayer twist? - ✔✔-hands at
heart center
-hold chair pose
-vertical twist
, ✔✔Who is Krishnamacharya? - ✔✔he was a Brahmin known as the father of modern
yoga and was the teacher of many teachers of different styles of yoga that we practice
today (BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois of Ashtanga Yoga, Indra Devi, and his son)
✔✔Know 8 limbs of yoga in order, English first and then Sanskrit. - ✔✔Yama- restraints
Niyama- observances
Asana- seat
Pranayama- life force
Pratyahara- withdrawl from the senses
Dharana- focus
Dhyana- meditation
Samadhi- equilibrium of the mind
✔✔Know Yamas and niyamas, English and Sanskrit. - ✔✔YAMAS
Ahimsa: nonviolence
Satya: truthfulness
Asteya: non-stealing
Brahmacharya: non-excess (often interpreted as celibacy)
Aparigraha: non-possessiveness, non-greed.
NIYAMAS
Saucha: purity
Santosha: contentment
Tapas: self-discipline, training your senses
Svadhyaya: self-study, inner exploration
Ishvara Pranidhana: surrender (to God
✔✔Why are yamas and niyamas important for teachers to know? - ✔✔The yamas and
niyamas are the moral backbones of yoga. They offer a way to live the spiritual yoga
outside of the studio, and provide a way teachers can set an example of the yoga
lifestyle to their students.
✔✔Know 2 adjusts for downdog. - ✔✔- hands at hip crease & pull back
-hands at lower back/sacrum & push up and back
✔✔What are the four types of assists? - ✔✔Verbal, Directional, Physical, Demonstation
✔✔How do you enter a student's personal space when adjusting/assisting? - ✔✔enter
with confidence and focus on the student you are going to adjust. also by rubbing your
hands together to not only warm them but let them know you are about to enter their
space.
✔✔Why is it important to assist and adjust? - ✔✔Helps you become a better teacher
and understand student' bodies as well as the intricacies of alignment
