YOGA IS FOR EVERYONE

YOGA IS FOR EVERYONE

SUMMER SCHOOL 2021

Multiple Choice

What can you infer is the correct meaning of the word

CONTORTED?

• Twisted or bent out of the normal shape.

• A very skinny person.

• Eating Healthy Foods

• A very flexible person

Pretzel-Like

Open Ended

Why is Yoga compared to a pretzel?

 Hear the word "yoga" and you likely visualize a person contorted, pretzel-like, while chanting "Omm."

Omm, not Umm! LET'S CHANT!!!!

Ommmm.ommmm.ommmm… not um, um, um…

Poll

What is the meaning of the Word Flexibility?

• easy to control or influence.

• meekly ready to accept and follow instructions.

• The quality of bending easily without breaking

Practitioners, often called yogis, say.....

Yogis is a plural noun: a person who is proficient in yoga.

Many yogis call yoga a way of life, and they received a nod of approval from the United Nations (UN), which in December 2014 declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga.

Declared: openly or formally asserted or announced.

Multiple Choice

What are some examples of chronic illnesses?

• Diabetes

• Backaches

• Stomach flu

• Coronavirus

A chronic illness is a long-term health condition that may not have a cure.

Diabetes, Cancer, Asthma, etc.

Multiple Choice

Brainchild

• A child's brain

• Someone who make bad choices

• an idea or invention which is considered to be a particular person's creation.

• Stealing someone else’s idea

Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. 

The International Day of Yoga is the brainchild of Narendra Modi, India's prime minister and yoga enthusiast, who requested that the UN to adopt the day to popularize the ancient Indian practice.

Enthusiast: a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.

Mantra

(originally in Hinduism and Buddhism) a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation.

a repeated set of syllables or short phrase