Yoga Diagnostic (BOY)

What is yoga?

• a religious practice

• solely exercise

• union, yoke, connection

• a branch of psychology

The aim of yoga is to understand the true nature of _?

• self

• intelligence

• body

• mind

Yoga is not _?

• great for mind/body connection

• a religion

• a practice

• healthy

Who is the Father of modern yoga and the yoga sutras, talks about yoga being mastery of the mind, or stillness of the mind.

• Shyamalan

• Mother Teresa

• Ghandi

• Pantajali

Most of yoga philosophy is drawn from sacred yoga texts, including:

• Vedas

• Upanishads

• Bhagavad--Gita

• Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

• All of the above

  Yoga practice encourages _, or creating awareness.  

• mindfulness

• intelligence

• fatigue

• laziness

The Eight Limbs of Yoga (Ashtanga) include: Yamas, Niyamas, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi.

• True

• False

Yamas are:

• how we interact with ourselves

• how we interact with the world around us

• yoga poses

• breath work

Asana are:

• yoga poses

• self-disciplines

• breath work

• enlightenment

Dhyana is:

• breath work

• yoga poses

• withdrawal of senses

• meditation