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Yoga Basics Fall 2020

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What pose is this?

a)

Tree

b)

Mountain

c)

Eagle

d)

Staff

2.

What is the final resting pose?

a)

Mountain

b)

Happy Baby

c)

Savasana

d)

Staff

3.
What pose is this?
a)
Upward Facing Dog
b)
Downward Facing Dog
4.

What pose is this?

a)

Upward Facing Dog

b)

Downward Facing Dog

c)

Cobra

d)

Plank

5.

What is this pose?

a)

Child's

b)

Bound Angle

c)

Puppy Pose

d)

Frog

6.

Which one of the following is not among the 8 limbs (components) of Yoga ?

a)

Yama

b)

Niyama

c)

Asana

d)

Ahimsa

7.

Yoga has been around for at least 5,000 years.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which is not a purpose of yoga?

a)

To get exercise

b)

To digest the food you ate for lunch

c)

To systematically calm one's mind

d)

To be fully present in the "now"

9.

Asana refers to what?

a)

physical postures

b)

breathing

c)

meditation

d)

relaxation

10.

In western culture, yoga practice is mostly based on what element of yoga (this is not how it was originally intended)?

a)

asana

b)

ahimsa

c)

namaste

d)

pranayama

11.
Name the Pose
a)
Up Dog
b)
Shoulder Stand
c)
Tree
d)
Plank
12.
Name the Pose
a)
Cow
b)
Cat
c)
Mountain
d)
Shoulder Stand
13.
Name the pose
a)
Corpse
b)
Mountain
c)
Up Dog
d)
Child's
14.

Name the Pose

a)

Bow

b)

High Plank

c)

Hero

d)

Chaturanga

15.
Name the Pose
a)
Easy
b)
Childs
c)
Plank
d)
Half Bend
16.
Name the Pose
a)
High Lunge
b)
Low Lunge
c)
Medium Lunge
d)
No Lunge
17.

Yoga, in its true essence, is considered what?

a)

religion

b)

cult

c)

philosophy

d)

joke

18.

Is meditation a part of yoga?

a)

No

b)

Yes

19.

The sutra explains that there are how many limbs to yoga?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

20.

What does the word "yoga" mean?

a)

Union

b)

Strength

c)

Faith

d)

Love

21.

Who is known as the modern day “Father of Yoga?"

a)

Swami Vivekananda

b)

Pantajali

c)

Swami Veda Bharati

d)

Chidananda Saraswati

22.

What pose is this?

a)

Plank

b)

Chair

c)

Tree

d)

Curl

23.

Which country is it widely believe yoga originated from?

a)

Bangladesh

b)

Thailand

c)

India

d)

USA

24.

What did we just learn that happened in the year 1893?

a)

Yoga started in the United States

b)

America was discovered

c)

The inventor of yoga was born

d)

Yoga started all over the world

25.

The word "yoga" comes from which language?

a)

English

b)

Roman

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Chinese

26.

Yoga is good for you because

a)

Increases flexibility

b)

Weight reduction

c)

Increases muscular strength

d)

All the above

27.

Name this pose.

a)

Staff

b)

Happy Baby

c)

Reclined Hero

d)

Thunderbolt

28.

What pose is this?

a)

Puppy Pose

b)

Up dog

c)

Cobra

d)

Down Dog

29.

What pose is this?

a)

Staff

b)

Up dog

c)

Down Dog

d)

Lotus

30.
a)

Savasana

b)

Downward Dog

c)

Cobra

d)

Pigeon Pose