WorksheetsYoga/ACT Prep
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name this pose....
downward facing dog
upward facing dog
plank
tree
What pose is this?
chair
lean
lever
sit
What pose is this?
Child's Pose
Cobra
Triangle
Pyramid
What pose is this?
Cobra
Ragdoll
Downward Dog
Corpse
mountain
tree
warrior one
butterfly
Each pose in Yoga is designed to...
make you look cool
meet girls or boys
improve your financial being
improve fitness flexibility and balance
Choose the correct name of the yoga pose you see:
Cat and Dog
Cat and Cow
Cow and Different Cow
None of these.
One of today’s hottest fads is also one of the world’s oldest practices: the ancient art of yoga. At first, I thought yoga was just another fitness fad, like step aerobics classes or Tae Bo. But after my first class, I understood why yoga has lasted for thousands of years and why so many people are completely into1 this practice.
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hooked on
devoted to
practitioners of
Yoga is different from other fitness activi-ties because it is not only physical. In the correct form,2 yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
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Done correctly,
To do it correctly,
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Although it may seem easy to those who3 have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly affective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
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that
whom
which
Although it may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are4 surprisingly affective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
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concentration and is
concentration, and are
concentration and is
Although it may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly affective5in stretching and strengthening muscles.
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affected
effected
effective
A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requires you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch you’re6 legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side.
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one's
your
these
More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles, which is good for you.7 While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthe
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which benefits you
which is good for your health
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While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. Many poses can be only held8 if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses comes only through proper breathing.
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are only holding
can only be held
can be held only
Concentrated deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses, thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. And the steady9 circulation of breath through your body both calms and energizes.
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stretch, the steady
stretch. The steady
stretch, also the steady
Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots.10
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knotted belly.
knots within the belly
aching within the stomach area.
