YOGA TEACHER TRAINING FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024-2025 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
5 Koshas - Sheaths: Anamayakosha, Pranamayakosha, Manomayakosha, Vjnanamayakosha, Anandamayakosha
Annamaya kosha - Anna means food the outermost of the koshas is called the sheath of food
Pranamaya kosha - Prana means energy.
Manamaya kosha - Mana means mind.
Vijnanamaya kosha - Vijnana means knowing
Anandamaya kosha - Ananda means bliss
3 Gunas - Rajas, tamas, sattva
6 types of joints - ball & socket, hinge, ellipsoidal, saddle (elbow), pivot, gliding,
4 movements of shoulders - protraction, retration, elevation, depression
prana - the life energy that rides the breath
Pancha Vayu - 5 winds/ 5 directions of the breath
5 directions of the breath - pranavayu, apanavayu, vyanavayu, samanavayu, udana vayu pranavayu - inhale, upward, lifting
apanavayu - exhale, grounding, stability
vyanavayu - flow of prana out to extremities
Samanavayu - contracting to the core, digestive fire
udanavayu - special pathway that moves up to top chakra (sahasrara)
chakras - muladara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, visuddha, anjana, sahasrara
Tibialis Anterior - dorsiflexion of foot, inversion
peroneus longus - plantarflexions, eversion
Atha - now
shastras - holy teachings: Upanishads, Gita, Mahabarata
samadhi - a mind that is well placed is placed in samadhi, absorbed
chitta vritta - turnings of the mind
dharma - duty or nature, essential quality
Chittaya Dharmi - Conditions of the mind:
Ksipta/tossed, mudam/sleepy/dull, viskiptam/sometimes distracted, ekagman/onepointedfocus, nirudham/still/stopped/resting