Yoga Teacher Training Final Exam

Sheaths: Anamayakosha, Pranamayakosha, Manomayakosha, Vjnanamayakosha, Anandamayakosha

Anna means food the outermost of the koshas is called the sheath of food

Prana means energy.

Mana means mind.

Vijnana means knowing

Ananda means bliss

Rajas, tamas, sattva

ball & socket, hinge, ellipsoidal, saddle (elbow), pivot, gliding,

protraction, retration, elevation, depression

the life energy that rides the breath

5 winds/ 5 directions of the breath

pranavayu, apanavayu, vyanavayu, samanavayu, udana vayu

inhale, upward, lifting

exhale, grounding, stability

flow of prana out to extremities

contracting to the core, digestive fire

special pathway that moves up to top chakra (sahasrara)

muladara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, visuddha, anjana, sahasrara

dorsiflexion of foot, inversion

plantarflexions, eversion

now

holy teachings: Upanishads, Gita, Mahabarata

a mind that is well placed is placed in samadhi, absorbed

turnings of the mind

duty or nature, essential quality

Conditions of the mind: Ksipta/tossed, mudam/sleepy/dull, viskiptam/sometimes distracted, ekagman/onepointedfocus, nirudham/still/stopped/resting

tossed mind

dull mind

sometimes distracted

one pointed

still, stopped, at rest

nature

consciousness

wrist/forearm, elbow, shoulder, neck, lumbar spine, pelvis, knee, ankle

remember this

samadhi with an object of meditation

actions or the results of actions

ignorance

non violence to self or others (1 of 5 yamas)

truth (1 of 5 yamas)

non stealing (1 of 5 yamas)

chastity, non-sensuality (1 of 5 yamas)

non-coveting (1 of 5 yamas)

right living (external)

restraints (internal)

cleanliness of thought, mind and body. 1 of 5 niyama

happy satisfaction; good contentment 1 of 5 niyama

austerity niyama 1 of 5 niyama

self study 1 of 5 niyama

surrender to god 1 of 5 niyama

1 Yama 2 Niyama 3 Asana 4 Prāṇāyāma 5 Pratyahara 6 Dharana 7 Dhyana 8 Samadhi

pose

control of the energy that rides the breath

withdrawal of the senses

concentration - holding or fixing the mind

meditation- sustained concentration

absorption without an object of meditation

i am-ness

the mind in its own true nature - sattvic - glimpsed between oms

with

substance

form

harmful events that turn you away from san culpa: misconceptions/fantasy = vikalpa, incorrect knowledge = viparyaya sleep = nidra memory = smriti correct knowledge is pramana

right knowledge

turns you toward san culpa = right knowledge

intention

practice, non-attachment

"rivers" Ida = left/female, from spine base to nostril Pingala - right/male, from right base to right nostril sushamna - central/up the spine

2nd chakra

3rd chakra

4th chakra

5th chakra

6th chakra

7th chakra

1st chakra

Uddiyana Jalandara Mula

the outward flow or exhalation

the inward flow or inhalation

is pausing after the breath on exhalation or inhalation

the skull polishing breath

ego (asmita) desire (raga) rejection/aversion (dvesa) fear (Abhinivesa) (aka the kleshas)

desire (1 of 4 branches of avidya)

i am-ness (1 of 4 branches of avidya)

aversion/rejection (1 of 4 branches of avidya)

fear (1 of 4 branches of avidya)

yoga is the cessation of the turnings of the mind

manas = mind, buddhi = intellect, ahamkara = ego

mind

intellect

ego

correct knowledge

past impression, ruts formed by past habits

reasoning, reflecting, rejoicing & pure I-amnesss

concentration on a gross object

concentration on subtle elements

a person who live but has been liberated from the world - pure consciousness

Fifi's dedicated dad never leaves cheese in France failure to maintain doubt disease negligence laziness craving incorrect understanding failure to attain

shtira and sukha (steady & sweet)

strength/virya, memory/smriti, faitth/sraphdha, contemplation/samadhi, discernment

the mystic sound om

repetition of a mantra

cervical lordosis 7 ) thoracic kyphosis 12 ( lumbar lordosis 5 ) sacral kyphosis (

savitarka - object in a particular for nivitarka - image of an object, but specific known object savichara - focusing on undefinable/purusha nivichara - 6 stages that align with 6 lower chakras - eventually transcended to pure being

nirvikalpa - pure being

the seen/prakriti

the superficial veil through which we see the world

wisdom, clear understanding

tapas (pain/purification), svadyaya (self study/sacred tests), isvara pranidhanam (surrender to personal god)

meditation

cultivating the opposite