Yoga Assignment - Final (part 1) Script
Answer the following essay questions on a separate sheet of paper. Answers must be
typewritten.
Total Points possible 100 points
1. 8 points How has yoga affected your life? (not looking for a right or wrong answer
here, just talk to me.)
2. 5 points What is yoga? Give a brief history.
3. 2 points What makes Yoga different from other systems of exercise?
4. 2 points List at least 2 benefits of Yoga.
5. 5 points Explain the effects of stress and tension on your body, how your biography
becomes your biology. Give 2 examples of stress related illnesses and diseases.
6. 4 points What are 2 mental mistakes beginning Yoga students tend to make?
7. 15 points Describe a breathing exercise: full yogic breathing, breath of fire, alternate
nostril breathing are a few examples. Go on line to find other exercises and
instructions Include a copy of the instructions and include the web address.
8. 2 points List at least 2 benefits of breathing exercises.
9. 2 points Explain the importance of breathing through the nose.
10. 2 points Describe what it means to go to your edge.
11. 25 points Find 10 yoga poses: include the name and a picture that relate to your
theme. Research a YOGA flow related to a theme: Yoga for back pain, weight loss,
football players, dancers, golfers, wrestlers, pregnancy, kids, specific dosha-(Kapha
Pita, Vata), stressed out teenagers, yamas and niyamas, zombies, wall yoga, partner
yoga, heart openers, are all examples,
12. 2 points Define dristi
13. 2 points Define uddiyana bhanda
14. 8 points What are the 8 limbs of yoga?
15. 10 points List the yamas and niyamas.
16. 4 points What is the difference between savasana and yoga nidra?
17. 2 points What does namaste mean?