Yoga Poses 1
This pose is created by making a three-sided shape with your body.
Triangle Pose
This pose has you standing on one leg with your arms twisted in front of you. One leg is wrapped around the other leg. Hold your balance!
Eagle Pose
The word yoga means...
Union
Yoga was developed in and around this country.
India
This skill developed by yoga helps you remain upright and not fall over.
Balance
Stand on one leg, with the other leg bent. Arms up over head. Hold your balance!
Tree Pose
This pose has you laying on the ground like this reptile with a hood.
Cobra Pose
This word means to sit still in a comfortable position aiming to think about nothing
Meditate or Meditation
These ancient stories are what many yoga poses are named after.
A. People
B. Animals
C. Myths
C. Myths
This skill developed by yoga helps you lift up heavier things
Strength
This pose is when you sit with your legs crossed in front of you.
Easy Pose for meditation
DAILY DOUBLE: Show us your favorite pose for 3 seconds.
Great job!
This term is the name of the language yoga poses are written in.
Sanskrit
A repeated chant in Sanskrit, and often means an inspiring phrase in English.
A. Poem
B. Song
C. Mantra
C. Mantra
This skill developed by yoga helps you manage things that could be called out-of-control thoughts.
Mindfulness
It is a relaxing position practiced at the end of the yoga session where the body is kept still lying on the back facing upwards.
Corpse Pose or Savasana
Holding yourself at the top of a push-up position often reminds me the pirate's life.
Plank Pose
This word roughly meaning ‘the light within me bows to the light within you’ and generally said at the end of a yoga class, bowing the head with palms pressed together at the heart.
A. Peace
B. Namaste
C. Amen
B. Namaste
A mantra usually chanted at the beginning and end of yoga classes. It is a tiny word with a multitude of meanings – said to be the origin of all sounds and the seed of creation.
A. Lalalalala
B. Om
C. Shhhhhh
B. Om
This skill developed by yoga helps your muscles stretch so that they can become longer and less tight.
Flexibility
In this pose, you balance on your tailbone with your legs lifted up. With your arms out straight, your body makes a shape like an upside-down A.
Boat Pose
In this pose you kneel on your knees, lean forward and rest your forehead on the floor.
Child's pose
Originally practiced in the early morning while facing the rising sun in order to thank it for its power, warmth and light, which make all life on earth possible. Today this popular sequence is often practiced at the beginning of a yoga session.
A. Sun Salutation
B. Warm up
C. Savasana
A. Sun Salutation
Double Jeopardy- Do your favorite yoga pose. Hold it for 3 seconds.
1, 2, 3
This skill developed by yoga helps you locate your body and where it is in time and space.
A. Proprioception
B. Spidey-sense
C. Asana
A. Body-Sense or Proprioception