Ishtar Darlington
Yoga comes in all shapes and sizes, from fast paced, flowing classes to gentle, restorative sessions. Some can be traced back to as long ago as 3,000 BCE while other forms were established up to as recently as the 1950’s. The question is, can you tell your Iyengar from your Ashtanga, your Yin from your Nidra, your Hatha from your Vinyasa?
Give this quiz a go and see how you get on. Don’t forget to share your results and upvote if you like it!
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Question of
What style of yoga traditionally means any physical practice of the postures?
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Hatha
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Vinyasa
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Sivananda
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Kundalini
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What is Vinyasa yoga?
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Yoga practiced with the use of props to aid the pose
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A gentle, restorative style class
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A changing series of poses practiced in time with the breath
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A solely meditation based class
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Question of
Which style of yoga, famous to Mysore, is practiced using a set series of postures, in a specific order?
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Iyengar Yoga
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Ashtanga Yoga
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Yoga Nidra
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Sivananda Yoga
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Question of
What is different about the copyrighted series of postures known as Bikram Yoga?
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It is always practiced outside
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It is practiced at 40°C and 40% humidity
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It is only practiced at dawn
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Only men can take part in this practice
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Question of
Which style of yoga is known as yogic sleep and is practiced in the reclined savasana (corpse pose)?
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Yin Yoga
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Anusara Yoga
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Kripalu Yoga
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Yoga Nidra
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Question of
What do we use in Iyengar Yoga to help align our poses more perfectly?
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The students wear shoes
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You balance a book on your head
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We use blocks, foam pads and belts
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Teachers use a whip 😉
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Question of
In which of these styles do you hold poses for 3-5 minutes to target deeper layers of connective tissue and muscles?
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Kundalini Yoga
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Yin Yoga
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Anusara Yoga
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Sivananda Yoga
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Question of
What is the aim of Kundalini Yoga?
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To do a handstand
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To levitate
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To sleep well at night
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To awaken the energies at the base of our spine
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i got 6 out of 8 rights great
Great score Anaya, well done 🙂
I admit I do not have a clue about yoga-2, but I hit those 2 lucky ones
Woops! Always plenty of time to learn 😀
I agree, however, only the will and time are needed, but I do not have it because I’m in retirement .. Yeah, ha ha
Haha the will is the difficult one!
got five right but some of those were guesses…
It was a bit of a tricky quiz for anyone not familiar with the styles. 5 is a good score, thanks for giving it a go!
The only yoga styles I am familiar with are hatha (of course), kundalini and rama. While I am aware of the existence of others, I haven’t really studied them so I was forced to deduce some answers, or outright guess…
Well, considering that, you’ve done quite well. There’s nothing wrong with finding the styles of yoga that suit you best and sticking with them! I also find kundalini a really wonderful practice
I’ve never formally studied kundalini or rama, but I know a little about them. Mostly I’ve studied hatha and pranic breathing…
Knew a few things about pranayama, but wasn’t too aware of these things.
Glad I could give you a few bits of new info 🙂
I Love to do yoga, but i cant wake up early.
While practicing in the early morning is traditional you can practice any time of day – don’t let that stop you 😉
I got 4/8 Great quiz!
Well done Gina, thanks for having a go!
8 out of 8. Yoga isn’t my cup of tea. LMBO!
Haha maybe there’s a yogi within just bursting to get out 😉
3 out of 8?
Better than nothing. Hopeully you enjoyed it 🙂
got 7 out of 8 right!
Brilliant score, well done!
Only got 1 correct…don’t know this subject!
Woops! Thanks for giving it a go 🙂
I know nothing about this, guessed at 2!
Haha well hopefully you learned a thing or two
Yes indeed I did! 🙂
Soon I will know much about yoga
You’ll do great on my future quizzes then 🙂
Oh wow… more quizzes to come?
Definitely 🙂
5 out of 8 – better than I expected 🙂 Great quiz!
Well done, we’ll make a yogi of you yet!
Yogi Bear maybe 😉
3/8
Thanks for having a go 🙂
5 out of 8 right!
Decent score, well done!