Introduction

Here you can quickly assess your knowledge of yoga teaching vocabulary, and identify gaps in your understanding.

We’ve compiled a comprehensive vocabulary list, plus a list of common Sanskrit components that make up pose names.
For briefer quizzes by subject, see the other self-assessments.

We offer a series of free quizzes for yoga teachers to:

Make it easy to self-assess knowledge privately.
Help teachers who identify knowledge gaps to bolster their learning with accessible and practical lessons.

For more free self-assessments, see the Standards & Self-Assessment Hub.

Quotes indicate the word is in Sanskrit. Links go to the related Member lessons and teaching support.

Sanskrit Components in Pose Names

To view more self-assessments, go to the Standards & Self-Assessment Hub.
To bolster your knowledge and be recognized as a YTC teacher, enroll in the Yoga Teacher Central Pre-Certification Study Program (details below).
Members, view this clear and concise resource:

The enrollment fee is $25 and is open to Yoga Teacher Central members, past members and non-members.
Members receive current membership benefits plus additional benefits listed below.
Enrollment in the Pre-Certification Study Program qualifies you for lifetime YTC Teacher status.

Enrolling in the YTC Pre-Certification Study Program gives you:

A downloadable Knowledge Standards Lesson Guide to walk you through a structured assessment and study path toward certification.
Selection of 5 Downloadable Lessons of your choice (from a library of nearly 400) for lifetime use.
Recognition as a YTC Teacher (for life; no expiration).
Professional marketing kit for highlighting your YTC Teacher status on social media and your website.*

Your current membership gives you online access to not only thousands of pages of organized study and teaching knowledge, but also sequence breakdowns and teaching notes, theme plans, injury cheat-sheets, and so on.
When you enroll in the Pre-Certification Study Program, you get these additional benefits: a Knowledge Standards Lesson Guide, selection of 5 Downloadable Lessons of your choice, and a professional marketing kit for highlighting your YTC Teacher status on social media and your website.

* In the future, YTC Teachers will have an option to matriculate and achieve certification status via low cost, in-home examination.