Elements

Question 1

What are the 5 elements?

Answer 1

• space • air • fire • water • earth

Question 2

What is space in yoga? When to use?

Answer 2

• essence of emptiness, open, freedom, not obstructed
• use when need stillness, quietness
• pure possibility
• poses: bridge, shoulder stand, fish pose, corpse pose

Question 3

What is air in yoga? When to use?

Answer 3

• movement, lightness, clarity, focus, expansion
• use when you need more movement, breath, rhythm, movement
• it begins to fuel the fire and helps us channel inwards to a calmer state
• Poses – cobra, cow and cat, bridge, dancers

Question 4

What is fire in yoga? When to use?

Answer 4

• nourishing, in your belly, not about what your adding but burning what you do not need anymore
• internal warmth and heat that is generated in certain postures
• we can burn what we do not need int he practice and let it go
• Poses - standing postures, vinyasa flow, chair

Question 5

What is water in yoga? When to use?

Answer 5

• flowing, strong, energising, removing obstacles
• flows past the point of least resistance
• Important to take in water when you are feeling too warm, ungrounded, dehydrated, irritable, obstructed
• Poses – vinyasa flow, hip poses

Question 6

What is earth in yoga? When to use?

Answer 6

• home, cohesion, foundation
• when we need to build strength we need to be grounded
• use when need calming, need more grounding, building strength, feel stable, safe and balanced
• Poses – child’s pose, malasana, tree pose