Life Mentoring with Yoga Therapy - Knowledge Quiz - First Quarter (Q#1)
Description
The following quiz is to assess your knowldege of material presented during this quarter. The expanations will also help your further understanding of this material.
Which of the following statements best describes the Phoenix Rising Life Mentoring Process
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It's client directed with the client making all the decisions in where to go next in the process
It's client led with the mentor always asking the client where they want to go next
It has a starting point with the client becoming aware of what they want to change in their life in the first session but it might change as sessions progress
It relies on the client knowing where they want to go in their life before they can begin and the life mentor only works with clients who know what they want to change
Question 2
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The life mentoring process sets up to engage the client in transformational experiences. Such experiences:
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Are only possible in sessions using embodied and present centered awareness with dialog that gets to the bottom of what's going on.
Can happen anywhere at any time once the client has learned how to be present to their experiences
Happen mostly when the client engages their homework
Rarely happen until the client has engaged all 8 limbs of yoga one by one
Question 3
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Why is pratyahara an important limb of yoga in serving the facilitation of a transformational experience?
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It gets the client to withdraw their senses of smell, taste, and sight which can be distractions in transformation
It's not the most important limb. The yamas and niyamas always come first and are therefore the most important ones.
Pratyahara is the bridge between external and internal experience
Pratyahara forces the client to focus on everything that is happening.
Question 4
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Many of Patanjali's yoga sutras give specific instructions on the performance of asana
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True
False
Question 5
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The Buddha was a yogi before he was a buddha
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True
False
Question 6
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The Four Noble Truths are important in transformational work because of the understanding and meaning they give to suffering but they don't really offer a path to ending it, which is why we rely on psychology to do that.
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True
False
Question 7
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"Dependent origination" is a concept introduced in the Buddha's teaching, but with origins that can be traced to yoga and found in ancient texts. It explains how "simple cause and effect" logic is limited as each and every manifestation of anything is a unique experience with multiple factors underlying.
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True
False
Question 8
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Which of the the texts or articles, based on Japanese psychology, that you were asked to read this quarter is most helpful in understanding the factors influencing a clients effectiveness in following up with life changing actions following their sessions.
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"From Science to God" by Peter Russell
"You are the Universe" by Deepak Chopra
Karma in Action article
"The Art of Taking Action" by Gregg Krekk
"The Shinto Path" by Toshiro Kiguchi
Question 9
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After introductions at the beginning of the first session, part of your intake process is to have clients complete the "Values Identification Worksheet" by filling in the blanks and giving it to you when they are complete.
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True
False
Question 10
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The Eight Themes as outlined in Michael Lee's book "Turn Stress Into Bliss" offer a framework for the life change process in an application of yoga therapy for life mentoring.