Techniques & Training
Scope of the domain
Techniques & Training tests whether you can name, categorize, and safely teach the core practices. Expect questions on asana families (standing, balancing, forward folds, backbends, twists, inversions, restorative), pranayama (ujjayi, nadi shodhana, bhramari, kapalabhati), bandhas (mula, uddiyana, jalandhara), mudras, meditation styles, and sequencing logic.
Know that vinyasa means linking breath to movement, not a fixed style; that hatha is an umbrella term; and that a peak pose is prepared by related shapes, not by random stretching. Learn the standard contraindication set: inversions with uncontrolled hypertension, glaucoma, or recent neck injury; deep spinal flexion with osteoporosis; breath retention in pregnancy or cardiovascular disease; kapalabhati in pregnancy.
Traps: equating "advanced" with "better"; assuming one alignment cue suits every body; confusing a counterpose with a cool-down; forgetting that pranayama has its own contraindications. Test writers also love a Sanskrit-to-English mapping, so learn pose names as vocabulary, not decoration.
Rule of thumb: base shape → modification → progression, in that order. Worked example: for Wheel (Urdhva Dhanurasana), prepare with supine bridge, low lunge, and thoracic extension over a block; finish with a gentle supine twist, not a rounded forward fold.