Discernment, Inquiry, Investigation

discernment

the isolation of cause and effect relationships or part-whole relationships within an argument or actual things

yoga approach

1. the body makes an active, positive contribution to the experience of exercise

2. the body is united and collaborates with the mind

inquiry

identifying one cause and one effect, or the whole to which one part belongs (most basic discernment)

investigation

more complicated form of discernment, identifying long chains of cause and effect relationships, many effects of a cause, or many parts of a whole

certainty

(1) Carrie wonders why she feels an unpleasant pinching sensation in her hips when she folds forward in Double Pigeon Pose. (2) She notices that folding forward deeply causes the pinching sensation. (3) As a result, she only folds forward a little bit when she takes Double Pigeon. (4) She lets her attention rest on the sensation in her hips as it changes from moment to moment. (5) After her yoga class, Carrie spends the rest of the day at the office. (6) Sitting in an office chair is so comfortably familiar that she pays no attention to her posture. (7) But one day, she notices that her lower back aches. (8) After some research, she realizes that sitting in the chair causes her to hunch forward all day, and hunching forward all day is causing the ligaments in her lower back to become over-stressed.

• Which specialized activity is clearly present in sentence 6?

proprioception

(1) Carrie wonders why she feels an unpleasant pinching sensation in her hips when she folds forward in Double Pigeon Pose. (2) She notices that folding forward deeply causes the pinching sensation. (3) As a result, she only folds forward a little bit when she takes Double Pigeon. (4) She lets her attention rest on the sensation in her hips as it changes from moment to moment. (5) After her yoga class, Carrie spends the rest of the day at the office. (6) Sitting in an office chair is so comfortably familiar that she pays no attention to her posture. (7) But one day, she notices that her lower back aches. (8) After some research, she realizes that sitting in the chair causes her to hunch forward all day, and hunching forward all day is causing the ligaments in her lower back to become over-stressed.

• Which of the three '-ceptions' is the form of contact in sentence 1?

response

(1) Carrie wonders why she feels an unpleasant pinching sensation in her hips when she folds forward in Double Pigeon Pose. (2) She notices that folding forward deeply causes the pinching sensation. (3) As a result, she only folds forward a little bit when she takes Double Pigeon. (4) She lets her attention rest on the sensation in her hips as it changes from moment to moment. (5) After her yoga class, Carrie spends the rest of the day at the office. (6) Sitting in an office chair is so comfortably familiar that she pays no attention to her posture. (7) But one day, she notices that her lower back aches. (8) After some research, she realizes that sitting in the chair causes her to hunch forward all day, and hunching forward all day is causing the ligaments in her lower back to become over-stressed.

• Which continuous activity is clearly present in sentence 3?

inquiry, discernment

(1) Carrie wonders why she feels an unpleasant pinching sensation in her hips when she folds forward in Double Pigeon Pose. (2) She notices that folding forward deeply causes the pinching sensation. (3) As a result, she only folds forward a little bit when she takes Double Pigeon. (4) She lets her attention rest on the sensation in her hips as it changes from moment to moment. (5) After her yoga class, Carrie spends the rest of the day at the office. (6) Sitting in an office chair is so comfortably familiar that she pays no attention to her posture. (7) But one day, she notices that her lower back aches. (8) After some research, she realizes that sitting in the chair causes her to hunch forward all day, and hunching forward all day is causing the ligaments in her lower back to become over-stressed.

• Which two specialized activities are clearly present in sentences 1-2? (hint: one of them is a form of the other)

discernment, investigation

(1) Carrie wonders why she feels an unpleasant pinching sensation in her hips when she folds forward in Double Pigeon Pose. (2) She notices that folding forward deeply causes the pinching sensation. (3) As a result, she only folds forward a little bit when she takes Double Pigeon. (4) She lets her attention rest on the sensation in her hips as it changes from moment to moment. (5) After her yoga class, Carrie spends the rest of the day at the office. (6) Sitting in an office chair is so comfortably familiar that she pays no attention to her posture. (7) But one day, she notices that her lower back aches. (8) After some research, she realizes that sitting in the chair causes her to hunch forward all day, and hunching forward all day is causing the ligaments in her lower back to become over-stressed.

• Which two specialized activities are clearly present in sentence 8? (hint: one of them is a form of the other)