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NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 4 Yoga–A Way of Life — Let us speak

Book page 126 & 127 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.
Participate in groups of four to share your ‘yoga thoughts’. (Use the sentence starters: If you have tried yoga — I practise yoga because… / My favourite thing about yoga is… / I feel ______ after a yoga session because… / The one thing in yoga that I want to practise is ______ because… ; If you have not tried yoga, yet — I wish to practise yoga because… / I hope that once I begin practising yoga, I… / The kind of exercise I want to try in yoga is ______ because…)
Answer

Choose the column that is honestly true for you, and use all its starters, in order. Each starter ends in ‘because…’ or ‘…’, so every sentence must carry a reason. That is the whole point of the task.

Sample answer (a student who has tried yoga): I practise yoga because my mother takes me to the terrace with her every morning at six. My favourite thing about yoga is shavasana at the end, when we lie completely still and I can hear the birds. I feel light and wide awake after a yoga session, because the stretching takes the stiffness out of my shoulders. The one thing in yoga that I want to practise is vrikshasana, the tree pose, because I can hold it for only ten seconds before I wobble and fall over.
Sample answer (a student who has not tried yoga): I wish to practise yoga because my grandmother is seventy and still touches her toes, and I cannot. I hope that once I begin practising yoga, I will stop getting so tired during the second half of a kho-kho match. The kind of exercise I want to try in yoga is pranayama, the breathing practice, because I get very nervous before exams and I am told that slow breathing settles the mind.
Speaking tip: keep each sentence short and look at the person you are speaking to. Four honest sentences said clearly are worth far more than a long speech read off a page.
Q2.
Take turns to speak and listen to others when they share their thoughts.
Answer

This half of the task is about listening, and it is marked just as much as the speaking.

  • Fix the order first. Go clockwise round the group of four so that nobody is left out and nobody speaks twice.
  • Do not interrupt. Wait until your turn even if you disagree or have something better to say.
  • Look at the speaker. Nod, smile — show that you are listening.
  • Respond to what was said. Begin your turn by picking up the last speaker’s point: “Nupur said she feels sleepy after yoga, but I feel just the opposite…”
  • Ask one question. After everyone has spoken, each member asks one question of another. This turns four little speeches into a real conversation.
Sample answer — how a group might close: “In our group of four, three of us had never done yoga, and Meher had done it since she was five. We asked her which asana a beginner should start with, and she said tadasana, because you only have to stand still and breathe. We have decided that all four of us will try it for ten minutes before school tomorrow, and report back on Friday.”
Why the book puts speaking and listening in the same task: a discussion in which everyone talks and nobody listens is only four monologues. Taking turns is the skill being tested here.
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