Primary Series · Standing
Ardha Baddha Padmottānāsana
अर्ध बद्ध पद्मोत्तानासन
- Vinyāsa
- 9
- State
- 2 right, 7 left
- Dṛṣṭi
- pādayoragra
- Grip
- The arm wraps behind the back and catches the lotus foot
The count
- 1ekam↑ inright leg into half lotus, right hand binds behind to the toe
- 2dve↓ exfold — left hand beside the left foot — 5 breaths
- 3trīṇi↑ inhead up
- ·↓ exexhale
- 4catvāri↑ income all the way up
- 5pañca↓ exrelease the leg
- 6ṣaṭ↑ inleft leg into half lotus, bind
- 7sapta↓ exfold — 5 breaths
- 8aṣṭau↑ inhead up
- ·↓ exexhale
- 9nava↑ income up
- ·↓ exsamasthitiḥ
Counts from Sharath Jois, Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Anuṣṭhāna. Where teachers count it differently, the outline says so. Hear it at speed in the count trainer.