Primary Series · Seated
Baddha Koṇāsana
बद्ध कोणासन
- Vinyāsa
- 17
- A · State
- 8
- A · Dṛṣṭi
- nāsāgra
- A · Grip
- Hands hold the feet and open the soles like a book; the chin travels to the floor
- B · State
- 10
- B · Dṛṣṭi
- nāsāgra
- B · Grip
- Same grip; sit up, then fold again until the head rests on the toes
The count
- 7sapta↑ injump through — heels to the pelvis, hands open the feet
- 8aṣṭau↓ exfold flat — chin toward the floor — 5 breaths
- 9nava↑ insit up
- 10daśa↓ exround — head onto the toes — 5 breaths
- 11ekādaśa↑ inhead up
- ·↓ exexhale
- 12dvādaśa↑ inlift up
- 13trayodaśa↓ exjump back — caturaṅga
- 14caturdaśa↑ inupward dog
- 15pañcadaśa↓ exdownward dog
Counts from Sharath Jois, Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Anuṣṭhāna. Where teachers count it differently, the outline says so. Hear it at speed in the count trainer.