Primary Series · Seated
Bhujapīḍāsana
भुजपीडासन
- Vinyāsa
- 15
- State
- 8
- Dṛṣṭi
- nāsāgra
- Grip
- Hands press the floor; the ankles cross over the upper arms
The count
- 7sapta↑ injump the legs around the arms, feet lock in front
- 8aṣṭau↓ exhead or chin lowers to the floor — 5 breaths
- 9nava↑ inlift the head
- ·↓ exexhale
- 10daśa↑ inlegs draw back — bakāsana
- 11ekādaśa↓ excaturaṅga
- 12dvādaśa↑ inupward dog
- 13trayodaśa↓ 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.