Primary Series · Seated
Marīcyāsana B
मरीच्यासन
- Vinyāsa
- 22
- State
- 8 right, 15 left
- Dṛṣṭi
- nāsāgra
- Grip
- Half lotus, the same-side arm wraps the upright shin; bind behind
The count
- 7sapta↑ injump through — left leg in half lotus, right knee up, wrap and bind
- 8aṣṭau↓ exfold — nose or chin to the floor — 5 breaths
- 9nava↑ inhead up
- ·↓ exexhale
- 10daśa↑ inlift up
- 11ekādaśa↓ exjump back — caturaṅga
- 12dvādaśa↑ inupward dog
- 13trayodaśa↓ exdownward dog
- 14caturdaśa↑ injump through — right leg in half lotus, left knee up, wrap and bind
- 15pañcadaśa↓ exfold — nose or chin to the floor — 5 breaths
- 16ṣoḍaśa↑ inhead up
- ·↓ exexhale
- 17saptadaśa↑ inlift up
- 18aṣṭādaśa↓ exjump back — caturaṅga
- 19ekonaviṃśatiḥ↑ inupward dog
- 20viṃśatiḥ↓ 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.