Primary Series · Seated
Supta Kūrmāsana
सुप्त कूर्मासन
- Vinyāsa
- 16
- State
- 9
- Dṛṣṭi
- nāsāgra
- Grip
- Hands clasp behind the back; the ankles cross behind the head
The count
- 8aṣṭau↓ exarms reach behind the back, hands lock
- 9nava↑ infeet cross — behind the head if possible — 5 breaths
- 10daśa↑ inlift up
- ·↓ exexhale
- 11ekādaśa↑ inlegs to bakāsana
- 12dvādaśa↓ excaturaṅga
- 13trayodaśa↑ inupward dog
- 14caturdaśa↓ 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.