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Primary Series · Standing

Utkaṭāsana

उत्कटासन

Vinyāsa
13
State
7
Dṛṣṭi
aṅguṣṭhamadhya
Grip
Palms together overhead, arms straight

The count

  1. 1ekam↑ inarms rise overhead
  2. 2dve↓ exfold
  3. 3trīṇi↑ inhead up
  4. 4catvāri↓ exjump back — caturaṅga
  5. 5pañca↑ inupward dog
  6. 6ṣaṭ↓ exdownward dog
  7. 7sapta↑ injump the feet to the hands, knees bend, arms overhead — 5 breaths
  8. 8aṣṭau↑ inlift up on the hands
  9. 9nava↓ exjump back — caturaṅga
  10. 10daśa↑ inupward dog
  11. 11ekādaśa↓ exdownward dog — into vīrabhadrāsana

Counts from Sharath Jois, Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Anuṣṭhāna. Where teachers count it differently, the outline says so. Hear it at speed in the count trainer.