Utpluthihi

Uprooting

Sanskrit: Utpluthihi
English: Uprooting
Sequence: Closing · step 123 of 124
Held for: 25 breaths
Drishti: Nasagrai, tip of nose

Getting into Utpluthihi

Sitting in lotus, place your palms flat on the floor beside your hips. Press down firmly through your hands and straighten your arms to lift your entire seated, lotus-folded body up off the floor, holding it there.

What a teacher would tell you

Lift up.
Don't cheat.
Press down through the palms.

These are the corrections My Ashtanga speaks aloud while you hold the posture.

The whole series, counted aloud in Sanskrit or English: My Ashtanga on the App Store · the full sequence · printable chart