Marichyasana B: The Steps

Marichasana B – Dance of Movements

Oh, Marichasana B — that delightful sequence where coordination meets breath in a 20-step choreography that tests both your flexibility and sanity. We start this elegant dance at the seventh step because why not keep things unpredictable? As you inhale, jump through, and find yourself wrestling to position your left foot while perhaps questioning life choices, lift your right knee for a binding experience.

Next is the eighth movement — the art of the exhale as you fold forward, and pray no one’s watching too closely. Inhale again on the ninth movement and look up, if only to check that gravity hasn’t shifted.

In the tenth movement, inhale to lift the torso, which is quite useful to avoid practicing yoga flat on your nose. The eleventh is where things get tricky; exhale as you jump back to Chaturanga and hope your shoulder muscles remember their training. Transitioning to the twelfth movement, inhale into the majestic Upward-Facing Dog, only to stand there wondering if your spine agrees.

The fourteenth movement requires another graceful inhalation as you jump through yet again, this time switching feet — it’s just like dancing, but with more coordination required. Bind your left knee with burning determination (or desperation, your choice).

For those who’ve kept their sense of humor intact, the fifteenth movement showered with the sweet relief of an exhale while folding forward presents a chance to ponder why we do this again. Sixteenth, an inhale while looking up — not at the ceiling, but rather at the idea that this might all lead to inner peace someday. Exhale in preparation at the seventeenth, and lift just as your muscles begin to wonder what they did to deserve this.

Eighteenth movement calls for another leap back into Chaturanga with an exhale, reminding us that endurance is a candle only in stretches. Nineteenth, another inhale, gliding into Upward-Facing Dog in a semblance of triumph. Finally, wrap it all up with a relieving exhale into Downward-Facing Dog, hoping your next journey through these steps is more fluid.

For those curious about the exact count — assuming they still believe it matters after this — please take a peek at this link. Happy jumping, binding, and folding!