In Raja Yoga, the grand Masters sitting in the North-East pull us up. That is the lift-up. “May He lift up the Earth!” They lift up the Earth from North-East. North-East is the junction point between Absolute God and God as Light. It is that point where darkness is transformed into light. In the Raja Yoga practice, you visualise the Masters at the North-East, at the top of your forehead, and seek their help, so that you are pulled up to that state of awareness. In Hatha Yoga practice, the help of these grand Teachers is sought for a push up. They can push you up or they can pull you up.
Sri K. Parvathi Kumar, extract from the seminar on Scorpio, 2005