What Are the Five Vital Airs

Prana vayu.Apana vayu.Samana vayu.Udana vayu.Vyana vayu.

What are the 5 vital airs?

Only five of the main Vayus or Pancha Pranas are important for yoga practitioners to understand. These five primary currents of vital force are Prana-Vayu, Apana-Vayu, Samana-Vayu, Udana-Vayu, and Vyana-Vayu.

What are the Vayus of the pranic body?

Vayu means, literally, “wind.” The five prana vayus are prana vayu, apana vayu, samana vayu, udana vayu, and vyana vayu. Each governs a different area of the body. When they are balanced together, they promote health and vitality of the body and mind, allowing us to realize our full potential.

Sarah Jenkins

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