Pancha pranas

 SHIVA GURU SPARK VASI YOGA 🧘‍♂️

Kundalini--- Five Vayus

Samana

Physical level: Samana is the third prana. It operates

between the navel and the diaphragm. The word samana is

derived from the root saman, meaning 'equal' or 'balanced'.

Thus it acts as a balancer or equalizer for the two opposite

forces of prana and apana. Samana activates and maintains

the digestive organs and their secretions, and is responsible

for metabolism. It is associated with the digestive fire,

jatharagni. Samana is experienced as a sideways movement

of light, like the swinging of a fast pendulum, from right to

left and left to right. It is responsible for the manipura

experience of vitality and dynamism.

There are six major organs of digestion: liver, stomach,

duodenum, spleen, and the small and large intestines, and all

fall within the field of samana. The body receives its life support

and healthy nourishment by the agency of samana. The

distinctive feature of samana is that although it is a single force,

it is capable of different activities in all these different organs.

Subtle level: Samana maintains the cohesion and balance

between the koshas. It is subtle in comparison to apana and

gross in comparison to prana. Just as it helps digest food,

samana is also responsible for digesting the mind-stuff.

Indications of imbalance: Samana, the equalizer, is disturbed whenever one's mental peace and harmony are

disturbed. Whenever there is turbulence in the body and the

senses, samana becomes agitated and causes disorders. Poor

assimilation of food is a result of samana imbalance, causing

build-up of toxins as well as psychological blockage.

Udana

Physical level: Udana is the fourth manifestation, which

operates in the extremities: the arms, legs, neck and head.

This prana is responsible for all the sensory organs,jnanendriyas, and the organs of action, karmendriyas. It coordinates and

controls the movements of the legs, arms and neck and directs

the activities of the brain and sensory organs that are situated

in the head region. These include: eyes, vision; ears, hearing;

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tongue, taste; nose, smell; skin, tactile sensation. The organs

of action controlled by udana are three: hands, feet and speech.

The other two, the excretory and reproductive organs, are

under the control of apana.

Udana also assists prana in inhalation and exhalation,

intake of food and drink, as well as vomiting, spitting and

swallowing saliva. All the functions of the throat and mouth

are sustained by udana and its influence begins from the

region of vishuddhi chakra. It also maintains the pranic link

between the heart and the brain. In addition, udana aids the

minor pranas (see below) in carrying out their activities due

to its close proximity to them. All the five minor pranas

function due to the energy derived from udana.

Udana sustains the sense organs and their activities. The

enjoyment of senses keeps udana active, because it functions

according to their needs. The force of udana keeps the body

upright; it is responsible for anti-gravitational activities of

the body (particularly by the hands and the feet).

Subtle level: Udana allows one to perform positive mental

work. It is responsible for sweet, melodious and impressive

speech. It allows for the exchange of prana between the

head and heart, thereby establishing contact between the

subtle and causal bodies. It maintains the relationship between

the gross, subtle and causal bodies. Udana is experienced as

spiralling flows of light down the arms and legs and up

through the head.

Udana pervades ajna, bindu and sahasrara chakras. It

brings energy up the koshas from the gross to the subtle.

When the yogi fixes his attention on udana, he becomes free

from hunger, thirst, sleep and drowsiness. The activity of

udana becomes extremely slow and subtle during meditation

and samadhi.

Indications of imbalance: An irregular udana causes

breathing troubles, inefficiency in physical and mental work,

inability to think clearly or express oneself, uncoordinated

speech, weakened will and lack of cheer