Outdoor Practice/Five Vayus

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Oops, sorry godfrey, i was getting ahead of

myself (or rather, i was referring to some notes I had

written when i was reading too many different things at

the same time).<br><br>godfrey did make the

association between the five elements and the different

facets of practice (asana, pranayama, bandha, drsti,

vinyasa). At the time i read that, i was also reading

something in rudi ballentine's book _radical_healing_, and

so made the five element-five vayu connection (there

is also a fun element-chakra connection to be

made).<br><br>I tend to think of the five pranas (or the five

vayus) as describing different functions within the body

(in the same way that chinese medicine can identify

an organ called the "triple warmer" in spite of the

fact that no physical organ exists -- in fact, the

chinese triple warmer could almost be thought of as

analogous to the functions of prana vayu, samana vayu, and

apana vayu). In other words, what the five vayu "are"

is not so much a material thing, as much as a set of

functional relationships.<br><br>But, lest anyone think i'm

taking myself too seriously -- i enjoy practicing

outside on occasion too. Although usually it's more in

the nature of "playing" than hardcore "practice".