This forward bends class incorporates awareness of the 5 Vayus (winds) throughout the class:

1) Apana–Vayu – pelvic floor, lower abdomen – governs elimination, exhalation, purification
2) Samana–Vayu – navel to solar-plexus – governs assimilation, digestion, inner fire (agni)
3) Prana–Vayu – chest, head – governs inhalation, inspiration, creativity
4) Udana–Vayu – throat, thyroid, parathyroid – governs metabolism, growth, speech, expression, ascension
5) Vyana–Vayu – center of chest – whole body – governs circulation on all levels, expansiveness of consciousness