The five remaining vayus, having less potential, are called upa pranas or subsidiary pranas. They are known as the pancha pranas: prana, apana, samana, udana and vyana. In all, there are ten vayus, and of these five are said to have greater influence on the body. In the Prashnopanishad it is explained that the \"chief prana allots functions to the lower pranas in the same way as an emperor posts his officials in different parts of his domain\". According to these different modifications of prana, the prana vayus or pranic airs were classified. And they found that as prana circulates, it is modified and adapted to the functions of each particular organ and region. They saw how prana is circulated in the various regions of the body through the medium of the breath. 41ĩ The Prana Vayus While studying the breath, the swara yogis noticed that it produced specific energy waves throughout the body. Therefore, we have to understand this science of the ancient rishis, interpret it correctly and integrate it into our daily lives, so that we too can share in their realizations. This is the aim of swara yoga, nothing else. Evolution is the ascendance of individual awareness from the material realm to the subtler and higher levels of existence where the mind becomes conscious and extends itself from annamaya kosha to vijnanamaya or even anandamaya kosha. This is where swara yoga becomes essential. Only in this way can we awaken the dormant areas of the brain. The quantum of prana has to be increased so that it becomes powerful and vital. The techniques of yoga restructure the internal body system so that prana can flow freely without blockages. Just as matter is artificially turned into gas by applying heat, the gross mind can be transformed into pure consciousness by the 'fire of yoga'. Total transformation can take place in one lifetime if one is regular in one's practice of yoga. This is the process of evolution, and it can only be accelerated by a scientific system. Man has to activate the remaining nine-tenths of his brain, there is no doubt about it. So far, science knows little about the 'silent areas' or the brain and is only just becoming aware ol all the different realms in which it can function. But the higher brain centres penetrate into the subtler koshas.
In terms of evolution, our minds are still absorbed in annamaya kosha, the realm of matter. It is the purpose of swara yoga to activate these dormant centres. It is a physiological fact that the instinctive portion of the brain is in constant use, whereas the higher frontal region is seldom used. Of course, the human brain was much smaller then, bul still it has not yet fully evolved because, as we know, only a minute portion of it is in conscious operation, the other nine-tenths are waiting to be awakened. May have been a little taller, shorter, fatter or thinner, depending on environmental conditions.
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