Led by Anand Dhandapani, from South India, Level 2 under Vijay Kumar in Mysore, the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga helps to build strength, flexibility, endurance, while the internal organs are stimulated with the energy that flows through the nadis clearing all obstacles. Each pose in this series or sequence is practiced with Ujjayi or victorious breath along with drishti (gaze points). The overall practice of this first series is said to heal the body of impurities.