THE Sanskrit word granthi means “knot” or “doubt” and can also mean “an especially difficult knot to untie.”
The idea of having knots in the body can be physical: a tightness in the muscles or connective tissue.
Or energetic: a blockage in the nadi or meridian of the body.
It can also be spiritual as a granthi or knot could be deemed a psychological barrier to total freedom.
Granthi prevent prana (life force) from moving freely through the body.
The physical practice of yoga, which includes compressing, stretching and twisting the tissues, promotes the flow of energy in the body by stimulating energy release and through removing deep blockages to the energy flow.
A good analogy to explain how this works is to think of a garden hose that has been left unused for years, lying in the grass of an overgrown garden.
Insects and mud (toxins) eventually clog the hose (which could be called a meridian or nadi ).
When the water (which could be called our energy or prana) is turned on, it can’t flow.
These clogs have to be removed, and we do so by turning on the water and bending and stretching the hose. Like a good yoga class.
Once the flow of energy has been freed or increased, information and nourishment can flow throughout the body.
So come and join us this Winter. We will be bending, stretching and twisting out any knots or blockages to our good health and joy.
