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Questioner: Does the amount of flexibility and the parts of the body
that are flexible indicate something about the persons mental state, their
personality, or even their karmic structure?
Sadhguru: That would be a very prejudiced way of looking at life. Lets
not get into judgments about people around you. That somebody is not
able to bend or sit on the floor could have many reasons. It would be
obnoxious and unnecessary to judge people like that. But to look at the
question of flexibility in general a muscle is useful only if it is flexible.
Wherever the body wants 100% rigidity, it produced bones. Wherever it
wants 75% rigidity, it produced tendons. Wherever it wants 50% rigidity, it
produced cartilages. Wherever it wants total flexibility, it produced
muscles. The body structure is made up of different levels of flexibility. If
every part of the body was flexible, you would sit like a bean bag.
Some parts of the body are rigid,
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Rigid muscles and
rigid brains are no
good. Only when
your brain and
muscles are
flexible, they are
useful.
some are semi-rigid, some are
flexible it is done in an
intelligent manner. It should be
kept the way the Creator intended
it to be. A three-year-old child will
be flexible enough to do any asana.
You lost this flexibility because of
disuse, because you are trying to
save your body for the grave. You
want to be in a good shape when
you go, but you are not in a good
shape when you are here.
If there is no injury or damage of any kind to the muscles and they still are
tense and rigid, you are probably generating acids in your body. You can
notice this if on a particular day, you are in a mentally tense state, the
next day you will find it much harder to bend. If the acid level increases,
the muscular structure tends to become rigid.
Rigid muscles and rigid brains are no good. Only when your brain and
muscles are flexible, they are useful. If you sit here joyfully, the body will
not generate acids. But if you are angry even for five minutes, the acid level
in your blood will increase dramatically, to the extent that it is actually
poisoning you, and it is this poison that makes the muscular structure
rigid. Other than that, lack of flexibility may be cultural, because you are
simply not used to sitting on the floor or using your body much. In any
case, we cannot judge human beings by their flexibility in the sense, Tell
me which asana you cannot do and I will tell you who you are.
Editors Note: This article is based on an excerpt from the August 2014
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Pradeep Hs 25 days ago
Sadguru its very difficult for me to sit in vajrasan what does that mean?

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iyer 20 days ago > Pradeep Hs
don't worry about what it means...!


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puranam 25 days ago
thanks for the clarity Sadhguru, pranams and grateful always.

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Jaya 25 days ago
In every asana breath is working shiva and i dont know why


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puranam 25 days ago
thanks for the clarity Sadhguru, pranams and grateful always. truly divine.


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