Do you think there is any relationship between the three Granthi and diseases such as depression or anxiety?
Matthew: The three Granthi EXPRESS themselves as stress, anxiety, depression, mental illness, physical illness etc etc. It is not possible to separate these concepts. It is also not 'wrong' to have these illnesses - they are your journey, your lesson, and your pathway to make contact with self and the divine. When your system is out of balance, whether mentally or otherwise, the contractions we feel are the three Granthi at work. They are not bad - we contract and resist as a form of balance against greater pain - rightly or wrongly.
What is the main difference between your vinyasa krama sequences and Ashtanga series?
Matthew:Vinyasa Krama is intended as a support to Ashtanga Yoga - not to replace it - rather to enhance it, they allow more people to keep practicing with greater ease and greater joy.
Do you think that ashtanga can be practiced for all live?
Matthew:Some people can practice Ashtanga for most of their lives, most people cannot. They either need to vary the system a little, or change it entirely.
Do you think that after all this years of practicing, you already have found Mula bandha (in the full sense physical / energetic) or you are still looking?
Matthew:Mula bandha is ultimately a state of mind - freedom from 'lower body' or lower Granthi contraction. I have definitely felt this in my life, through great joy, bliss and surrender to God. But I still feel pain and contraction also - I am human after all.
Thanks a lot Matthew Sweeney
