Ligament

When the muscles around a joint relax and the joint opens then the ligaments holding the bones together become stretched, imparting an elastic contracting energy to the structure. This is natural healthy tension, responsible for keeping us together in the absence of neurotic muscular tension. When the muscles relax then the thinking mind relaxes, and when the joints open so too the mind, and when the ligaments stretch and impart their elastic energy the mind too becomes elastic and buoyant (hence hatha yoga). Relaxing, opening, stretching, contracting, are all energies that can permeate and flow through our structure and our relationships: our being. In fact any action has an energy if it is entered into and incorporated: brought into the body.