28/09/2026
🕉 GRANTHI — THE AGE-LONG OPPONENT OF A YOGI
📅 16 October 2026 · 18:00–19:30 CEST
🎙 Geza Timčák & Karin Svitáková
The concept of granthi is as old as yoga itself. It represents the basic challenges of human life and of the path of yoga. The most basic and most difficult one is the Chidjada granthi — the knot that locks consciousness into the otherwise dead body (koshas).
The most frequently encountered granthis sit at muladhara, anahata and ajna chakra.
In this lecture, you will learn about:
✦ the various systems of granthi
✦ practices designed to open the granthis and return the human system to its “original” state, when the yogi becomes a jivan mukta: the functions of the koshas become obsolete and, except for annamaya and pranamaya koshas, are replaced by ritambharam
✦ granthi sadhana as a process with a clear beginning, a clear end and a well-designed structure
✦ supporting practices: mantra recitation, kapalabhati, meditation, Savita music, loke tattwa kriyas and Savita namaskar
About the speakers:
Geza M. Timčák earned his PhD at Imperial College London in 1975 and held academic posts at several universities. Among his decorations and awards, the most recent (2021) came from the city of Košice for his work in yoga. A qualified yoga teacher since 1979, he trains teachers within the Slovak Yoga Association and abroad. He is President of the SYA and an Honorary Member of the EUY.
Karin Svitáková met yoga at 13 and has practised mainly under the guidance of her father, Geza Timčák. As her three children grew older, she completed teacher training with the Slovak Yoga Association. She has attended weekend workshops with Dr Mukund Bhole and many summer courses in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. She travels to India regularly, usually to the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh, where she was initiated into mantra meditation. Karin teaches yoga in her spare time.
🌐 The lecture is in English.
🔗 Registration via the link in bio (open until 16 October).
