Gentle twisting. In a restorative yoga class once, the teacher described the spine as a heavy wet washcloth- heavy, wet, and slumped over with environmental and food toxicities, and slumped over with a sedentary lifestyle. Physiologically, this makes sense as the spine is full of cerebrospinal fluid, a clear liquid that surround the brain and spinal column and is used as a cushion or buffer for the fluid movement, within the body, of these structures. a, as well as a shock absorber for the Central Nervous System. According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Cerebrospinal fluid “also circulates nutrients and chemicals filtered from the blood and removes waste products from the brain.” When my yoga teacher spoke of the spine as a wet washcloth, she was speaking of this function of filtering out the chemical and nutrients . Twist poses are like ‘wringing out the washcloth,’ pulling the spine straight and long, allowing all of the excess we store in this place to filter out, and move through, and out, of our bodies. Not only are we wringing out the spine but as we twist we are also massaging the organs helping to create movement and pull stuck energy out to support digestion and detoxification.