Sankalpa, Vision Setting and The Year Ahead

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">          2021 is around the corner and I bet after the year we had, you’re already all over creating a new year’s resolution list. Here’s how my list goes, I get excited in December for the new year to come. I sit down and look at my past year and ask mySelf what I want to bring into the new year. The list usually consists of eating healthier, exercising more, and making more money. I write them down on a piece of paper, go to a new year’s party, and January 1st hits and I’m hungover. I take my hangover into my week and right off the bat my list has gone to crap. A few weeks into January, I still haven’t really committed to my resolutions, and do you want to know why, because there was no inspired action behind the how. Sound familiar? Last year I tried it a little differently. I was overwriting this big long list and feel shame when it didn’t happen so I decided to choose a word instead. I brought the word TRUST into my year and allowed that to fuel everything after. This word eventually morphed into a Sankalpa. I was first introduced to Sankalpa in my yoga training and really never thought I would go back to it but here I am today, bringing it back and loving it, and here’s why … </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">          Sankalpa is a fancy Sanskrit word for intention. The definition means “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">an intention formed by the heart and mind -- a solemn vow, determination, or will. In practical terms, a Sankalpa means a one-pointed resolve to focus both psychologically and philosophically on a specific goal. A Sankalpa is a tool meant to refine the will, and to focus and harmonize mind and body.” See how already this brings more depth to what you desire to bring into your new year. This is something that can come with you for more than one year. It’s an intention that can grow and shift as you do throughout your year and it is here to support your year not make you feel bad one week in that you haven’t eaten all your greens. A Sanka