| Creating change happens only when you have a | | | | relaxed." |
| roadmap: affirming where I want to be, and how I | | | | "I am healed, healthy and whole." |
| will get there. This is the practice of Sankalpa or | | | | "Everything is okay just as it is." |
| setting intention, an ancient yogic practice, and the | | | | Sankalpa speaks to our deeper layers and |
| first step to creating positive change. | | | | unconscious mind, where we are much more |
| Working only short term, research has shown that | | | | receptive to suggestion and change than our thinking |
| willpower alone does not create lasting change. | | | | mind. It is here at this place of our root that we can |
| Neuroscience tells us that willpower is weak, comes | | | | change our habitual thoughts and feelings. |
| from our prefrontal cortex, and is inherently limited. | | | | Be confident that you can create your own reality. |
| For real and long term change to take place, the | | | | Whatever you believe is what you create, and that is |
| ancient sages knew we needed to access our | | | | what you become. By changing input into mind, the |
| deeper layers of mind and wisdom in order to plant | | | | Sankalpa, and repeating it, there is a tendency for |
| seeds of change. This is the practice of Sankalpa. | | | | the mind to accept it. Repeat your Sankalpa |
| Sankalpa is the intention of our truest Self, not our | | | | numerous times in your day. Each time you sit to |
| logical, rational, controlling self. A way to access this | | | | begin a meditation or yoga practice or class, begin by |
| deep place is to ask: What is my hearts deepest | | | | repeating your Sankalpa. Stating it out loud 3 times, |
| longing? | | | | then silently 3 times is very powerful. It is potent to |
| From this insight, create a short statement | | | | use your Sankalpa with a hand Mudra to ground it in |
| composed of positive words, and most importantly, | | | | your body and connect with larger universal forces. |
| in present tense, as though it is already happening. | | | | When you have found your true Sankalpa, keep it |
| Here are some examples: | | | | until it manifests. This could be weeks, months, or |
| "I now sit for 10 minutes and focus on my breath." | | | | years. It may over time shift or transform and be |
| "I flow through life with ease and peace, I am | | | | open to it being alive and evolving. |