2025 was full of change. The year brought job transitions, significant political shifts, and the deep ache of personal loss. These all presented challenges that tested me in myriad ways. Through these experiences, I discovered valuable lessons. I learned not just to accept change as an ongoing part of life but to embrace it as a gateway to growth and transformation.
As we step into a new year, many of us feel that familiar spark of possibility: sensing that we’re standing at the threshold of something fresh. For me, this transition feels especially poignant after a year that asked so much of my heart and my resilience. This has led me to approach the year ahead in a different way. I want to stay anchored to the Truth within, no matter what life brings. To do this, I’ve been cultivating a deeper relationship with personalized sankalpa.
So what is sankalpa? You may have encountered it as the “resolve” taken near the beginning and end of a yoga nidra session. But when you start to connect with your own personalized sankalpa, it takes on deeper meaning and power.
Resolutions often focus on fixing what we think is “wrong” or striving toward something external. They can feel like “to do” lists — and often fade when willpower wanes. Goals, too, tend to live in the realm of doing: future-oriented, measurable, tied to achievement.
Sankalpa lives in the realm of being.
Rather than striving, it is about remembering who you already are at your core. When planted in the fertile ground of yoga nidra, sankalpa takes root in the subconscious mind. This allows it to blossom naturally in your life.
Of course, outer goals still matter. They help us move through the world with purpose. They become more meaningful when they arise from the deeper truth within, and when we allow that truth to shape how we pursue them.
Sankalpa feels especially meaningful to me now. In a world that often urges us to do, be, and achieve more, sankalpa invites us to pause. It encourages us to listen. It asks us to root ourselves not in external striving but in inner truth. It is less about becoming. It is more about remembering: remembering the wholeness that has always been there, even in times of upheaval.
If you feel drawn to explore this practice more deeply, I invite you to join me for an upcoming workshop focused on uncovering and articulating your own personalized sankalpa.
🌿 Through gentle movement, guided meditation, journaling, breathwork, and the deep rest of yoga nidra, uncover your heartfelt intention.
✨ What’s included:
- Gentle asana practice focused on heart opening
- Guided journaling prompts
- Guided breathwork and meditation
- Yoga Nidra with sankalpa planting
- Take-home materials to support your journey
Click the image below to register for the workshop. Space is limited.
Together, we’ll create space to listen inwardly, to reflect, and to plant the seeds of intention in a way that feels nourishing and authentic. I hope you’ll join me.
In the meantime, I encourage you to stay curious. Stay open. Stay connected to that quiet inner place where your deepest truth lives.
I look forward to sharing more with you soon.
