San Kalpa

When you think back a year ago, two years, three… do you remember the vision and aspirations you had for yourself?

Did the experiences of day to day life you now have come from an aspiration you had back then?

Did you intend for things to be the way they are now?

Whether you did or didn’t, there’s likely to have been a pattern of thinking and feeling that led you here. A pattern of saying and doing that brought you to your current circumstances.

If life threw you a few challenges along the way that’s to be expected, and true for us all, but we all have within us the power to shape our thinking around these circumstances with intention going forward.

In Yoga we call this intention San Kalpa and it becomes the direction toward which our practice is aimed.

Whether a simple word such as “Abundance”, “Peace” or “Harmony” or a statement such as “I am becoming…” or “I feel…”, the San Kalpa we choose gives power and direction to our yoga practice.

With unwavering repetition, the San Kalpa moves from a simple word or statement to a feeling that charges our being with positive constructive energy.

Our practice of Yoga creates this energy and the San Kalpa gives it direction.