Creating A Sankalpa - Your Personal Mission Statement

Sankalpa is a Sanskrit word for a heartfelt resolve — a present-tense statement of who you already are, planted where lasting change takes root. It isn't something you chase. It's something you remember.

This practice helps you find your sankalpa and plant it. You'll be guided through relaxation and breath awareness into the receptive state between waking and sleeping, then invited to listen for the intention already living in you and repeat it three times so it settles beneath the thinking mind.

Use it to reconnect with your purpose, quiet self-doubt, work with limiting beliefs, ease overwhelm, or begin a new season.

Practice type: guided meditation drawing on yoga nidra, body-based relaxation, breath awareness, and intention setting. No experience necessary. Seated or lying down. All levels.

sankalpa, intention setting, yoga nidra, guided meditation, subconscious mind, deep relaxation, limiting beliefs, mindfulness, body scan, new moon ritual, purpose, self-trust

Transcript

This is some copper. Sankalpa is a Sanskrit word. Sanskrit is the ancient yogic language, Language of India that's kind of been a forgotten language, But all of the Vedic texts, The yoga texts were written in Sanskrit. So Sanskrit, I'm pretty sure Vedic texts, Don't quote me on that, But the books where yoga came from also were Sanskrit specifically. And so Sankalpa is a Sanskrit word that you can kind of think of as a personal mission statement or a, Mantra, Personal mantra, But you create it for yourself and you can change it daily. You can work with a sankalpa for months, Years. I was working with a specific sankalpa. It's kind of my fallback. I guess I've ebbed and flowed with it, But really for the last like 10 years, I actually got it tattooed on my spine. It was, I am whole, I am enough. And so you can think of Sankalpa as just like a present tense, Um, Yeah, Mission statement mantra and something that you might be working with currently. And so I've shared bits and pieces on my profile lately about, Um, Buying property and how triggering it's been, To be honest. Triggering is such like a buzzword right now, But it has been it's triggered so many things of Self-worth and I don't know do I deserve this and It's interesting because I'm also going through this weird transformational phase. Period in my life where I'm just realizing kind of who I am and what's good for me. I mean, I know I'm 30 and I've had a sense of who I am, But really kind of narrowing that down. And it's so weird because when I feel peaceful. I guess it's not where they write studies about this all the time, You can read about it online, But like my nervous system feeling peaceful and still and calm feels so unsettling to me because I'm so used to honestly living in this fight or flight, Frantic, Something's always wrong kind of mindset. And I have a lot of trauma and besides the point, I'm also a trauma informed yoga teacher and 75 or 70% of Americans have reported trauma. And so it's applicable to all people is what I'm saying. More or less. And so that nervous system stillness, Yes, Where I'm getting at is this thing called Bud that I most recently have been working with is I feel safe in transformation. I am safe in transformation because that's essentially what it is. I'm going through this transformation and changing how I feel safe in my body and safe in my nervous system. And I find myself, I'll be honest, Going back to old patterns or this, This, And that. And life is growth and such a journey. And so Sankalp I'm working with to tap into that nervous system, Unsettled feeling, But then also this transformation is I am safe in transformation. And so, I'll try not to be playing with my hair the whole time, Sorry. These bangs drive me crazy. Okay, Anyways, So. So I would like, If you could create one now, Just in your mind, It doesn't have to be anything crazy. You don't have to overthink it. You can use the one that I, The two examples that I gave, I am whole, I am enough, Or I am safe and in transformation. I am safe in transformation. One of my good yoga friends, Jessica Loyler, I can never say your last name right, I'm sorry, But she uses a sankalpa in her classes, And I think it's something like. . . Something similar. I am safe, I am held, I am in transformation, Something like that. Anyways, So creating a sankalpa for our meditation this morning. Hi, Roz. We're gonna just do some simple breath work and repeating our sankalpa to ourselves. So if you wanna close the eyes or maybe just come to a gentle gaze. So we're working the sankalpa rise. So just a personal mantra mission statement that's present tense. So the one I'm working with is I am safe in transformation. So as you inhale, Repeating it silently or aloud to yourself. As you exhale, You can either repeat it a second time, Or you can visualize releasing something that doesn't serve you, Or just vaguely releasing what doesn't serve you. Inhale, Repeating the Sankalpa silently or aloud. And exhale, Releasing what doesn't serve you. Inhale, I am safe in transformation. Exhale to release. You want to add in a three-part breath with that. Inhale, Sending the breath to the belly. Then the ribs, Then the chest, Just taking our full capacity of breath of oxygen. And exhale, Releasing from chest, Then ribs, Then belly, Allowing all the air to release. Inhale, Option for three-part breath, Repeating your sankalpa. And exhale, Releasing. Breath and what doesn't serve you. Inhaling, Three-part breath, Repeating our sankalpa to ourselves. And exhale, Release. We'll go through five more rounds. Inhaling our sankalpa. I am safe in transformation. Exhaling what no longer serves us. What doesn't support our Sankalpa. Inhale, Sankalpa. Example, I am safe in transformation. And exhaling what doesn't serve the sankalpa. Three more rounds, Deep inhale. Repeating sankalpa. And exhale to release, Either through nose or mouth. Last two rounds, Inhale. And exhale. Last round, Inhaling our Sankalpa. And exhaling what doesn't serve us. Now keeping a deep conscious breath, It doesn't have to be a three-part breath. Dropping the sankalpa, We're just gonna end with a few gentle moments, A few breaths, Conscious but not forced. So you can drop the three-part breath if you'd like. And just noticing any subtle changes, Any subtle energies in the body, In the mind, In the spirit. Maybe from the Sankalpa. Maybe just from tuning in and taking a few deep breaths this morning, But noticing anything that might have changed in your being throughout these last 10 minutes or so. Big part of our yoga practice is fostering that mind-body connection, Mind-body relationship. So when we take a moment to notice how these practices settle in the body, We're supporting that and also reinforcing, Telling ourselves that these things work. Taking your sankalpa off of this practice, Off of this IG live into your weekend, Your week. And repeating it to yourself anytime you're feeling frantic or anxious. Maybe in the mornings, If you have a morning routine, Your gratitude journal, It's a great time to bring that sankalpa in and just remind yourself. Of where you're at, What you're working with, Who you are. Great practice. And again, You can work with these for years, Months, Or they can change. You can work with a new one daily. Personal mission statement you can think of. And that'll close out our meditation for this morning. Thank you so much for joining.