Episode Details

What exactly is a sankalpa, and how is it different from an affirmation, intention, or goal? Medha Bhaskar joins me to explore the deeper meaning of sankalpa, how to discover one that truly resonates, and how it can become a guiding direction for our lives.

Episode Highlights:

• Sankalpa’s meaning and place in yoga
• Sankalpa versus affirmations and intentions
• Sankalpa versus manifestation and goals
• Understanding SMART goals
• Discovering a deeper sankalpa
• Having one or multiple sankalpas
• Sharing a sankalpa publicly
• Sankalpa as a personal mantra
• Cultivating the feeling of sankalpa
• Different types of sankalpas
• Personal versus universal sankalpas
• Choosing the right sankalpa focus
• Moving beyond selfish sankalpas
• Measuring sankalpa progress
• Working through disappointment
• Using sankalpa with difficult intentions
• Finding and taking a sankalpa
• Using self-inquiry to discover sankalpa
• Writing, repeating, and wording sankalpa
• Choosing the right sankalpa language
• Using positive sankalpa statements
• Sankalpa as a healing practice
• Spiritual versus personal sankalpas
• Recognizing fear-driven sankalpas
• Do’s and don’ts of sankalpa
• Avoiding control and obsession
• Using universally applicable sankalpas
• Allowing sankalpa to evolve
• Using a single-word sankalpa

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