Sankalpa सङ्कल्प Sankalpa (सङ्कल्प), is a Samskrtham term used in yoga and védānta philosophy to indicate intention. Let’s break the word into two; sum and kalpa. The root ‘krp’ in one of its word forms as kalpa offers the meaning to be able or capable to make a resolve (courtesy my Sanskrit teacher). The second part …
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2018 Intentions
Intention - Sankalpa Another year, another resolution. Each year the most common resolution ends up being about health - a desire to initiate change through exercise and nutrition. Any type of change is born as an intention and morphs into a resolution. They say intention to monitor change at the level of thought process is where change …
yogic new year 2016 (1)
"Yesterday I was clever and wanted to change the world. Today I am wise and decided to change myself. " - Jalal ud-in Rumi (Sufi Mystic) Change means to act differently - to adapt, make amends or make things different from the way they were. The act of change begins with an intention. The intention then, …