27/12/2025
As the New Year begins, many of us are encouraged to make resolutions. Things to change, fix, or improve. Resolutions often come from the mind: do more, be better, try harder. While they can be motivating, they’re usually rooted in external pressure or a sense that something is lacking.
A sankalpa is different.
Rather than focusing on what you want to change, a sankalpa focuses on what you want to remember. It’s not a to-do list or a promise you make under pressure. It’s a quiet, intentional statement that comes from the heart and reflects your deepest values.
New Year’s resolutions often sound like:
“I will exercise more.”
“I will be more productive.”
“I will stop doing ___.”
A sankalpa sounds more like:
“I honor my body and its needs.”
“I move through my days with presence and ease.”
“I trust myself and my inner wisdom.”
Resolutions rely on willpower. Sankalpas rely on alignment.
When a resolution is broken, it’s easy to feel like you’ve failed. When a sankalpa is forgotten, you simply return to it, without judgment. It’s meant to be revisited gently, again and again, especially when life feels messy or overwhelming.
This New Year, instead of asking, “What should I fix?”
Try asking, “What do I want to live from?”
Let your sankalpa be a soft anchor for the year ahead, guiding your choices, your energy, and your attention, not through force, but through intention.
You don’t need to become someone new.
You only need to remember who you already are.
What sankalpa will you carry into this New Year?