Setting Intentions for 2025: A Yogic Approach to Growth and Purpose

12/30/24 • 26 min

Welcome to the final episode of 2024! Host Lauren Leduc, founder of True Love Yoga, guides us through setting mindful, purpose-driven intentions for 2025 using yogic principles. This episode is perfect for anyone looking to enter the new year with clarity, focus, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Lauren shares insights on the following:

Sankalpa: Understanding this yogic practice of setting heartfelt, purposeful intentions for the year.
Drishti and Focus: Using yogic techniques like Drishti, or focal point, to set and maintain focus throughout the year.
Dharma and Purpose: How to align your intentions with your deeper purpose through universal and individual dharma.
Prana Piggy Bank: An exercise inspired by Sarah Kucera to identify what energizes you and what drains your energy, helping you to make more mindful choices.
Reflection and Gratitude: Acknowledging both highs and lows from 2024 with gratitude, to inform the growth of 2025.
Journaling Prompts: Thought-provoking prompts to help guide you in setting your intentions.
Aparigraha (Non-Attachment): Releasing old patterns, limiting beliefs, and unnecessary attachments for greater clarity.
Saucha (Purity) and Santosha (Contentment): Creating space for authenticity, acceptance, and gratitude.
Tapas (Discipline): Turning your intentions into actions, reframing discipline as devotion to support growth and alignment.

Join us for an inspiring discussion on how to start the year with clear intentions, a sense of purpose, and practical steps for manifestation. Lauren also invites listeners to her annual New Year’s Day workshop at True Love Yoga on January 1st.

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Lauren shares insights on the following:

Sankalpa: Understanding this yogic practice of setting heartfelt, purposeful intentions for the year.
Drishti and Focus: Using yogic techniques like Drishti, or focal point, to set and maintain focus throughout the year.
Dharma and Purpose: How to align your intentions with your deeper purpose through universal and individual dharma.
Prana Piggy Bank: An exercise inspired by Sarah Kucera to identify what energizes you and what drains your energy, helping you to make more mindful choices.
Reflection and Gratitude: Acknowledging both highs and lows from 2024 with gratitude, to inform the growth of 2025.
Journaling Prompts: Thought-provoking prompts to help guide you in setting your intentions.
Aparigraha (Non-Attachment): Releasing old patterns, limiting beliefs, and unnecessary attachments for greater clarity.
Saucha (Purity) and Santosha (Contentment): Creating space for authenticity, acceptance, and gratitude.
Tapas (Discipline): Turning your intentions into actions, reframing discipline as devotion to support growth and alignment.

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Previous Episode

Reflecting on 2024: A Yogic Ritual to Close the Year

In this special end-of-year episode, join host Lauren Leduc, founder of True Love Yoga, as she guides you through a mindful reflection on the closing cycle of 2024. Lauren explores the yogic philosophy of honoring endings, embracing change, and moving through transitions with acceptance and gratitude. With concepts rooted in yoga’s deep wisdom—such as the cycle of creation, sustenance, and release, as symbolized by the chant of Om—she invites listeners to let go of attachments and fears around change and endings.

You’ll also find journaling prompts woven throughout, offering space for introspection and emotional release. If you’re able, bring a journal, light a candle, and create a cozy space for this guided reflection, complete with a meditation at the end. And if you’re multitasking while listening, let the words flow over you, and come back later if you wish to dive deeper.

Key Themes Covered in This Episode:

Embracing the Cycle of Life: Creation, Sustenance, and Release
The Power of Shadow Work: Honoring the “dark” emotions and finding hidden gifts
Impermanence and Non-Attachment: Exploring yoga’s teaching on acceptance and letting go
Santoshya (Contentment) and Swadhyaya (Self-Study): Finding contentment and gratitude in the present
Journal Prompts for Reflection and Growth:
- What are you holding onto from this year that no longer serves you?
- What emotions have you been avoiding, and how can you honor them?
- What three things from 2024 are you grateful for, and how have they contributed to your growth?
- What did you learn from this year’s challenges, and how can you bring calm into the new year?

Upcoming Event Mentioned:

•New Year’s Day Workshop: “Breathe, Flow, & Set Your Intention for 2025” at True Love Yoga. Join Lauren on January 1st for a workshop to set powerful intentions for the year ahead with breathwork, flow, and mindful intention-setting. LEARN MORE

Listen to this episode to cultivate a mindset of acceptance, release, and readiness to step into the possibilities of the new year.

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Next Episode

Consistency is Key: Building a Sustainable Yoga Practice

In this episode of Deep in Your Yoga Practice, Lauren LeDuc discusses the importance of consistency in achieving personal goals, particularly in yoga practice. She explores key yogic concepts such as tapas (discipline) and non-attachment, emphasizing the need for a long-term commitment to practice. Lauren shares practical tips for creating consistency, including starting small, finding community, and celebrating wins. The episode encourages listeners to embrace small actions that lead to significant changes over time, reinforcing that yoga is a lifelong journey.

Takeaways

Consistency is essential for personal growth and achieving goals.
Tapas, or discipline, fuels our ability to show up consistently.
Practice should be long-term, uninterrupted, and joyful.
Letting go of perfection allows for more consistent practice.
Starting small can lead to habitual consistency in practice.
Finding community provides support and motivation.
Tracking progress can help reflect on growth and commitment.
Celebrating small wins boosts motivation and encourages consistency.
Yoga is a lifelong journey that requires ongoing commitment.
Showing up for yourself daily is crucial for personal development.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Consistency in Yoga Practice
07:41 Yogic Concepts Supporting Consistency
16:18 Practical Tips for Creating Consistency
23:52 Conclusion and Encouragement for the Year Ahead

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