The Sankalpa Project Community Blog

We sometimes find ourselves moving aimlessly, rushing to meet the demands of life and finish out to-do list, juggling priorities and managing the different social roles we play. But what if we chose slow living? What if we took the time to l i v e s l o w?

Here are simple ways to practice and cultivate slow living.

If you feel safe, close your eyes and imagine this. Waking up at 4:44am and leaving the comfort of your warm bed to get dressed in your comfy yoga...

Never before in our lifetime, have we depended on community.  The last 9 months have given us a lot of uncertainty and given us a glimpse of the...

I have been teaching yoga since 2011 and only recently could I verbalize the essence of my teaching yoga. My role as a yoga teacher is to bring ou...

“You’re too skinny” said my ex-boyfriend “You’re not skinny enough” said the photographers “Eat this, it’ll put meat on your bones” said my fa...

Everyone has yoga postures they don’t like. We internally groan when they are cued by our instructor and instead of focusing on breath and alignme...

Many years ago, when I first started practicing yoga, I didn't utilize props; I didn't "need" them to accomplish the pose. It's fair to say that a...

I have been thinking about Grace a lot lately. You see, Grace is my word for 2020. Rather than create resolutions every year, I have been choosing...

Growing up in Jamaica, travelling and especially living abroad was regarded as a high accomplishment and for many the only way to gain a better wa...

There are two most difficult things to do in a yoga practice - One is unrolling your mat and the second is relaxing into Savasana or corpse pose. ...

I’ve been in some pretty heavy emotional work since COVID hit. There are times that I’m super present to everything and other times that I’m total...

2020 has been a year like no other. Between Coronavirus and its negative effects and the worldwide protests regarding systemic racism caused me to...