07 Oct VIBE’s Tips for Setting Your Intentions for Fall
Many people associate New Years or January with fresh starts, setting intentions, and creating goals. But this time of year, when summer is ending and fall’s at our feet, is the perfect time to set intentions. As kids get back into the swing of things at school and you return to your regular home and work routines, now is as good a time as any to get crystal clear on your intentions.
Today, we’re sharing our tips for setting your intentions for fall and making it a positive and productive season in your life!
What Are Intentions?
Before we get started, let’s quickly cover the difference between setting your intentions and setting goals. Goals are things you want or need to obtain or accomplish in the future. On the other hand, intentions are the framework by which you’re living your life and making decisions now. Intentions are what you want to manifest or principles by which you live your life.
Though they’re different, goals and intentions go hand in hand. While goals are static and ahead of us, our intentions shape the choices we make and lifestyles we lead on our way to accomplishing them.
Setting Your Intentions When You Already Have Goals in Mind
There are a variety of ways you can go about setting your intentions for this fall. One way to start is by considering the goals you have for the next few months. What do you want to accomplish? Consider what beliefs, actions, or energy you’ll need to make it happen.
For example, if your goal for this fall is to move your body every day, your intentions might be:
- Intending to feel like you are an active and motivated person each day.
- Intending to consistently find an activity that will help you move your body.
- Intending to believe in yourself and your ability to accomplish this goal.
Write Your Intentions Down
We’ve talked before about how valuable it can be to write down what you’re grateful for when you’re working on developing an attitude of gratitude. Writing down your intentions can be just as powerful!
The way your intentions make you feel when you say them and write them is important. They should light you up or awaken something inside you; it’s how you know your intentions will be impactful in your life.
As you note your intentions, be sure to use wording and language with positive energy.
For example, if you write down, “I intend to take a yoga class at VIBE once a week,” you may be inspired. However, writing down, “I intend to celebrate and appreciate my body’s strength and capabilities with a regular yoga practice at VIBE” will feel completely different, and in a good way. The second version is much more motivating.
Setting Your Intentions for Each Day
Setting intentions isn’t just about big goals and things you want to get or achieve in the months ahead. They can be about more minor, daily things as well.
Consider an experience you want, how you want to feel, or something you want to create or attract. Maybe you want to stay positive throughout what you worry will be a stressful day. Or, you want that challenging fitness class to not feel so intense for you.
Mindfully and intentionally drumming up those manifestations puts a call to the universe for you. You might be surprised by how powerfully those intentions can impact each day!
Join us for our VIBE and Cyclebar Glow & Flow Breast Cancer Fundraiser class on Thursday, October 14th at 6:00 pm @ Cyclebar Brookfield. Followed by 45 minute yoga flow in the market square at the Corners of Brookfield! For more information, click here.
Join us Sunday October 31st for a special “Hippy Halloween” practice from 9-10:30 am @ VIBE. Enjoy a for a Special Vinyasa Yoga Practice and Yoga Nidra with Kate, including a warm and sweaty grounding yoga practice designed to open your hips & legs while connecting you to earth. Our asana practice will end with an extended guided Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep). Costumes are optional! All levels of experience levels welcome, but some Yoga experience recommended. For more information click here.
