Manifest Your Resolutions

Set your mind, body and spirit up for success in 2025 by manifesting your resolutions in a hot yoga class.

Committing to positive change can be hard. This time of year we are bombarded by all facets of wellness culture espousing “No more sugar!” “Exercise every day!” “Quit drinking!” “Quit __” “ Do ___ everyday!” And everything else under the sun. Overall, we are surrounded with strict, no wiggle room commandments that we must follow at the beginning of the year if we consider ourselves healthy and well. However, only 9% of people who make New Year’s resolutions accomplish them. 23% of people break this commitment within the first week of January!

Personally, I reject all these resolutions! The truth is, change comes slowly, not all at once. We want many things for ourselves, but being bullied by some faceless voice on the internet is no way to bring about consistent, healthy change.

The top synonym that Google associates with the word resolution is intention. As a yogi, this makes me very excited. Rather than viewing your resolution as a command etched in stone, think of it as an aspiration. Something to focus on and ground you as you flow through 2025. This year, instead of setting a long list of strict resolutions, I urge you to choose one or two keywords that your goals fall under. Every time life feels out of control or you don’t know where you’re heading next, come to the mat with these intentions in mind and the universe will be there to pull you back to the path that aligns with your goals.

We are most in tune with our own energy and the energy around us when we are doing yoga. This makes it an excellent time to put all our energy towards manifestation.

My resolutions this year all center around business and fruition. Rather than painstakingly controlling every aspect of how my resolutions are realized, I took it to the mat with the intention of manifestation. I called on the universe to provide me with what I need to achieve them, knowing I am putting in the work outside of my practice to make them happen. While I knew this would be a spiritual class for me, I had no idea just how awakened my chakras would become through the intense meditative state I reached.

Energy coursed through my body as my balance stayed perfectly centered between different postures.  Each time I sunk further into a pose I felt the surrounding air prop me up as if to say “I’ve got you.” It is in the comfort of destiny that we can fully give in to all of our potential. The universe has a knowledge of our path that we will never understand. No amount of journaling or planning will change that. Give your full trust to the energy around you, stop swimming against the current and instead relax and enjoy the ride.

The heat melted away my blockages and allowed everything in my body to flow exactly as it was meant to. Never have I relished the heat in a hot yoga class as I did on this day. My breath heaved as stagnant energy spewed from my body, making room for awakened, fluid Prana.

As we entered into savasana, I used the Kundalini Golden Light visualization practice to protect the fire burning in my heart. Starting from my root chakra, I envisioned a golden light traveling up my spine, hitting each chakra as it made its way to my crown. From there I imagined that light encapsulating me. With every inhale it stretched further around my body and with each exhale its warm glow burned brighter. I focused on releasing every need for control, pushing myself as close to ego death as I could reach while the Earth cradled me there on my mat. It is in this state that I realized just how much my need for control is holding me back. It is imperative to the teachings of Kundalini that we release the need for control, as it causes unneeded stress and suffering. Lean into the yogic principles of life and allow your spirit to guide you into 2025.

This year, as you set your resolutions, I challenge you to leave your #1 slot blank. Tune in to just how greatly you can affect worldly energy, then examine just how much the Earth’s energy can affect you. Put power to change by allowing the universe to realign you and your potential. Your path and your passion will work together to bring you exactly where you need to be.

If you are interested in learning more about Kundalini’s stress-relieving properties, join Nic Perner every Sunday at 7:00pm for a 75-minute session!

If you would like to manifest your resolutions with Hollywood Market Yoga in 2025 check the “Class Schedule” tab to see the variety of classes we offer on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day!