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What was your New Year\u2019s resolution?<\/p>\n
Without fail, as each year ends, we reflect on our lives and many of us set goals for the upcoming year (some of us even reach<\/em> these goals!).<\/p>\n But are goals what we should really be setting?<\/strong><\/p>\n In my final yoga class of 2019 \u2013 a beautiful yin class led by our very own Martha Atkins \u2013 I was led to consider whether all this goal-chasing was really the way to go about living as the best versions of ourselves.<\/p>\n Goals vs. Intentions<\/strong><\/p>\n Martha brought up the concept of goals, using plants as an example. Perhaps we wish to grow plants \u2013 this is our goal. We visualize great big thriving plants full of luscious green leaves and vibrant life.<\/p>\n But, WAIT.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t going to just happen overnight. Unless we tend the soil, plant the seeds, and nurture our plants with water, sunshine, weeding, and love, this goal cannot come to fruition. It takes setting intentions<\/em> to achieve our goal. The intentions are the work \u2013 the labour of love. The goal is the outcome; the reward as a result of all our daily progress.<\/p>\n