As part of Shivaratri 2014, Shree Maa and Swamiji have just blessed us with a new group sankalpa to continue our efforts in praying for world peace. The collective effort in chanting the sankalpa mantra at the same time as other devotees creates special benefits for the whole universe.
This is a special three-part sankalpa – it involves the chanting of a mantra, and/or walking a certain number of steps a day along with the practice of a few yogasanas. Can you talk the talk, walk the walk and remain in equilibrium?
Read below for details:
Dates of the Sankalpa
Start Date: January 30th, 2014
End Date: Feb 27th, 2014
Goal of the Sankalpa
The group sankalpa is three-fold :
1) Participants will complete 10008 malas of “Om Namah Shivaya” during the sankalpa time period. All are welcome to participate in this prayer for World Peace.
2) Participants will walk a certain number of steps each day, and each person will determine the number based on their own individual fitness levels. We aim to complete 3,000,000 steps as a group between 30th Jan 2014 and 27th Feb 2014.
3) Participants will do the first five ( Tadasana to Virabhadrasana 1) of the yoga asana sequence as given by Shree Maa. Please see http://shreemaa.org/hatha-
The Sankalpa Mantra
Chant this mantra as many malas as you can (One mala = 108 repetitions of the mantra):
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
The Audio Clip of the Mantra. Listen to Maa chant !
Interested in participating in the sankalpa?
Please contact Nanda Maa at sa******@sh******.org to sign up and with any questions regarding the sankalpa .
What is the Value of a Group Sankalpa?
Here is what some of our participants around the world are saying: Please read their feedback.
Your Group Sankalpa Affirmations
Visit this page to remind yourself why Sadhana is important to you and especially Sadhana in the form of a Group Sankalpa. When motivation flags, this is the page to read and get strength. Here are the collected affirmations of the participants.
Sankalpa Counts Tracker
Goals – 29 days – A collective goal of 10,008 malas of the sankalpa mantra and 3,000,000 steps, and individual yogasana goals.
As of Feb 27th, the final day of the sankalpa, we have completed 30,975 malas, 3,850,240 steps and 2,911 yogasana reps.
| Name | #Malas | #Steps | #YogaReps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amba | 43 | ||
| Ambika G | 140 | ||
| Ambika S | 163 | 145,783 | 10 |
| Anjana | 121 | ||
| Ariana | 28 | ||
| Bea | 11 | ||
| Bhuvana | 200 | ||
| Bhuwan | 60 | ||
| Bill M | 10 | ||
| Chandana | 30 | 50 | |
| Chandi | 325 | ||
| Claire | 14 | ||
| curtis | 178 | 11 | |
| Daniel | 21 | 0 | 125 |
| David | 53 | 230,612 | 165 |
| Devananda | 144 | 230,000 | |
| Devi | 2 | ||
| Dhyana Devi | 232 | 92,165 | |
| Dilip | 3 | ||
| Divya | 60 | ||
| Dmitri | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Eve | 134 | 52,000 | 181 |
| Fred | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Gautamananda | 10 | ||
| Hari | 23 | ||
| henny | 260 | 85 | |
| Ian | 196 | 91,000 | 0 |
| Indra | 648 | ||
| Jagadeesh | 47 | ||
| Jan | 33 | 85,000 | 55 |
| Janitri | 23 | 91,904 | 7 |
| Joseph | 57 | 32 | |
| julia | 395 | ||
| kalachandra dd | 27 | 2,914 | 27 |
| kalia | 285 | 3,240 | 72 |
| Kamala Maa | 7 | ||
| Kamini | 170 | 39,986 | |
| Karen B | 27 | 51 | |
| Kaushiki | 42 | 26,395 | |
| Kim | 72 | 36 | |
| Kip | 165 | ||
| kirstan | 1,008 | 1,500 | 0 |
| Krista | 264 | 44,000 | 155 |
| Kurt | 16 | ||
| Kyle | 11 | 5,000 | 37 |
| Lakshmi | 1 | ||
| laksmi | 368 | 142 | |
| Laura | 139 | 162,479 | 78 |
| laurens | 290 | 195,000 | 97 |
| Leela | 66 | ||
| Linda | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Lori | 87 | 120,196 | 119 |
| Madhusudana | 12 | 1 | |
| Maia | 8 | 4 | |
| Mamta | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Manju | 30 | 17,986 | |
| Marilyn | 10 | ||
| Mausumi | 57 | ||
| Meadow | 90 | 70,000 | 30 |
| Morningsong | 28 | 0 | 22 |
| Mrunmayee | 265 | ||
| Mt. Shasta Paul | 92 | ||
| Nanda | 300 | 167,237 | |
| Neil | 1,743 | 279,800 | 174 |
| Nirmala | 520 | 52,000 | |
| Nityananda | 14 | 7 | |
| Oliver | 44 | ||
| Papia | 65 | 10,255 | 3 |
| Parmatma | 50 | 12 | |
| paul | 81 | ||
| Paula | 158 | 236,444 | 340 |
| Prabuddh | 62 | ||
| Prakash | 34 | ||
| Raghu | 1,008 | ||
| Rajeswary | 1,008 | 100,800 | |
| Raji | 215 | ||
| ramita | 270 | 54,000 | 81 |
| Reema | 13 | ||
| Richard | 2,257 | ||
| Rita | 491 | 20,509 | |
| Ron | 800 | 12 | |
| roxana | 26 | 51 | |
| SadhanaShakti | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| Sally | 7 | 2,800 | |
| Samantha | 63 | 3,000 | 24 |
| Sami | 220 | 62 | |
| Saranya | 64 | 87,000 | 76 |
| Satya | 4,685 | 286,337 | 108 |
| Shalini | 58 | 152,452 | |
| Shankar | 10 | ||
| Shanti | 3,200 | 302,646 | |
| Shyama | 65 | ||
| Siddhartha | 11 | ||
| Sue | 415 | 154 | |
| Sukanya | 54 | 100,000 | 56 |
| Suman | 35 | ||
| Suneetha | 69 | ||
| Tom | 14 | 50,000 | 14 |
| Tracey | 23 | 12 | |
| Uma W | 3,600 | ||
| Usha | 1,350 | 237,800 | 108 |
| Vasantha | 105 | ||
| Vidyasagar | 23 | ||
| Vina | 23 | ||
| Vishweshwar | 16 | 3 | |
| Wah | 16 | ||
| Yukiteru | 40 | ||
| TOTAL | 30,975 | 3,850,240 | 2,911 |