If you imagine your life is like a constantly flowing river of events and circumstances, the power of your intention influences the probability of an event or circumstance occuring at a certain point in time.

The more you believe something to be true, the greater your reticular activating system will play out your life to make it true.

An intention can be something material such as wanting your dream car or vacation, or it can be something more physiological such as healing from chronic illness or wanting to reach your perfect weight.

It can also be more spiritually aligned by focusing on something you want to attract that could help the greater good.

The more focused you are on exactly what you want, the greater the power of your intention becomes.

How to set your intentions

You have to be very careful when selecting your intentions and using them during SOMA Breath as the process is very powerful and sometimes we can manifest things that we do not really want and are not truly beneficial to us.

Here are some guidelines to follow to make sure you have the greatest chance of success with manifesting your intentions during the practice of SOMA Breath.

• Be affirmative and say with conviction – Manifesting successfully is dependent on how strongly you believe with pure conviction that what you are trying to create has already happened. Your unconscious mind cannot distinguish between positive and negative, so if you want to reach your perfect weight, you would say ‘I am at my perfect weight and body shape’ rather than ‘I don’t want to be fat’ otherwise your unconscious mind will act on the word fat, ignoring the don’t and manifest that result instead.
• They must be in the present tense – as you manifest only what you truly believe has already occurred, all intentions should be in the present tense. For example, if you want to attract more money, you would say ‘I am wealthy’ or you can be even more specific and say ‘I have $100k in my bank account”
• They must be in the first person
• They must involve a specific action
• Repetition is essential, so the more times you repeat an affirmation the better. It should become a daily practice.
• Positive intentions do not magically manifest results, what they do instead is open your subconscious mind to new channels of information and opportunity, so you must take action on these in order for any major changes to happen to your life.

Here are some examples of good and bad positive intentions to use.

I am a creative thinker – good / I want to be a creative thinker – bad

I am beautiful – good / I don’t want to be fat – bad

So remember to pick the right statements for your intentions, then make it a daily habit to clear the clutter and reprogram your subconscious/unconscious mind.