Dear Choose Happy Community,
When we feel stuck in cycles of negativity or emotional reactivity, it’s easy to think change is out of reach. But this teaching reminds us that what we energize, we amplify.
Swami Nityananda invites us to take a yogic path—one of awareness, discipline, and compassion. You can choose clarity over chaos. Even one conscious breath can begin to shift the storm.
Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video:
“ If I am in reactivity, if I am getting stuck in that maelstrom of misery and that negative energy, I’m actually increasing the maelstrom of misery. I’m actually energizing more negativity. And so just have that clarity and that awareness. It takes being a yogi. Throughout the Bhagavad Gita, the Divine says to each of us, be thou a yogi.”
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If you have heard this teaching before, we invite you — as Swami so often invites us — to hear it as if you are hearing it for the first time. Often we receive these teachings right when we need them.
In loving service,
Awake Yoga Meditation
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