Podcast · Devotional & Spiritual

Choose Happy with Swami Nityananda

by Awake Yoga Meditation · English · Devotional & Spiritual

Techniques, teachings, and meditations rooted in yoga philosophy to help you let go of stress, calm your mind, and live with more ease and connection. awakeyogameditation.substack.com

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 36 min
Latest: 1 Oct 2026
Language: English

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1 Oct 2026 · 34 min

Choose Love, Even When It’s Hard

Dear Choose Happy Community, It can take practice to recognize the patterns that keep us disconnected from our deeper truth. This teaching reminds us that beneath fear, limitation, and human pain, there is a capacity for unconditional love, compassion, creativity, and wholeness. We don’t have to pretend difficult emotions aren’t there. Instead, we can meet them with honesty and ask the source of unconditional love to guide us toward a different choice. Choosing truth and love is a practice we return to again and again. And each time we choose it, we create more space for healing, connection,…

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24 Sep 2026 · 35 min
Your Kindness Matters More Than You Know
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to wonder if the small things we do really make a difference. A kind word, a moment of support, or simply showing up for someone can feel insignificant when the world’s problems seem so much bigger. But this teaching reminds us that we rarely see the full impact of what we share. When we choose kindness and service, the effect can travel far beyond the moment we’re in. We may never know whose life was touched by something we did, but that doesn’t make the ripple any less real. Sometimes, making a difference begins with simply choosing to be of service…
17 Sep 2026 · 42 min
Forgive Yourself and Heal
Dear Choose Happy Community, Some pain stays with us long after the person or situation is gone. This teaching offers a powerful shift: healing may begin by forgiving ourselves for carrying the impact of what happened and giving ourselves the love and understanding we need. It doesn’t mean denying what hurt you or pretending it didn’t matter. It means turning toward the part of yourself that still needs care. As we meet ourselves with compassion, we can begin to release the pain and navigate our relationships with greater wisdom, strength, and love. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the…
10 Sep 2026 · 48 min
How to Stop People Pleasing
Dear Choose Happy Community, How often do we put ourselves last in order to make everyone else happy? People pleasing can lead us to ignore our own needs, sacrifice our rest, and even mistreat ourselves in the process. Sometimes, the pressure isn’t even coming from others. It can come from our own fear of disappointing them. This teaching invites us to pause and ask: Who am I trying to please? When we practice honest self-awareness, we can begin choosing kindness toward ourselves without believing we have to earn love or approval from everyone around us. Here’s one of our favorite quotes…
3 Sep 2026 · 30 min
Why Anger Makes Us Feel Separate
Dear Choose Happy Community, Anger can rise quickly and make us feel completely caught up in the moment. This teaching invites us to see anger as a wave that arises within us, rather than something we have to become. Through self-awareness, we can pause, observe what is happening, and remember that we have a choice in how we respond. When we stop identifying with the wave, we create space for anger to settle and for peace to return. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “Anger is a wave that rises in the ocean of us, if we take these teachings seriously. Anger is a wave that…
27 Aug 2026 · 33 min
How to Overcome Fear of Loss
Dear Choose Happy Community, Fear often grows when we become attached to an outcome we cannot control. This teaching reminds us that we can still act with love and give our best without carrying the weight of knowing exactly how things will turn out. When we dedicate our actions to serving the highest good, we create space for greater freedom, joy, and peace. The outcome may not always be in our hands, but how we show up can be. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “‘There’s always the fear of loss. You know that. We’ve all been there. Fear of loss of job, position, honor,…
21 Aug 2026 · 33 min
How to Find Harmony If You Feel Agitated
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to believe we’ll finally feel peaceful once someone else changes what they’re saying or doing. But this teaching reminds us that happiness and harmony don’t have to depend on what is happening around us. When we turn within and choose the energy of wellbeing, we can meet difficult conversations, relationships, and everyday situations from a place of greater clarity. The shift begins when we stop waiting for life to change and start cultivating the harmony we want to live from. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “I know that from a human…
13 Aug 2026 · 51 min
Stop Adding Mental Anguish to Your Pain
Dear Choose Happy Community, Pain and discomfort are part of being human, but sometimes our minds add another layer of suffering. One difficult experience can become a spiral of mental anguish when we keep identifying with the thoughts and stories around it. This teaching invites us to notice when the mind is piling more suffering onto what is already difficult. With awareness, we can create space between the experience itself and the additional suffering our minds may create. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “There is suffering in the world because the mind creates…
6 Aug 2026 · 31 min
How to Break Free From Old Emotional Patterns
Dear Choose Happy Community, We all have moments when fear, anger, or old habits seem to take over. But this teaching reminds us that these moments are not who we truly are. They simply invite us to remember the light that has always been present within us. Meditation and karma yoga help us return to that deeper truth. The more we practice remembering our divine nature, the less power old patterns have over us. You are not here to fight the darkness. You are here to remember the light that has never left you. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “Darkness can only be present in…
30 Jul 2026 · 33 min
The Gentle Way to Move Through Pain
Dear Choose Happy Community, Grief can feel overwhelming. It can make you wonder if you’ll ever feel like yourself again. But what if your tears weren’t a sign that you’re falling apart? What if they’re a reflection of how deeply you’ve loved? This teaching reminds us that we don’t have to fear grief or rush past it. We can honor the love beneath our sorrow, stay present with ourselves and those we care about, and keep taking the next step. Even in the hardest moments, you can rise, stand firm, and discover a quiet strength that’s been with you all along. Here’s one of our favorite quotes…
23 Jul 2026 · 42 min
Choose Thoughts That Help You Grow
Dear Choose Happy Community, The words you repeat to yourself matter more than you may realize. If your thoughts or your self-talk leave you feeling discouraged, fearful, or small, this teaching offers a simple but powerful practice: notice them with honesty, then choose something that strengthens you instead. Every thought and every word is an opportunity to reconnect with your inner strength. When you invite wisdom to guide your thinking, your speaking, and your choices, you begin creating a life rooted in clarity instead of fear. Real transformation doesn’t happen all at once. It happens…
16 Jul 2026 · 32 min
Protect Your Peace From Negativity
Dear Choose Happy Community, This teaching reminds us that our brains and nervous systems respond to negativity as a form of stress, but we’re not powerless. Through self-awareness, we can recognize what’s affecting us, gently calm our stress response, and reconnect with the part of ourselves that is creative, peaceful, and clear. You can’t always control what you’re exposed to, but you can choose how you care for your mind and heart. The more you return to awareness, the more space you create for clarity, healing, and genuine inner peace. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “…
9 Jul 2026 · 54 min
When Change Feels Hard
Dear Choose Happy Community, Life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagined it would. Change can make the human mind feel threatened, uncertain, or afraid. But this teaching offers a gentle reminder: in this moment, you are safe. When we return to that truth, something shifts. Instead of reacting from fear, we begin listening more deeply for what is most loving, most helpful, and most aligned in each moment. Even when everything around you changes, there is a grounded and steady presence within you that never leaves. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ We can feel threatened.…
2 Jul 2026 · 30 min
How to Stay Loving in Difficult Relationships
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes the deepest pain comes from the people closest to us. And when someone continues behaviors that hurt us, it can feel impossible to find peace. This teaching offers a different kind of freedom: the realization that healing does not always depend on the other person changing first. The moment we choose to stop carrying resentment and reconnect with love, something inside of us begins to soften and open. That doesn’t mean ignoring harmful behavior. It means refusing to let pain define the state of your heart. Liberation begins when you choose peace within…
25 Jun 2026 · 39 min
How to Stop Resisting Change
Dear Choose Happy Community, Change can feel overwhelming, especially when it affects your relationships, your work, your family, or the world around you. This teaching reminds us that fear and resistance are not the only ways to meet uncertainty. There is another possibility: remembering that even in the middle of change, you still live in a universe filled with guidance, love, wisdom, and support. When we stop fighting change and begin opening to it, something softens inside of us. We become more steady, more creative, and more able to meet life with clarity instead of fear. You don’t have…
18 Jun 2026 · 47 min
Let Go and Open to Possibility
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes the mind becomes so full of stress, stories, worries, and attachments that we can no longer feel clarity or possibility. This teaching offers a different approach: instead of trying to force answers, become empty enough to receive them. The yogic teachings remind us that infinite energy and creativity are always available when we loosen our grip on who we think we have to be. Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It means making space for something deeper to move through you. Peace, insight, creativity, and healing often arrive when we stop clinging and…
11 Jun 2026 · 22 min
Your Thoughts Shape Your Reality
Dear Choose Happy Community, The way we speak to ourselves matters more than we realize. This teaching reminds us that our thoughts don’t just pass through us—they shape the energy we live in every day. When self-criticism or self-rejection becomes constant, it disconnects us from the light, peace, and goodness already within us. Healing begins by becoming aware of the thoughts we are feeding and gently choosing something different. More kindness. More compassion. More truth. The more we reconnect with the light within ourselves, the more available we become to bring that same light into the…
4 Jun 2026 · 40 min
How to Stop Feeding Drama
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to get pulled into drama—our own or someone else’s. But this teaching offers a powerful reminder: where we place our identity matters. When we identify with fear, conflict, or reactivity, we strengthen those patterns. When we identify with the light at the core of our being, we create space for wisdom, courage, and healing to emerge. This isn’t about ignoring what’s difficult. It’s about meeting life from a deeper place. The more we stay connected to the light within, the more we can respond to challenges with clarity instead of getting lost in them.…
28 May 2026 · 36 min
How to Heal Anger and Fear
Dear Choose Happy Community, Fear, anger, and insecurity can leave the mind and body feeling tense, exhausted, and out of balance. This teaching reminds us that healing doesn’t come from fighting those feelings—it comes from turning inward and reconnecting with the natural flow of love already within us. When we open the heart to kindness, peace begins to return to the body, the mind softens, and clarity becomes possible again. Love is not weakness. It’s the energy that helps us remember the truth of who we are. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ It’s not pleasant to be in…
21 May 2026 · 42 min
The Secret to Inner Victory
Dear Choose Happy Community, No matter what you’re facing externally, there is still an inner victory available to you. This teaching reminds us that fear, anger, jealousy, or frustration do not have to define our state of being. Even in moments that look like loss from the outside, we can remain connected to something deeper—peace, love, and truth within. Spiritual victory begins when we stop waiting for the outside world to change before allowing ourselves to reconnect with the light already present inside us. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “Whatever the external…
14 May 2026 · 30 min
How to Heal Negative Energy
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to get pulled into anger, judgment, or resentment—especially in a world that often feels divided and reactive. But this teaching invites us to pause and ask a deeper question: Am I willing to heal? If we want peace in the world, we first have to allow peace to take root within ourselves. The moment we stop feeding the fire of negativity and open to peace instead, something begins to transform. Peace doesn’t just surround us—it can move through us. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ Am I energizing any hatred, animosity, judgment,…
7 May 2026 · 45 min
You Are Loved—No Matter What Happens
Dear Choose Happy Community, When the world feels heavy—filled with conflict, injustice, or pain—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or disconnected. This teaching offers a steady truth: even in the midst of everything, you are still being loved into existence in every moment. That love isn’t distant or external—it’s alive within you, guiding and sustaining you. When you reconnect with that, something shifts. You’re not alone in what you’re facing—you’re supported in every breath. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ No matter what wars I have known, no matter what tragedies I have…
30 Apr 2026 · 42 min
Turn Within and Find Peace
Dear Choose Happy Community, No matter what is happening around you, peace is still available within you. This teaching reminds us that external circumstances do not have to define our inner state. When life feels uncertain or heavy, you can turn inward and rest in the deepest part of yourself—the place where the Divine is already present. Strength is not always pushing forward. Sometimes strength is learning to repose in what is steady, rich, and true within you. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “No matter what the external circumstances are that you’re aware of, no matter…
23 Apr 2026 · 35 min
Why You Should Never Feel Intimidated
Dear Choose Happy Community, When fear or insecurity rises, it can seem like life outside of us is bigger than the strength within us. This teaching offers a powerful reminder: the light already within you is greater than anything happening in time and space. You don’t have to earn it or create it. Your task is simply to turn inward and let it flow through the places touched by pain, shame, guilt, or lack. What heals you is already inside you. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “The light in us is always going to be greater than anything we can possibly create or express in…
18 Apr 2026 · 45 min
Heal the Pain You’ve Been Avoiding
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes the pain we couldn’t feel in the past waits quietly until we’re ready. This teaching reminds us that when we wall off pain, we also block the life force within us. Healing isn’t about forcing anything—it’s about gently turning toward those parts of ourselves with kindness and care. When we do, we begin to reclaim the energy we’ve been missing. Every part of you is already loved, already worthy, and already held in the light. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ A couple of people have mentioned in early childhood the trauma was such that…
10 Apr 2026 · 33 min
Be the Light in Everyday Moments
Dear Choose Happy Community, In the middle of everyday life—conversations, responsibilities, and passing moments—there is a deeper awareness always guiding you. This teaching reminds us that the Divine isn’t separate from our daily interactions, but moving through them. Each moment is an opportunity to respond from inner truth, with presence and care. You don’t have to search for purpose—it’s already expressing itself through you. The light you are is meant to be shared. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ Awareness and inner truth within us is continually inviting us to…
2 Apr 2026 · 38 min
From Anger to Equanimity
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to forget how powerful we truly are. This teaching reminds us that the Divine Presence within us is never absent, not even for a moment. When we release the thoughts and judgments that limit us, we reconnect with the limitless strength already at the core of our being. From that place, clarity and discernment naturally arise. Remembering our own divinity also helps us recognize the same light in others. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ If you find, like that person who is very honest about their own patterns, if you find ‘sometimes I…
19 Mar 2026 · 19 min
See the Divine in Yourself First
Dear Choose Happy Community, I t’s easy to forget how powerful we truly are. This teaching reminds us that the Divine Presence within us is never absent, not even for a moment. When we release the thoughts and judgments that limit us, we reconnect with the limitless strength already at the core of our being. From that place, clarity and discernment naturally arise. Remembering our own divinity also helps us recognize the same light in others. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ Each of us is Divine always. That means each of us is never separate from empowerment. There’s not…
12 Mar 2026 · 44 min
Choose Happy, No Matter What
Dear Choose Happy Community, Some days fear shows up at the door. Other days it feels like misfortune or self-doubt. Drawing from Rumi’s wisdom, this teaching invites us to try something radical: welcome it in with love. The practice of “Choose Happy” is not about avoiding our feelings, but about meeting them with compassion and honesty. When we stop running from ourselves and start loving what we find, the heart naturally begins to open. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “Rumi says that every day some new thing shows up. It could be at your door, there’s a fear, and it feels…
5 Mar 2026 · 23 min
Respond with Strength, Not Enmity
Dear Choose Happy Community, When others are caught in anger or hostility, it’s easy to get pulled into the same energy. This teaching reminds us that real strength is keeping our own consciousness clean and steady. Light does not fight darkness. It simply shines, and darkness disappears. When you stay rooted in clarity and act from that center, you stop feeding what you wish would fade. Strength is choosing light, again and again. Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video: “ If I become aware that other people are energizing enmity, my task is to keep my consciousness clean, always.…

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Techniques, teachings, and meditations rooted in yoga philosophy to help you let go of stress, calm your mind, and live with more ease and connection. awakeyogameditation.substack.com

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Typical length: 36 min
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