Dear Choose Happy Community,

When tension or negativity takes hold, it can feel like there’s no way out. But this teaching offers a simple, powerful reminder: there is a fountain of light at the center of your heart—and when you stay connected to it, the stress begins to melt away.

This light brings not only emotional clarity but physical relief, deeper rest, and healing on every level. You don’t have to fight the negativity—just return to the light within, and notice what shifts.

Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video:

 “ If you’re feeling any tension, If you’re feeling any negativity, stay in contact with this fountain of light right at the center of your heart and notice what happens to the tension. It melts away in a way that brings actual physical relief, actual relaxation of the physical body. So this can help with sleep.

This can help with you being in contact with the energy of wholeness if you’re healing anything physically or emotionally or mentally, or on any level, and then negativity. If you become aware of any negativity within yourself or within anyone else that they’re experiencing it or feeling it or energizing it, stay in contact with this fountain of light at the center of your heart.

And just notice what happens. It transforms. There’s no room for it in your energy field if you stay without flowing fountain of light.”

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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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