Dear Choose Happy Community,

In moments of fear or self-doubt, it’s easy to forget who we truly are. This teaching invites us to return to the heart, where each breath reconnects us with the immortal Self—the vast, infinite love described in the Katha Upanishad. When we breathe into that presence, fear begins to soften, and pain and shame lose their grip. The love within us is larger than any limitation. Every breath is a doorway back to our true nature.

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

“ In the Katha Upanishad, this is also named as the Self with a capital S. The immortal Self is the sun shining in the sky, the breeze blowing in space, the fire burning on the altar, the guest dwelling in the house. The immortal Self is in all humans. The immortal Self is the fish that is born in water, the plant that grows in soil, the river that gushes from the mountain, the changeless reality, the illimitable.

“The immortal Self, the adorable One, seeded in the heart is the power that gives breath. So what this means is every time you breathe into the heart, you are connecting with pure divine, infinite love. Like if you can imagine all the love that you have ever known, and then you multiply that, like the Upanishads do these thought experiments, they say multiply that by a thousand, and then multiply that by a thousand and then multiply that by a thousand and keep going on.

“That’s the love that is there every time you breathe into your heart. And so that is all powerful. That melts away fear. It melts away pain. It melts away shame. It melts away limitation. It melts away self-judgment.”

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In loving service,Awake Yoga Meditation

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