AWAKEN with Dylan Ayaloo

About AWAKEN with Dylan Ayaloo

Teachings on Inner Work from live weekly Satsang sessions with Dylan Ayaloo, on the topics of personal transformation, healing & energy work, meditation & yoga.

Publisher

Dylan Ayaloo

Category

education · health & fitness · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Dec 2024

Latest episode

2 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

72 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Nov 2026

   [EP72] How to keep your joy when pressure and responsibility take over (do your part, then trust)

   Start your 7-day free trial of elev8 Premium: yoga, meditation and inner work with me. https://www.skool.com/elev8/about (https://www.skool.com/elev8/about) Someone asked me: "How do I keep joy as a persistent, non-negotiable part of everyday life when responsibility, pressure and unconsciousness keep pulling it away?" Is getting things done more effective when you are joyful, or when you are less or not joyful? Joy is something that is our natural state, and we disconnect from it because we go into our heads. I can either do it panicked in fear, or trusting, and just take the steps that I can take. We will be more productive if we stay connected to our joyfulness, because there's a lightness and things just move faster and with less effort. I talk about the worst case scenario, an hour and a half on the phone, the bus ride, why fear begets fear, a kung fu master or an aikido master, the highs and the lows, and why we give away our joy without realising it. In this episode Is getting things done more effective when you are joyful, or when you are less or not joyful A pit of my own head, and the worst case scenario of everything What if this could go really well, and what if I put my focus on that An hour and a half on the phone, doing my part, and getting other things done while I wait Release, let go, trust and enjoy the bus ride Pressure, and what we call responsibility when we disconnect, and why fear begets fear There's only so much we can do, so show up and do my part in a way that's relaxed Joy as our natural state, and why we disconnect when we go into our heads Why we will be more productive if we stay connected to our joyfulness, and why people sense that energy A kung fu master or an aikido master, and the lightness and effortlessness of mastery Why stress is where it really shows, and why you don't have to carry the heaviness A favourable response, the highs and the lows, and the emotional home Giving away our happiness, our joy and our power without realising it, and staying conscious and unattached Chapters 00:00 Is Getting Things Done More Effective When You're Joyful, or When You're Not? 00:35 A Pit of My Own Head, and the Worst Case Scenario of Everything 01:42 What If This Could Go Really Well? What If I Put My Focus on That? 02:23 An Hour and a Half on the Phone, and I'm Going to Do My Part 04:46 Or I Could Just See What Happens, Release, Let Go, Trust and Enjoy the Bus Ride 05:51 Pressure, and We Call That Responsibility, When We Disconnect, and Fear Begets Fear 06:46 Big Things Came, but They All Flowed, and There's Only So Much We Can Do 07:48 Let Me Just Show Up and Do My Part, Relaxed, and Roll With Whatever Shows Up 09:22 Joy Is Our Natural State, and We Disconnect When We Go Into Our Heads 10:31 We Will Be More Productive If We Stay Connected to Our Joyfulness 11:47 People Sense That Energy, and Joyfulness Is Magnetic, It Draws You In 13:01 Like a Kung Fu Master or an Aikido Master, You Don't See Them Running Around 15:11 A Master Has a Lightness, an Effortlessness, and a Lot of Times Joyfulness 16:13 It's Easier When Things Are Calm, and Stress Is Where It Really Shows 16:49 A Favourable Response, and Suddenly I've Decided I'm Going to Have a Good Day 17:40 The Highs and the Lows, and Not Going Up and Down Like a Yo-Yo 18:53 We Give Away Our Happiness, Our Joy, Our Power, Without Realising It 19:34 Staying Conscious and Staying Unattached, So the External Doesn't Dictate How You Live Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t89XenE14fM (https://youtu.be/t89XenE14fM) Read the full write-up: https://www.dylanayaloo.com/blog/podcast-ep72-keeping-joy-when-pressure-takes-over (https://www.dylanayaloo.com/blog/podcast-ep72-keeping-joy-when-pressure-takes-over) Come and sit with us in the free Elevate Community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/elev8-free (https://www.skool.com/elev8-free) Take the free quiz to discover the pattern that's running your life: https://www.dylanayaloo.com/quiz (https://www.dylanayaloo.com/quiz)

2. 

   31 Oct 2026

   [EP71] How to catch a pattern before it takes over (and why it takes a few rounds to see it)

   Start your 7-day free trial of elev8 Premium: yoga, meditation and inner work with me. https://www.skool.com/elev8/about (https://www.skool.com/elev8/about) Someone asked me: "How do I become conscious of a recurring pattern.. before it takes over?" When we are in the pattern, it's always harder to see it. The simple answer, which I don't think is that simple, is to start to pay attention, and as we get better at paying attention we're able to become aware earlier and earlier, so that we can almost not predict it but preempt it before it starts to play out. Unfortunately, I think, sometimes we have to go through it several times, and then we get more skilled at noticing the patterns before we hit it. I talk about the clues, what's underneath the pattern, the tooth and the nerve, why there's no insurance policy, the yoga pose, and what changes when there's enough space to choose differently. In this episode Why it's always harder to see a pattern while we're in it The simple answer: start to pay attention, which is what practices like meditation teach us Why sometimes we have to go through it several times: unaware the first time, "I've been here before" the second The clues: physically, emotionally, or the response from the people around us Going from a surface level awareness to what's underneath, and the story the mind keeps varying The very simple language underneath, like "I am not enough" The tooth and the nerve: the jolt, and the emotional charge that tells you you're onto something Why there's no insurance policy, and getting more skilled at noticing the pattern before we hit it The yoga pose, and the pre-warning the body gives Paying more attention, earlier and earlier, so we can preempt it and interrupt it Why thinking is going to happen, and how our relationship to the thoughts can shift Jumping in the river, and seeing yourself drowning Addressing it on a physical, emotional, energetic or mind level, and making different choices so it doesn't run you anymore Chapters 00:00 When We're in the Pattern, It's Always Harder to See It 00:50 How Do You Become Aware Before It Takes Over? Start to Pay Attention 01:43 Sometimes We Have to Go Through It Several Times 02:49 The Clues: Physically, Emotionally, or the Response From the People Around Us 03:34 It Starts at a Surface Level, Then We Go Deeper, to What's Underneath 05:14 Story Work, and the Very Simple Language Underneath: I Am Not Enough 05:55 Like a Tooth, We're Hitting the Nerve, and There's a Jolt 07:03 See It, or Catch It, Before It Catches You 07:46 Like a Yoga Pose, the Body Gives a Warning, or a Pre-Warning 09:13 The Short Answer, Which Sounds Like Cheating: Pay More Attention 10:23 Thinking Is Going to Happen, and It's Our Relationship to the Thoughts That Can Shift 11:47 I Can See It, and I've Got Enough Space Now to Choose Differently 12:21 It's Like You Jump in the River, and You Can See Yourself Drowning 13:19 You Can Address It on a Physical, Emotional, Energetic or Mind Level 14:05 Making Different Choices, and It Doesn't Run You Anymore Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eAKq8euB1Os (https://youtu.be/eAKq8euB1Os) Read the full write-up: https://www.dylanayaloo.com/blog/podcast-ep71-catch-a-pattern-before-it-takes-over (https://www.dylanayaloo.com/blog/podcast-ep71-catch-a-pattern-before-it-takes-over) Come and sit with us in the free Elevate Community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/elev8-free (https://www.skool.com/elev8-free) Take the free quiz to discover the pattern that's running your life: https://www.dylanayaloo.com/quiz (https://www.dylanayaloo.com/quiz)

3. 

   28 Oct 2026

   [EP70] How to stop spiralling about someone you don't want to see (where your focus goes, your energy flows)

   Start your 7-day free trial of elev8 Premium: yoga, meditation and inner work with me. https://www.skool.com/elev8/about (https://www.skool.com/elev8/about) Someone asked me: "My mind keeps spiralling about someone I don't want to see at an event I'm looking forward to.. how do I manage my energy around it?" When I think back to any time I've had this, the struggle or the suffering seems to come because I'm placing my attention on the other person. As the saying goes, where your focus is, is where your energy flows. So I would say the focus can be, and should be, on you and why you're going, to enjoy it and have some fun. I talk about the mind as a problem solving machine, the worst case scenario, why navigating the other person might be a very small part of the actual experience, how a tiny percentage of the situation can become our whole experience, faking politeness, and the queen bee in the Yoga Sutras: where the mind goes, the senses follow. In this episode Why the struggle comes from placing my attention on the other person, and where your focus is, is where your energy flows The mind as a problem solving machine, and the cycle of thinking and overthinking How the worst case scenario can make an event feel like survival mode, with fear and worry Looking for a different perspective when where I am hasn't shifted Putting the attention back on yourself and the reason you're going to the event Why having to navigate the other person might be a very small part of the actual experience Why a conversation, if it happens, doesn't need to be lengthy or to resolve anything Why a tiny percentage of the situation becomes our whole experience when we focus on it Zooming out, working out what is important, and leaving business for business hours Why you don't have to fake politeness Pratyahara and the queen bee in the Yoga Sutras: where the mind goes, the senses follow Chapters 00:00 Where Your Focus Is, Is Where Your Energy Flows, and the Mind Overthinks 01:27 Worst Case Scenario, Survival Mode, and Fear and Worry 02:49 Put the Attention Back on Yourself and the Reason You're Going 03:52 Navigating Them Is a Very Small Part, and It Might Not Even Happen 05:05 If You Do Talk, It May Not Be the Time and Place 05:46 We're Suffering Because We're Putting the Focus in the Problem 06:39 Zoom Out, Work Out What's Important, and You Don't Have to Fake Politeness 07:48 Pratyahara, and Where the Queen Bee Goes, the Colony Follows Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mHrSJQ7Z2kc (https://youtu.be/mHrSJQ7Z2kc) Read the full write-up: https://www.dylanayaloo.com/blog/podcast-ep70-someone-you-dont-want-to-see (https://www.dylanayaloo.com/blog/podcast-ep70-someone-you-dont-want-to-see) Come and sit with us in the free Elevate Community on Skool: https://www.skool.com/elev8-free (https://www.skool.com/elev8-free) Take the free quiz to discover the pattern that's running your life: https://www.dylanayaloo.com/quiz (https://www.dylanayaloo.com/quiz)

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