The Podcast
AWAKEN with Dylan Ayaloo
Inner Work, Healing, Yoga & Meditation
Teachings on inner work from the live weekly satsangs.. the patterns that quietly run your life, and what actually shifts them.
73 episodes · listen here or in any podcast app
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Every episode also has a full write-up and the video on the blog.
Episode 73 · 4 Nov 2026 · 14 min
How to stay present with people when you want to shut down (you don't have to go deep)
You could be gardening or cooking together, or someone's talking at you, and you're being present with them. I would say notice if your body tenses up and tries to shut down, and…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 72 · 2 Nov 2026 · 20 min
How to keep your joy when pressure and responsibility take over (do your part, then trust)
Joy is something that is our natural state, and we disconnect from it because we go into our heads, so I would say do your part, and trust.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 71 · 31 Oct 2026 · 15 min
How to catch a pattern before it takes over (and why it takes a few rounds to see it)
When we are in the pattern, it's always harder to see it, so I think the simple answer is to start to pay attention, and the more we pay attention, the better the chance we have.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 70 · 28 Oct 2026 · 9 min
How to stop spiralling about someone you don't want to see (where your focus goes, your energy flows)
When I think back to any time I've had this, the struggle seems to come because I'm placing my attention on the other person, and as the saying goes, where your focus is, is where…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 69 · 26 Oct 2026 · 10 min
How to stay calm while you wait for someone to reply (why your mind makes things up)
The mind is having a conversation, so I would say the essence of the work is being the observer of it. If you don't pay attention, the mind takes a leash, puts it on you and takes…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 68 · 24 Oct 2026 · 15 min
How to stop beating yourself up over what could have been (own your part and loosen your grip)
Having awareness of the pattern doesn't mean I don't fall into it, so I would say the first part is to stop, take a breath and scratch that CD.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 67 · 21 Oct 2026 · 24 min
How to deal with anxiety about using AI (is it your values or not understanding it?)
I don't think AI is going to go away, so in my opinion it's worth learning, and worth using for the mundane things so there's more room for what matters.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 66 · 19 Oct 2026 · 13 min
How to deal with resentment during a conversation (why it builds when you stay quiet)
Resentment tends to build when we haven't said the thing, so when I'm feeling a big emotion I've learned to not respond.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 65 · 17 Oct 2026 · 21 min
How to stop overeating before bed when fear is driving it (try a body scan)
I would say the overeating is based on some fear, thoughts around sleep and food winding up the mind like a wind-up toy, and the body takes on that tension too.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 64 · 14 Oct 2026 · 8 min
How to slow down when you're fantasising about a future with someone new (see them as they are)
Our mind takes the bits of information it has about someone new and makes up the rest, so I would say calm down, take a breath, get into your body and see them as they are.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 63 · 12 Oct 2026 · 15 min
How to see your blind spots (and why other people see them first)
I haven't discovered a way to be completely aware of everything I'm not aware of, so I would say it's a continuous journey.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 62 · 10 Oct 2026 · 16 min
What to do when you get promoted.. and your work friends go cold
Old work friends may go cold after a promotion. Maybe they need something different to feel connected, or your rank has stirred something up in them.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 61 · 27 Aug 2026 · 10 min
You're grieving a friendship that's not dead yet
When someone doesn't show up the way you hoped, the pain isn't really coming from them. It's coming from the expectation you placed on them..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 60 · 19 Aug 2026 · 9 min
Why rushing equals love.. and what you're afraid of if you slow down
You can't slow down because rushing became part of who you are. Rushing meant productive, productive meant accepted, accepted felt like being loved.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 59 · 5 Aug 2026 · 16 min
Why your clarity feels like rejection.. and how to say it so it lands
It isn't about blame. But if your clarity keeps landing as rejection with different people in different places, that's feedback without the verbal feedback.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 58 · 29 Jul 2026 · 14 min
Are you being stubborn.. or listening to your needs?
Maybe neither. If the same comment keeps coming from people who aren't connected to each other, or it lands with an emotional charge, that's worth a look..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 57 · 22 Jul 2026 · 8 min
How to Stop Hiding When You Know You're Safe
The answer is the ego.. but in a tender and precise way. At some point a thought became a belief: I'm not safe, I'm not enough, I'm separate from love..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 56 · 8 Jul 2026 · 11 min
Why you're not yourself with the people closest to you
You're not doing it on purpose.. over years, your nervous system learned a pattern and started running it on your behalf.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 55 · 1 Jul 2026 · 20 min
You feel frustrated for no reason.. here's what that actually means
Frustration and anger aren't personal failures.. they're energy, and energy needs to move. When it can't, it either turns inward (suppression, shutdown, that flat, numbed-out…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 54 · 24 Jun 2026 · 9 min
Should You Change Your Mind?
Changing your mind can feel like weakness.. and following through can feel like strength, even when something deep down is telling you it isn't right.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 53 · 24 Apr 2026 · 20 min
Why You Keep Waking Up at 3am (And What Your Body Is Actually Trying to Tell You)
You keep waking at 3am because you have a safety problem, not a sleep problem. Sleep is what your body drops into when it believes it's safe to power down..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 52 · 19 Mar 2026 · 13 min
The Pattern You Can See, But Can't Stop (The Knowing-Doing Gap Explained)
You can name every pattern, every trigger, and nothing has actually changed.. because you don't have an understanding problem, you have a location problem.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 51 · 17 Mar 2026 · 23 min
The 5 Stages of High-Functioning Burnout (Which One Are You In?)
High-functioning burnout doesn't look like falling apart. It looks like getting everything done.. still achieving, still being relied on, still holding it together for everyone…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 50 · 8 Jan 2026 · 8 min
New Year, Same You? The Real Reason Nothing Changes
Nothing changes on the outside until something changes on the inside.. and the thing that needs to change isn't your habits, it's your story.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 49 · 31 Dec 2025 · 6 min
New Year's Goals That Stick: The Inner Work Approach
Most people don't fail their goals because they're lazy. They fail because their goals were never designed for who they actually are..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 48 · 26 Dec 2025 · 12 min
What to Do When Family Triggers You at Christmas
Family is where the original wound happened.. the original environment where you learned who you were, what was safe, and how much of yourself you were allowed to be.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 47 · 19 Dec 2025 · 9 min
How To Create Emotional And Mental Space To Close 2025
If you don't deal with what this year did to you, you will carry it into the next one.. the problem isn't the new year, it's the unfinished business of the old one.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 46 · 18 Dec 2025 · 7 min
Why Most People Fail Their New Year's Goals (And How You Can Win)
Most people don't fail their New Year's goals in January.. they fail them in December, without realising it. You're trying to build a new year on a foundation that hasn't been…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 45 · 26 Nov 2025 · 13 min
What to Do When Life Feels Impossible Right Now
Life feels impossible, I would say, when you've been living for everyone else's version of you and carrying weight that was never yours to carry.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 44 · 18 Nov 2025 · 14 min
Why You Can't Say What You Really Need (And How to Finally Speak Up)
The problem isn't that you don't know what you need.. you do. The problem is that you learned, at some point, that expressing your needs is dangerous, and your nervous system…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 43 · 1 Aug 2025 · 12 min
You Can’t Shame Yourself Into Healing.. (How to Cultivate Self Compassion)
You cannot shame yourself into becoming your best self. But you can love yourself into it. That's not a motivational poster, that's physiology: when you're in a state of…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 42 · 13 Jun 2025 · 23 min
Why Comparison Is Stealing Your Joy (and How to Reclaim It)
Comparison is never actually about the other person.. it's always about you, not in a blaming way, in a revealing way.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 41 · 6 Jun 2025 · 16 min
How to let go of toxic relationships & reclaim your energy
If a relationship is draining you but you can't leave, it's not because you're weak. Your nervous system treats that bond as survival, so letting go triggers the same neurological…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 40 · 28 May 2025 · 9 min
3 Steps to Follow Your INTUITION with Confidence
Intuition is your body's intelligence.. pattern recognition happening faster than language, speaking in sensations rather than words.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 39 · 15 May 2025 · 14 min
Why You're Always Saying Yes When You Mean No — And How to Stop
The inability to say no is not a vocabulary issue.. at some point, probably early on, your nervous system learned that saying no was dangerous.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 38 · 15 Apr 2025 · 13 min
Authenticity: Why it helps you win in life & business
The people who are actually thriving are not more talented, lucky, or disciplined.. they are more honest. They have stopped performing and started showing up as themselves, and…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 37 · 8 Apr 2025 · 15 min
Vulnerability: Your Greatest Strength
Vulnerability.. the willingness to show up without guarantees.. is not weakness. It is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, and creativity.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 36 · 25 Mar 2025 · 13 min
How to Break Free from Emotional Numbing and Start Feeling Again
Emotional numbing is not a character flaw, it is a survival skill. At some point your emotions became too much, and your nervous system did what it was designed to do: it…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 35 · 15 Mar 2025 · 19 min
Healing Past Wounds
The past stuff keeps coming back because it hasn't actually been processed. You can't think your way past it, because your body, mind, emotions and breath are all interconnected..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 34 · 14 Mar 2025 · 10 min
Success and Fulfillment: How to have both
Success and fulfilment are two different things, and most of us have only been taught how to chase one of them. Success is more external..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 33 · 13 Feb 2025 · 13 min
Attracting Authentic Relationships
The quality of any relationship is only ever as real as the honesty underneath it, and that honesty does not start out there, with them.. it starts in here, with you.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 32 · 7 Feb 2025 · 8 min
How to stay present in difficult moments
You cannot think your way to presence.. the mind is a time machine, replaying the past and planning for the future.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 31 · 31 Jan 2025 · 15 min
How to avoid or heal from burnout
Burnout is not a mindset problem.. it is a physiological event, your body reaching a limit you kept promising to respect and never did.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 30 · 23 Jan 2025 · 10 min
When should I trust my gut?
Real gut knowing doesn't shout.. it's remarkably quiet, a felt sense, a quiet yes or a quiet no that is simply there when you get still enough to notice it.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 29 · 22 Jan 2025 · 5 min
Why People Judge
When you judge someone, that judgment isn't about them.. it never was. The mind runs a story, and because it needs its reality to match that story, it goes looking for evidence in…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 28 · 21 Jan 2025 · 7 min
Align your morning routines to your purpose
How you start your day is how you'll often feel for the rest of it. The alternative to reaching for your phone isn't a two-hour wellness ritual..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 27 · 14 Jan 2025 · 8 min
Avoid your New Years resolutions fizzling out by mid Jan
By the middle of January, two or three weeks in, most people lose steam.. not because you're weak or lazy, but because you asked motivation to do a job it was never built to do.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 26 · 12 Jan 2025 · 7 min
How to deal with grief
I haven't found a way to speed grief up.. the quickest way I've found is the slow way. Give yourself the time and the space to heal, to release, to let go, to actually feel the…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 25 · 10 Jan 2025 · 6 min
How Can I Stop Listening To My Inner Critic
You are not the inner critic. You are the one listening to it. The question isn't how to stop the voice, it's how to stop living by it: fighting the voice keeps you in…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 24 · 9 Jan 2025 · 7 min
Own 2025 with this ONE New Year Inner Work focus.
Most people enter a new year with a long list, and by February most of it has collapsed under its own weight. That isn't a failure of willpower, it's a failure of focus.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 23 · 31 Dec 2024 · 16 min
2025: Manifest Future You Now
Your future self is a different nervous system.. a different relationship to fear, a different capacity to receive, a different way of making decisions and responding to setbacks.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 22 · 25 Dec 2024 · 5 min
How do you know you're letting go vs thinking you are
You cannot think your way into letting go.. the mind's decision to let go is the beginning, not the end. The body doesn't release because you've decided it should; the body…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 21 · 24 Dec 2024 · 4 min
What is love? Can I unintentionally hurt someone?
Love is a verb.. it lives in the actions you do, and it's about giving rather than taking. Most of the time, hurt is this: we have an expectation of how someone should behave, and…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 20 · 23 Dec 2024 · 5 min
Are wealthy people exempt from inner work?
You can be deeply wounded in many areas and still generate significant wealth, if those wounds don't happen to intersect with your relationship to money.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 19 · 22 Dec 2024 · 5 min
Business is a spiritual game
Business is not the opposite of spiritual growth. It's one of the most demanding arenas for practising it. In my experience, most people treat business and inner work as separate…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 18 · 21 Dec 2024 · 7 min
Does time really heal all wounds?
Time alone doesn't heal. Time creates distance, and distance can make it safer to feel.. but the feeling is what heals, not the passing.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 17 · 20 Dec 2024 · 9 min
Do "quick fixes" work?
Quick fixes do have a place.. the problem isn't their existence, it's the way we've started using them as a permanent strategy.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 16 · 19 Dec 2024 · 10 min
How to overcome worry
The worry is not a sign that something is wrong with you. Your mind is a problem-solving machine, constantly scanning and warning you before anything has even gone wrong.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 15 · 18 Dec 2024 · 5 min
How to transform your life by changing your beliefs
Rewriting the story doesn't work because when you try to convince yourself of something the deeper part of you does not believe, your mind knows the truth.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 14 · 17 Dec 2024 · 9 min
Stressed & exhausted with life changes. How to manage?
When life gets chaotic, your practices don't disappear.. they shrink. Don't guilt yourself into a 45-minute meditation you're not resourced for right now.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 13 · 16 Dec 2024 · 6 min
How long before I feel connected in meditation
There is no deadline, and there is no "you should be feeling this by now." Some people feel something profound from day one; others sit for months before anything noticeably…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 12 · 15 Dec 2024 · 6 min
How to ask for money when someone owes me
Asking for money you're owed isn't really about the money. It's about the relationship, and what you're willing to feel in order to protect what matters.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 11 · 15 Dec 2024 · 10 min
How to deal with stress & anxiety
In both anxiety and stress, your nervous system is dysregulated, and you cannot think your way back to regulation.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 10 · 14 Dec 2024 · 5 min
How to avoid making the wrong decision
You can't know which choice is right in advance.. life doesn't give you an insurance policy against getting it wrong.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 9 · 14 Dec 2024 · 17 min
How to release old toxic patterns through movement
Understanding is not transformation, because the pattern is not just in your mind.. it lives in your body. The belief, the pattern, is a physical event: a held breath, a collapsed…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 8 · 13 Dec 2024 · 21 min
Healing Anxiety through Yoga & Conscious Movement
Anxiety is not a thought problem.. it is a nervous system state, and that changes everything about how to work with it. You cannot think your way to a regulated nervous system.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 7 · 13 Dec 2024 · 9 min
Flirt with your edge
In every posture, in every experience, there is a place where you are at your maximum.. that's the edge. Most people either stop before it, settling somewhere comfortable, or push…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 6 · 6 Dec 2024 · 12 min
How Gratitude Can Save You From Pain And Suffering
Not the gratitude list, not the morning journal prompt that feels hollow.. I'm talking about a genuine, honest, felt gratitude: I went through something hard, and I made it, and…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 5 · 6 Dec 2024 · 7 min
How to have intuition
The question isn't whether you have intuition. You do. Intuition is an inherent capacity, part of how human intelligence actually works..
Read & watch this episode →Episode 4 · 5 Dec 2024 · 10 min
Should you leave your loved ones behind?
If you're doing this work, you're the one doing it. Not them. It should expand your capacity for compassion, and the moment it makes you feel separate, superior, more evolved…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 3 · 5 Dec 2024 · 11 min
How to overcome procrastination
Procrastination isn't usually about the task.. it's about what the task is pointing at. Underneath, there's often a fear: that what you do won't be good enough, of being judged…
Read & watch this episode →Episode 2 · 5 Dec 2024 · 7 min
How to deal with toxic family relationships
When we talk about toxic family relationships, the first instinct is to look outward.. at them, at what they did.
Read & watch this episode →Episode 1 · 5 Dec 2024 · 5 min
How to manifest anything or heal yourself using meditation
Most people approach meditation as a stress management tool, but when you understand what it's actually doing at a physiological and energetic level, it becomes a vehicle for real…
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