Through the lens of yoga, we each have an opportunity to refine our sense of what it means to be human. We grapple with the mysteries of life, deepen our experience, and move closer to the expression of the global human heart.

Yesterday, in her Everyday Miracles class here at the Hanuman Festival in Boulder, Seane Corn encouraged students to consider the following questions:

How do you want to live?

How do you want to love?

How do you want to be in this world?

As he bounds into the infinite, Hanuman is always pictured as having a beguiling half smile that denotes a sweetness, an approachability, a dependability that you can trust. His deep set eyes shine with a warm blend of joyfulness and amusement.

Hanuman’s hands pull open his chest to reveal the enormity of the love, devotion and humility that fills his heart.

And as the son of Vayu, the wind god, Hanuman is an atomic superhero tapped into the force that moves all matter in the universe. No ego, no pretense, just Love in Action.

We can see the story of Hanuman as an archetypal account of self-discovery that strikes at the core of human experience. Ultimately, Hanuman’s journey is an epic adventure about finding one’s true nature.

As you apply Seane’s important questions to your life ask yourself: ‘What Would Hanuman Do?’ As she said in class,

“instead of getting caught in the shadow of ego, blame and separation, look at what is needed to take responsibility and step into your power as a spirit.”

When we awaken our inner Hanuman, we have the strength not only to reclaim and integrate the pieces of our individual hearts but the opportunity as well to peel away the layers of armor that bind the global heart.