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EVENTS Hanuman Festival strives to curate an intentional event to awaken ourselves and celebrate life. By bringing the community together and through prayer, yoga, music, mantra and dance, we awaken and inspire each other into the most heart-centered, present, and loving versions of ourselves. And in community, one is inspired to celebrate the incredible existence and opportunity to be alive, in gratitude, and in the full expression of ourselves. Hanuman Festival believes society needs yoga more than ever. 26 www.yogicherald.com March 2019 Hanuman Festival believes society needs yoga more than ever. This year’s theme “Keeping it Real” will invite conversation in classes and panel discussions around spiritual ego, learning how to identify “spiritual bypassing,” and how we can avoid the pitfalls and blindspots of being a yogi. Hanuman Festival wants to empower students to have a discerning eye towards that which keeps us from curating meaningful connections and happiness, and hopes illuminating a shadow aspect of the practice will help us all return to our authentic selves. The festival line-up also includes master teachers Amber Ryan, Eddie Modestini and Kristin Bosteels, Girish, Heidi Wirtz, Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda, Kat Tudor, Kriste Peoples, Laura Plumb, Miguel Angel Vergara, Nataraja Kallio, Sreedevi Bringi, YogaSlackers teachers Matt & Kristen, and many more! On Thursday, June 13, world-renowned teachers Amy Ippoliti and Govind Das and Radha are scheduled for half-day Immersions that will allow the practitioner to spend more time on a particular topic. The location of Hanuman Festival is on the scenic grounds of the Boulder High School’s great lawn next to Boulder Creek, adjacent to the Boulder Farmer's