At Hanuman Festival, it’s important that our event be a vehicle for self-discovery, growth and community. In beautiful Boulder, CO, we seek to come together and raise awareness. Raise awareness about yoga, about conscious businesses, about good people and about the power of connection. We seek to raise the global vibration and churn up some positive energy.

In this day and age, we believe it’s needed. As protestors occupy their local public spaces to call out the government for its many shortcomings, a very real issue has catapulted to the forefront of the 21^st century of the American lifestyle. Greed, selfishness and hoarding are no longer acceptable ways to operate.

We sense a powerful shift occurring, even if only on a micro-level. People are starting to care and become aware.

While technological advances have connected us more than ever before, we have also become isolated from the power of human connection. In a way, we are now yearning for a simpler way of life – liberated freedom on a progressive yet modern Main Street. We crave a time and place to come together and share common interests. We seek to learn and become informed. We seek to serve and help others. We seek to be.

Hanuman Festival wants to provide that space for you to come and share your common interests of yoga, health and mindfulness. We want you to grow and love and discover and connect. We want it to be simple, yet modern.

We hope you can join us in occupying your own mind and body, come into your power and spread your ideas, love and wisdom. We all have something to teach, and we hope to see you in the classroom this June.

We’re in the planning stages here at Hanuman, busy at work gathering the best teachers, cool sponsors, awesome musicians and neat vendors for your enjoyment next June. While planning is an intense, detail-oriented process, we always remember that the fruits of our labor now will benefit your experience later.

To give you a behind the scenes look at what we are up to in October, consider the following considerations:

Where will Hanuman be? Team Hanuman works with the City of Boulder to secure permits, signs a production company to erect tents and create a space, finds potential alternative spaces in case of bad weather, all while keeping in mind that the location can have major implications for the experience of a Hanuman Festival-goer. Also, the monkey god needs to be in Boulder June 8-10, 2012.

Who will be at Hanuman? Which instructors are going to teach? Some repeats, some new, some famous, some up-and-comers? What types of yoga do they teach and what types of yoga might Hanuman attendees be interested in taking? What type of entertainment will Hanuman provide? Who wants to sponsor Hanuman and help spread the word of love, devotion and strength in a struggling economy? What type of vendors do Hanuman attendees want to see in the Vendor Village?

Even though planning is a good thing, we are yogis and we know that you can only plan so much. As they say, “you don’t know what you don’t know” and we sure don’t know what will be thrown at us for the remainder of this year and in 2012.

It’s a lesson in flow, really. Have we prepared to the best of our ability? Yes. When something unexpected comes up, can we respond with a deep breath, grace and a can-do attitude? Why, yes we can. Because that is a conscious choice, and we always have control of the conscious choices that we make.

See you in June!