The Rāmāyaṇa is one of the most treasured stories in the history of humanity. It was my privilege to soak in the teachings of this great epic of the yoga tradition during an autumn 2025 online course. This was also part of a yoga education program at ashtangayogavevey. 
During the 12 hour course, we explored the extraordinarily rich story of Rāmāyaṇa and gave speical attention to some key episodes, including Hanuman’s traversing the ocean to Lanka and in the example shared in this episode, Hanuman’s adventures in Lanka. 
Next semester, spring 2026 from late February until early June, I’ll be giving the culminating course of this education program which will be on the Bhagavad Gītā and you are welcome to join.

ENROL HERE: https://jamesboagyoga.thinkific.com/courses/BG26

READ MORE about the course here: 
https://jamesboagyoga.com/bg26/

The course will run in English on Mondays and French on Wednesdays 18:30-20:00 Switzerland time. All participants receive all sessions recordings and notes and will have access to all course resources for at least a full calendar year after the course culminates in June 2026.

This podcast episode features session seven from the recent Rāmāyaṇa course. In the previous session we had considered Hanuman’s great feat of crossing the ocean to Laṅka. In this session, Hanuman continues to gloriously, charmingly and meaningfully take centre stage as he continues his mission, with so much rich practical teaching along the way.