You don't need to know everything about Hindu mythology to teach transformational yoga. You need to know a few stories deeply enough to make them land in bodies, not just minds. These three myths changed my teaching forever: Hanuman's impossible leap across the ocean. Ganesha's transformation through destruction. Virabhadra's birth from grief and love. Learn these stories, and you'll have mythology for every intention, every season, every student challenge. Here's the essential story, which poses embody it, and three cues to use today.