{"id":2444,"date":"2016-06-03T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T07:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:40:36","slug":"international-yoga-day-story-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2016\/06\/03\/international-yoga-day-story-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"International Yoga Day Story Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/international-yoga-day-story-contest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2016\/06\/03\/international-yoga-day-story-contest\/international-yoga-day-story-contest\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/international-yoga-day-story-contest.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY STORY CONTEST\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/international-yoga-day-story-contest.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/international-yoga-day-story-contest.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2445 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/international-yoga-day-story-contest.jpg\" alt=\"INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY STORY CONTEST\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Yoga, they say is a good\u00a0practice which helps to\u00a0boost creativity and here\u2019s just the contest to put that to test.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">On the ocassion of International Day of Yoga, we at Yoga.in want to hear about your\u00a0<\/span><b>Yoga Story<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Tell us about your experince as a practitioner of Yoga, an \u2018aha moment\u2019 that you\u2019ve had with Yoga, favourite asana and why, a TTC experince that changed you, your travel to India, how Yoga transformed you, about your favourite Yoga Teacher, class, style or space &#8211; the ideas are endless. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The only criteria is, that your writing should weave together &#8211; Yoga, your experince with Yoga and if it helps a bit of India thrown in. \u00a0It\u2019s your story and in your words. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">3 of the best stories will be picked to be\u00a0published on our blog. The winners will also\u00a0receive a paperback version of the book <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yoga.in\/books\/yoga-in-india\/\"><b>YOGA IN INDIA<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> &#8211; one of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">the only travel guides for <\/span>Yoga in India<b>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/book-yoga-in-india-10-copy3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"761\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2012\/05\/25\/book-yoga-in-india-now-available-on-flipkart\/book-yoga-in-india-10-copy-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/book-yoga-in-india-10-copy3.png\" data-orig-size=\"420,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Book Yoga in India 10 copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/book-yoga-in-india-10-copy3.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/book-yoga-in-india-10-copy3.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-761 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/book-yoga-in-india-10-copy3.png\" alt=\"Book Yoga in India 10 copy\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Excited to tell your story? Here are a few guidelines:-<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">All entries must be original works and in English.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Entries may not have been previously published in professional media.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">All entries are final. No revisions are accepted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Yoga. in reserves first rights on all submissions. All other rights to the story remain the property of the author.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Only electronic submissions will be accepted and in the format of MS Word or Adobe PDF only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Keep your story between 600 -900 words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Your submission checklist should include &#8211; Story title, story, author name, bio, picture and social media links.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">If you have specific photographs that support your story, then attach them in your submissions. Also do let us know who we can credit as the photographer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2 steps to submitting your story<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Like <strong>+<\/strong>\u00a0share the\u00a0<\/span><b>Your Yoga Story<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u00a0post on your Facebook wall and\u00a0other social media channels with the hashtag <\/span><b>#youryogastory. \u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Get your Yoga buddies to also participate and\u00a0cheer you on! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Mail us your story<strong> +<\/strong> your bio<strong> +<\/strong> pictures to <strong>flavia<\/strong><\/span><strong>@yoga.in<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> latest by 19th June 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Yoga, they say is a good\u00a0practice which helps to\u00a0boost creativity and here\u2019s just the contest to put that to test.\u00a0<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2016\/06\/03\/international-yoga-day-story-contest\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":52586621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1265445,185104438],"tags":[45719919,92886,31199,4080283,197074,212453,7371,5123900],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yoga-events","category-yoga-travel-tips","tag-ashram-in-india","tag-ashtanga-yoga","tag-ayurveda","tag-b-k-s-iyengar","tag-sadhana","tag-travel-india","tag-yoga","tag-yoga-in","col-sm-6"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-large":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-large":false,"newspack-article-block-square-large":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-square-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-square-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-small":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-small":false,"newspack-article-block-square-small":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-square-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-uncropped":false,"ippo-archive-featured-image":false,"ippo-carousel-slider-image":false,"ippo-sticky-featured-image":false,"ippo-single-featured-image":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"yoga.in team","author_link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/author\/yogainteam\/"},"uagb_comment_info":3,"uagb_excerpt":"&nbsp; Yoga, they say is a good\u00a0practice which helps to\u00a0boost creativity and here\u2019s just the contest to put that to test.\u00a0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfTPB5-Dq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52586621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4970,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions\/4970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}