LONDON: An eight-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy who's the under-11 UK national yoga champion has been named the 'British Indian of the Year' in the young achiever class for his accomplishments in the field.
Ishwar Sharma has won a string of titles in both person and artistic yoga, most lately a gold medal representing Great Britain on the World Student Games 2018 in Winnipeg, Canada, in June.
"I believe I am competing with myself rather than anyone else, which makes me challenge myself to do the difficult postures," said the schoolboy, who research at St Michael's Preparatory School in Kent.
"I will always be a student of yoga and am deeply grateful to my teachers for the wisdom they have shared with me," he said.
He was once named British Indian of the Year in the Young Achiever class on the sixth annual awards ceremony held in Birmingham earlier this week.
"We feel proud of his achievements and it has improved his academic performance. We want him to inspire adults and other children with this lifestyle habit," said his father Vishwanath, himself a keen yoga practitioner.
"He and I perform Vedic Yoga with choreography to music, which includes Hatha Yoga postures with Acroyoga and artistic yoga," he said.
The family is at the beginning from Mysore, house to world-renowned yoga gurus, and travel to the area yearly.
"He rejuvenates himself there and would love to stay for more time and get yoga training with the teachers there," added Vishwanath.
His son has performed in additional over 100 events across the UK and international and among his many talents is the facility to chant as much as 50 'shlokas' from the 'Vedas' and 'Bhagavad Gita'. He won a gold medal on the Euro Asian Yoga Championships in Turkey in May and has additionally performed at quite a few charity events to lift budget for the under-privileged.
Some of his upcoming competitions include one in Chile in December after which Beijing in January subsequent year. He could also be coaching for the World Games in Canada subsequent year.
"Ishwar is determined to spread awareness about yoga and its benefits, especially among children," his father said.
Ishwar Sharma has won a string of titles in both person and artistic yoga, most lately a gold medal representing Great Britain on the World Student Games 2018 in Winnipeg, Canada, in June.
"I believe I am competing with myself rather than anyone else, which makes me challenge myself to do the difficult postures," said the schoolboy, who research at St Michael's Preparatory School in Kent.
"I will always be a student of yoga and am deeply grateful to my teachers for the wisdom they have shared with me," he said.
He was once named British Indian of the Year in the Young Achiever class on the sixth annual awards ceremony held in Birmingham earlier this week.
"We feel proud of his achievements and it has improved his academic performance. We want him to inspire adults and other children with this lifestyle habit," said his father Vishwanath, himself a keen yoga practitioner.
"He and I perform Vedic Yoga with choreography to music, which includes Hatha Yoga postures with Acroyoga and artistic yoga," he said.
The family is at the beginning from Mysore, house to world-renowned yoga gurus, and travel to the area yearly.
"He rejuvenates himself there and would love to stay for more time and get yoga training with the teachers there," added Vishwanath.
His son has performed in additional over 100 events across the UK and international and among his many talents is the facility to chant as much as 50 'shlokas' from the 'Vedas' and 'Bhagavad Gita'. He won a gold medal on the Euro Asian Yoga Championships in Turkey in May and has additionally performed at quite a few charity events to lift budget for the under-privileged.
Some of his upcoming competitions include one in Chile in December after which Beijing in January subsequent year. He could also be coaching for the World Games in Canada subsequent year.
"Ishwar is determined to spread awareness about yoga and its benefits, especially among children," his father said.
8-year-old yoga champion named 'British Indian of the Year' Young Achiever
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