9-year-old from Sevenoaks wins UK National yoga championship

Indira Sharma, a 9- year-old from Sevenoaks, Kent won the gold medal in the under 11 UK National Yoga championship held on 13th November in London. The competition was organised by Great Britain Yoga Sports Federation. By winning this championship Indira has qualified for the world yoga championship. Earlier Indira with her brother Ishwar Sharma had created an e-petition to the UK Government to include yoga in the school curriculum which was signed by nearly 20000 people. She has given performances in various national and international events with her father Dr N a n j u n d i a h Vishwanath and brother Ishwar Sharma. Indira also won an international medal in family yoga last year and has featured in the international yoga calendar of children last 2 years.