A 10-year-old Yoga prodigy has won the “My life My Yoga” contest conducted by Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi.
Ishwar Sharma is a Yoga Prodigy and an International performer and International Speaker on Yoga and its benefits. He won the British Indian of the year Award in 2018 and was bestowed the British Citizen Youth Award by the British Government at House of Lords in 2018 for his contributions to yoga and spreading the message of yoga in the community.
He is passionate to spread the health benefits of yoga particularly to students and children with special needs and is that yoga should be introduced in the national school curriculum. He believes that yoga is a way to overcome the addiction for mobile phones and combat stress and anxiety in students.
The global contest was a joint effort by the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) which was launched on May 31, 2020, on the occasion of International Yoga Day this year. According to a press release by PIB The contest was held in six categories- Professional, Adult (above 18 years) and Youth (under 18) with male and female contestants considered separately. A total of 35,141 entries were received from India and nearly 2,000 entries were received from other countries. The entries of other countries are being evaluated by the respective Indian Missions.
He has addressed various national and international conferences and events including world yoga championship in Italy, World yoga festival and World games in Nepal and Canada among many others and regularly participates in television programs including BBC, ITV etc.
