Share Yoga’s June Contest
June is here. Month number six out of 12 in year 2009. Can you believe it?
I am excited to announce this month’s contest. This month we’re giving away a Pink Yogitoes – a very cool and cute towel that sits on top of your yoga mat, measures 24″ x 68″ and gives you added traction and padding. The contest is open to people who live in the United States only and the winner gets the Yogitoes mat shipped right to your home! Our June contest asks you to write a haiku devoted to yoga and related to an animal. The winning entry will be selected based on creativity, originality, and imagery.
Write your own, original yoga haiku
- Your yoga haiku must include the mention of at least one animal. It can be any animal.
- Your yoga haiku must be about yoga – any yoga, not just hatha (physical) yoga is okay though. (duh!)
- Your yoga haiku must follow the haiku format of three lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.
- Your yoga haiku must be posted in the comment section of this post by the entry deadline.*
- It must be your own original work.
What is a haiku?
“A haiku is an unrhyming verse form, conveying a complete image or feeling in three lines of syllables, and are usually about nature or natural things. … Haiku in Japanese has three lines written one right after another, with 17 syllables — the first line contains five syllables, the second has seven, and the last has five.” (For step by step Haiku instructions visit Wikihow)
Contest Rules
Entry deadline: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12 noon Pacific
You must include a valid email address when you leave your comment so we can contact you if you win and get your mailing address.
If you live outside the United States, you are welcome to post your haiku but the winner will be selected from US entrants only.
If you win, we will send you a Pink Yogitoes that has a retail value of $55 plus shipping and handling. Sorry no substitutions, returns, or credits.
You can enter multiple times, but each entry must be a new comment.
Most of all, have fun with it!
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conscious of the air……
ubiquitous purify……
lustration of our lives……
here goes nothing – my first submission
in yoga i am alive,
much like a bird in mid-flight
brings peace like the breeze.
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Here is my entry for the haiku contest!
laser beam focus
like cougar stalking its prey
strength balanced with grace
thank you!
here’s my entry for the haiku
Opening your heart
Breathe deeply with strength and grace
Cobra shining bright
This is fun!
joyful camel pose
open chakra to heaven
releasing, healing
Oops I realized my first submission didn’t have a 5 syllable first line – 2nd attempt:
alive in yoga
much like a bird in mid-flight
brings peace like the breeze.
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to do the crow pose
one needs balance and focus
and really strong toes
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one more… because this is actually really fun…
swan in still water
calm beating heart and clear mind
yoga, my refuge
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spirit open wide
eagle soars majestic flight
from my yoga mat
Inhale Gaze Exhale
Focus Glide as an eagle
Yoga frees the soul
PINK yogitotes mat?
not fly for yoga guys but…
hip gift for my bird!
Yoga for the mind
healing my spirit
cleansing my soul
My sleek inner cat
Longs for the deep downward dog
My spine and soul stretch
Fayme Harper´s last blog ..Itsy Sparkly Spider
Downward Facing Dog.
The first stretch in the morning.
Spine, muscles, soul, woof.
Some could say that yoga is just a useful way of stretching your muscles. But in essence it is way more than just that. What is estimated to be gained from this type of activity is balance in the body. This is done through improvement of two abilities: flexibility and strength. For a number of people yoga goes even further than that, helping them achieve a mental balance.