What has yoga done for your life? Tell us your yoga story. Write a letter and tell a friend why they should take yoga at Eyes of the World. Pour your heart out. Briefly tell us your story, in a nutshell: what yoga has done for your life. what aspects of your life have improved, what insights into your life have you gained.
Deadline Thursday June 3, 2010.
There will be 20 winners! see rules below.
Grand Prize: Six free yoga classes, Eyes 2009 Silver coin, Krishna Das's new CD "Heart as Wide as the World," Eyes logo shirt or canvas bag, Eyes Mug.
Second prize: Three free yoga classes and Eyes logo shirt or canvas bag.
Third prize: Two free yoga classes and Eyes logo shirt or canvas bag.
17 other winners get a free yoga class. Wow! Your chances of winning are really good!
Instructions and Rules
1. Write a one page letter on your stationary or letterhead and send as a pdf file to tom@innerhappiness.com. Two page letters will not be accepted. Include the date.
2. Mail a hard copy of your one page letter to Tom Gillette, 69 Chesthut Rd, North Kingstown, RI 02852 and sign the hard copy.
2. Use a normal, readable font, size 12 - 14. Please do not use script, cryllic, italic or joke fonts. One line spacing is okay. Make no other references to your name in the letter. to find out if you won, check back on line here..
2. All entries must be emailed by Thur June 3, 2010.
3. The letters will be copied and your name and signature will be blocked so that all the letters are anonymous. A panel of ten to twelve Eyes of the World Teachers both on the schedule and substitute teachers will read the anonymous letters. The teachers are not supposed to know who you are. Each teacher will pick a grand prize winner (4 points), Second place (3 points), third place (2 points ) and fourth place (1 point.) The points are then tallied.
Most of all write your heart out. Edit the letter to fit one page. And have fun.
The teachers are asked to look at three qualities:
a) insight into the yogic process
b) personal story, brief
c) heartfelt joy, exuberance, sincerity, love, gratitude
Suggestions:
a) how often you practice and how long you have come to Eyes of the World.
b) why you love yoga at Eyes of the World, why is yoga different here, what makes it special.
c) Do not goo, gaa, fawn, suck up and blather on about one teacher. This might actually lose points. All the teachers are going to be reading these letters. We previously ran this contest in 2005. The winning letter in the 2005 contest had no reference to any specific teacher at Eyes of the World.
6. Winners will be announced online on Thursday July 1, 2010. All letters become the property of Eyes of the World Assoc. Inc and may be used for promotional purposes in print and on the web. We are looking for inspirational quotes and insight. We are looking for the jewels. We would never use any quote that would be unflattering to you. This contest is primarily designed to give our landlords and neighbors an understanding of what yoga is all about. They might not really understand what yoga is. The American media often shallowly characterizes yoga as being about "stretching." We would like you to tell them the real story.
