An eight-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy who is the under-11 UK national yoga champion has became the 'British Indian of the Year' in the young yoga achiever category for his accomplishments in this field.
Ishwar Sharma has won a string of titles in individual as well as in artistic yoga, most recently a gold medal representing Great Britain at 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 Ishwar Sharma, who studies at St Michael's Preparatory School situated in Kent.
"I will always be a student of yoga and am deeply grateful to my teachers for the wisdom they have tought me," he told.
He was named British Indian of the Year in the Young Achiever category at the sixth annual awards ceremony held in Birmingham earlier some days ago.
"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 named Vishwanath, he is also a keen yoga practitioner.
"He and I perform Vedic Yoga with choreography to music, which consits of Hatha Yoga postures with Acroyoga and artistic yoga," he old.
The family is originally from Mysore, home to world-renowned yoga gurus, and travel to the region annually.
"He rejuvenates himself there and would love to spent for more time and get yoga training with his masters there," added Mr Vishwanath.
His son has performed in 100 events across the UK and worldwide and among his many skills is the ability to chant up to 50 'shlokas' from the 'Vedas' and 'Bhagavad Gita'. He won a gold medal at the Euro Asian Yoga Championships in Turkey in May and give performation at a number of charity events to raise funds for the under-privileged.
Some of his upcoming events like one in Chile in December and then Beijing in January next year. He is also training for the World Games in Canada upcoming year.
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"Ishwar is too much determined to spread awareness about yoga and its benefits, especially among kids like him," his father said.