Stage 1: How to enter

• Send a 250 word essay to essay@yoga-recess.org explaining how you see yourself integrating yoga into the classroom. Please include a proposed budget outlining how the grant money would be utilized.
  
• We will also need the following information:
• Name
• School name and address
• Grade or subject you teach
• Phone number
• Email address
• Number of students you wish to reach
• Do you currently teach or practice yoga? Tell us about your yoga background, if any in 100 words or less. (This will not affect your chances of being selected.)
• Principal or administrator’s name, phone number and email address
  
  
• All submissions must be emailed to us by December 4th, 2011 midnight. 
• We will only review submissions that include all the above information.

Stage 2: Announcement

• On December 19th, 2011 we will announce the candidates that will be moving onto the second stage. At this point we ask for a video submission explaining your project (by January 16th midnight). The winner will be the one that gets the most likes on Facebook. Please send in your video submissions to video@yoga-recess.org. 
• All video submissions must be emailed to us by January 16th, 2012 midnight. Voting will take place on Facebook from January 22 - 31.  We will announce the winner on February 2nd at 2pm est. 

Please note all candidates must be a teacher employed in a school. Grants cannot be used to fund operating budgets or staff salaries. The winner will have one year to use the grant for his or her project. A mid-year and end of year review will be shared with Yoga Recess.