Dear Yoga Journal Blog Contest People,

Learning to Pause

The Yoga Journal blog contest ends today.   I thought that it ended at 11:59 PM on February 28, 2010.    When I went to check the "Rules" on the Yoga Journal website at 1:15 PM MST on February 28, 2010,  I found the webpage blank.    The page entitled "Enter to Win" was also not available for use.

Did I misread the expiration of the contest time or has the computer prematurely stopped accepting applications?  By my calculation from any time zone in the United States, I should still be able to apply if I recall the rules correctly.  Dear Yoga Journal:  Please clarify.

As I also recall the "Rules", one is supposed to have maintained their blog for at least 2 weeks with 2 or 3 entries per week.   I remember reading something about a minimum of 250 words.   The contest "Rules" page was unavailable.  Straight up: blank pages.   

I understand the desire for discipline.   In fact, I understand it is truly the only way.    But sometimes, the heart has only so much to say.   Requiring more words within certain time restraints seems the opposite to a correct approach.   Isn't the answer ususally "Simplify"?   I suppose this wouldn't make a very good yoga blog.    One word on each blog entry.    "Simplify" one week.  "Breathe" the next.  "Om" the third.     But is there really anything else to say?

I'm attempting to learn to pause....which requires...for me....space.....space for my thoughts.....space in my breath.....and.....ultimately....space for the recent past blog entries...along with an internal vow to practice "discipline" in all aspects of my life....so long as my heart is free.  

I hope that I'm not too late to enter the contest.   Thank you for your consideration.
Karen

Footnote:   The contest was extended until 11:59 PM on March 3, 2010 due to a computer glitch.  The 250 word count rule was with regards to the "Blog Description" as part of the entry application and with regards to future blog entries if a participant's blog is selected.