For all the info - read the
Devatar is a combination of the terms “deva” and “avatar.”
Devatar NFTs are verifiably unique digital credentials that grant exclusive entry to World of Yoga.
Simply put, they are a lifetime membership that can be used to access World of Yoga and were created to connect and bring energy to the global yoga community.
They are intended to bring you protection, guidance, and connection as you walk the path of yoga in a modern world, and remind us to stay centred, with one foot rooted in the foundations of the tradition and the other participating in the co-creation of a digital future that works for us all.
A Devatar combines the concepts of Deva/Devi and Avatar(a). In Hinduism, Devas/Devis are powerful and benevolent beings responsible for maintaining the natural order of the universe and protecting the earth from chaos and destruction. They are often worshipped and invoked for blessings, guidance, and protection.
The term "avatar" has evolved to refer to a digital representation of oneself in the digital age.
Meanwhile, a Devatar serves as a unique concept that combines traditional Hindu beliefs with digital art and modern technology. Unlike the profile picture avatars often used today as digital representations of oneself, the Devatars serve as guardians of our digital spaces.
How you use the image of your Devatar online is up to you, but we encourage you to learn about it and treat it with reverence and respect. It is not intended as a representation of yourself.
Devatar NFTs are an original collection of up to 10,000 verifiably unique digital images programmatically generated from over 800 hand-illustrated attributes by Alexa May and are stored as a unique signature on a digital public ledger (aka blockchain) known as an NFT.
<aside> <img src="/icons/book_blue.svg" alt="/icons/book_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Read more about the Artist →
</aside>
<aside> <img src="/icons/book_blue.svg" alt="/icons/book_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Read more about the Devatars in this collection → [These pages are a work in progress and we invite our community to help us with this! If you would like to contribute to these sections please email us: [email protected] ]
</aside>
<aside> <img src="/icons/flash_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/flash_yellow.svg" width="40px" />
<aside> 📿 Spiritual Energy
The Devatars were designed as murtis for the modern person practicing yoga and living in a digital age. In a very real way they can bring power, protection, beauty, and wisdom into our lives IRL and online.
Each piece of digital art in the collection will only officially become a “murti” once they are spiritually consecrated in a meaningful way. If you’d like to help us with this, please reach out to us at [email protected]
Until then, out of respect for tradition. Devatars are simply the images attached to a cryptographic credential that grants access to all the things we will do together.
</aside>
<aside> <img src="/icons/flash_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/flash_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> Financial Energy
The Devatars art and metadata is attached to an NFT smart-contract on the Ethereum blockchain.
Purchasing a Devatar NFT represents your financial contribution to our community as well as the pass to access and contribute to the community.
You may choose to sell your NFT on the secondary market if you no longer wish to access its benefits. In doing so, a percentage royalty from that sale will be returned to the project to keep things flowing.
</aside>
Our mission is to enable practitioners of yoga around the world with a new way to connect - and then see what happens next!
We hope the next thing that happens is that we start to build trusting relationships, share ideas, collaborate, and build amazing things that contribute to the living tradition of yoga in our modern age.
It starts with minting a Devatar NFT and enjoying a few online experiences together.
If things go well of course…. it could also mean we start curating events worthy of Lakshmi herself.
<aside> <img src="/icons/magic-wand_brown.svg" alt="/icons/magic-wand_brown.svg" width="40px" /> Read more about what you can access in World of Yoga
</aside>