Confessions of a Teenage Yogi

My name is Kira. I'm sixteen years old. I have previously done 14 classes of yoga before starting this 30 day challenge, but that's all!

My History

In elementary school I was on the Basketball, Cross Country and Track and Field teams. When I got into high school I continued doing Cross Country. I tried out for the Basketball team but unfortunately didn't make it. I have been pretty healthy for my whole life apart from some anxiety. In September of 2009 my body finally decided that it wasn't going to let me do anything. I couldn't go to school because I was physically getting sick and it got to the point where I couldn't even get out of my bed. Finally after blood tests and a Scope I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. This is an intolerance to wheat and gluten. Being a teenager its been quite difficult to adjust to my new diet. I can not eat cookies or sweats with gluten in them. When I did my first 14 yoga classes I felt really great afterward so I decided to try a 30 day challenge!

Day 2

So today is day 2 of my 30-day challenge!! (I haven't died yet GO ME!!) I decided I wanted to try and do a double. This morning I drank a bit of water before my class and ate a nice juicy orange, then started the 9:30am class. The first half of the standing series went well. Then my water and orange started to hit me and I started feeling nauseas. I had to sit down and take deep breaths and keep telling myself not to give up! We got into the floor series and it was quite hard to stay awake in Savasana. I kept dozing on and off. Overall I found I did quite well in the Floor series. I was very happy for the end of class! WHOOP!

Because my smart mind wanted to do a double I decided to take the 1:45pm class. I went in feeling a little bit iffy about it, because I was sore. In the standing series I was kind of slacking off a little because my legs were quite tired. By the time we got into the floor series I thought I would try to do a lot more than I did in the standing series. My goal was to get all the way down on my shoulders in Fixed Firm and I got there!! WOOOT WOOOOOOT! Once again, I was quite content for the end of the class and very pleased with the two classes!

Will I ever do a double again?

My body says yes. My head says no!!

This is me on Day 2