From complete beginner to first grading in Yoga

I had zero athletic background when I started Yoga. First class I was completely lost — everyone seemed to know the language of ahimsa and I didn't. My savasana was nonexistent. I nearly didn't go back.

I did go back. And the first grading 5 months later was one of the proudest moments I've had in sport. how breathwork calms the nervous system had become natural by that point, which I wouldn't have believed at week one. hot yoga overwhelming some beginners is still something I work on. But it no longer feels like an obstacle — it feels like the game.