I've done a 30 day challenge and here are my thoughts about what I learned, what I experienced, and how things went...

The commitment to go and feeling good wasn't difficult, it was sacrificing other activities to put myself first for a 2+ hour time frame every day. What I learned about doing it, though, was that I often sacrificed time and energy for my own health and well being for the sake of responsibility and what others needed. It was eye opening on that level and on a number of other very deeply personal and spiritual pieces.

I might also mention here that I was also doing a raw, vegan diet during this time.

What I felt was a higher sense of clarity, calm, and cleansing. The downside was that it started to become my escape. If I let things build up, I always knew that I could wash it all away with a 90-minute session in the studio. This was both good and bad. I even did a double one of the days- that was awesome, but on the second session I had two girlfriends that had shown up to do it with me.

I think it was easier because there were 28 of us doing the challenge together. We shared our experiences of yoga in our sessions together and then shared about how we were doing with the food changes.

Physically- all of us trimmed down and toned up. We had various blood, saliva, and urine tests done before and after as well. Overall- cholesteral levels went down, pH levels were mixed- most everyone's improved but some more than others except for a few people who ate too many nuts, along with a variety of other results.

I don't know what motivates you, but before I did this, I asked myself why I was doing it. For me, it was to prove I could do it. Then I needed to know what that was important to me. With that, every time I was thinking about not going, I reminded myself of why it was so important to me to do this- and then I'd go.

I wish you luck. You might use here as a way to report back how its going. I did that online, too. Namaste.