Who said exercise never hurt anyone? Who said yoga was good for you?
Frankly, this story proves that anyone who said any of those things was under a complete misapprehension.
Twenty-three-year old student, Alexa Terrazas, took yoga to the extreme this week and attempted a pose that almost cost her her life.
I went for a run this morning and got a stitch so bad that I thought that my stomach muscle might rip right out. Seriously, I think it's best that I stick with cigarettes, flaming hot Cheetos, and couch sores, for the sake of my health.
As for Terrazas? Well, I think that she might be feeling the same. After what happened, I don't think that anyone will blame her for trading yoga in for froyos and light strolls.
Here's what happened...
Alexa Terrazas isn't your typical yoga mat girl...
Big dreams and simple living don't always go hand in hand...
With risk comes danger and the dangerous yoga move that Alexa attempted this week has left her in an extremely bad condition.Terrazas and her friends live for the adrenaline.
Alexa comes from a supportive and active family.
Alexa's neighbors were well aware of her risk-taking lifestyle.
The yoga move was caught on camera just before the fall.
"I believe infinitely in the power of energy and prayer over all things. Today we need you to join us."
Alexa's close friend, Monira Rodriguez, has taken to Instagram to ask for people to keep her recovering friend in their prayers. Sharing a poster for church services being held in Alexa's honor, the fellow student writes: "I believe infinitely in the power of energy and prayer over all things. Today we need you to join us. I would thank you from the bottom of my heart. Love is the only thing that transcends time and space. ALEXA we love you and I look forward to your speedy recovery 🙏 ❤️"After falling twenty-five meters from the balcony, Alexa is lucky to be alive.
It was touch and go for a moment - a fall like that could really have been fatal.Alexa fell from the 8th floor and suffered more than one hundred fractures.
Friends have flooded social media with requests for blood donations.
Ayudemos a Alexa Terrazas Lopez. Necesita donadores de sangre A+ ¿Quién me acompaña a donar? https://t.co/c9Z23fMF8M— Caesar Andonie (@Caesar Andonie)1566718373.0
"She doesn't need any more blood, but platelets are needed for Alexa Terrazas at the Zambrano Hospital (Women Only)."
Friends have been keeping the public up to date with Alexa's recovery.
The accident has had a profound impact on her risk-taking friends.
One friend, commented under a post on Facebook, writing "it's a painful and sad life lesson."Perhaps their extreme sports days are behind them.
I think it's safe to say that Alexa will be taking it easy for a while, at least. According to the posts on social media, while it is expected that Alexa will recover, she may not be able to walk again for three years.This isn't the only serious yoga incident that has happened this year.
Earlier this summer, five senior citizens died while doing yoga in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, India."Like every day, these six people had gone for a morning walk; later they were practicing asanas on the roadside."
Speaking about the incident, Rajpal Singh, the assistant sub-inspector of the Kumher police, explained that the senior citizens were going about their normal routine on the sunny July morning.Out of nowhere, a pickup truck came and mowed down the senior citizens.
Preparing for #InternationalYogaDay2018. @DFPRajasthan organised an awareness programme on #Yoga in #Nagar town of… https://t.co/vC1ApHMCz5— PIB in Rajasthan (@PIB in Rajasthan)1529053787.0
All six of the hit and run victims died.
Tourism minister of Rajasthan, Vishvendra Singh, was deeply affected by the tragedy.
The patient was profusely bleeding from the mouth throughout the journey to Jaipur and ultimately ....— Vishvendra Singh Bharatpur (@Vishvendra Singh Bharatpur)1562827774.0