title: Finding The Perfect Balance
author: Heather Doak Nishimura
description: Heather was born and raised in Citrus Heights, California, where she currently resides. Her gymnastics career began in kindergarten. She began competitive gymnastics at the age of nine and retired from the sport at twenty-one. Heather has competed in eleven national and international level competitions and earned a college gymnastics scholarship.
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  # Losing My Balance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Helena Newbury
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0002.html#1T140-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Clarissa](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Clarissa](part0005_split_000.html#4OIQ0-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Clarissa](part0006_split_000.html#5N3C0-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Clarissa](part0007_split_000.html#6LJU0-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Neil](part0008_split_000.html#7K4G0-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Clarissa](part0009_split_000.html#8IL20-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [Neil](part0010_split_000.html#9H5K0-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [Clarissa](part0011_split_000.html#AFM60-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [Clarissa](part0012_split_000.html#BE6O0-559cfa4587064871b9dffe5862b032c5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\.
  [Clarissa](part0013_split_00