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Beginner’s Mind Opens Doors
I don’t always pay attention to the Word of the Day in my inbox. But fogbow really caught my eye. A fogbow? When I read the definition, my world was rocked.
Definition: A rainbow made of fog droplets; a white rainbow
A white rainbow!
How utterly cool. My mind opened and I wondered — what else I don’t know?
So. Many. Things.
I tried a new yoga studio yesterday and as I paid, the the yoga instructor asked if I have ever practiced yoga before. I said yes and he apologized and he told me this was a beginners class.
A beginner’s class…this would be an adventure in not being a know-it-all.
As I plopped on my mat, I knew an easy class was exactly what my body needed and before class even begun, I gave myself a challenge — to approach the next 60 minutes with a beginners mind.
It was so much a Level 1 that the teacher called downward dog “upside down V.” It had me remember my first few yoga classes and how much yoga has expanded my world.
What’s Beginners Mind?
It’s letting go of everything you think you know about something. It’s a great practice of dropping ego, dropping superiority, listening more and opening yourself up to learning something about a topic…
