Beginner’s Mind: Letting Go of Outcomes & Staying Curious

2025-09-30

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Hey friends—welcome back to Living Your Yoga – Embodied Wisdom.I’ll be honest, this one could have been called Conversations from the Closet—because yes, I’m literally recording from the floor of our closet. But today’s conversation is anything but small. We’re diving into one of the most transformative teachings I know: Beginner’s Mind.Here’s the thing: the more we repeat a practice, pose, or pattern, the more we expect it to feel the same. We anticipate. We attach. We chase results. An...

Hey friends—welcome back to Living Your Yoga – Embodied Wisdom.

I’ll be honest, this one could have been called Conversations from the Closet—because yes, I’m literally recording from the floor of our closet. But today’s conversation is anything but small. We’re diving into one of the most transformative teachings I know: Beginner’s Mind.

Here’s the thing: the more we repeat a practice, pose, or pattern, the more we expect it to feel the same. We anticipate. We attach. We chase results. And yet, yoga—and life—ask us to stay present, unattached, and open to the moment exactly as it is.

Inside this episode, I share:
✨ The wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and why you have the right to the work but not the fruits of your action.
✨ My 30-day experiment with reverse triangle pose (and why I still don’t like it).
✨ The danger of chasing past experiences (like that one “perfect” meditation).
✨ 5 practical ways to embody beginner’s mind on and off the mat—curiosity, compassion, releasing outcomes, and more.
✨ Why even my dog Charlie taught me about letting go of expectations.

Whether you’re moving through familiar yoga sequences, walking your daily route, or navigating your business, beginner’s mind invites us to release the expert within, pay attention to the smallest details, and show up with curiosity instead of clinging.

📓 Journal Prompt: Where in your life can you practice beginner’s mind—letting go of attachments to outcomes and staying curious?

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