Beginners mind is a happy mind.
Those who put too much pressure on themselves are afraid to try anything new in case they fail.
Perhaps you learnt this as a child, when pleasing the adults in your family was a necessity, perhaps the fear came later.
But nobody begins anything as an expert - we are all beginners at some point. The truth is that you will be robbing yourself of so much joy and experience, if you continue to keep yourself locked inside a box that you have complete control of and inside which resides only those things that you can already do.
Beginner’s mind is a mind that is happy to fall over.
Beginner’s mind is a mind that is happy to be humble.
Beginner’s mind leads even experts to understand that they still have so much to learn.
Beginner’s mind is freedom and gives you the opportunity for so much joy.
Be brave enough to fall flat on your face once in a while.
Do something that you are rubbish at, but that you love and judge your progress only by the size of the smile on your face.
Come to your mat every day with a big open space inside you that is willing to be filled not by your already-knowing, but by the great mystery of life and the possibility that your greatest happiness is yet to come.
Sarah x