{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Shamash Alidina: \u201cBeginner's Mind\u201d Walking Meditation","description":"Our guest this week is teacher Shamash Alidina.  He shares a simple technique for opening and strengthening your awareness and curiosity about everyday things. This walking meditation is designed to help you:  Practice seeing the world with a \u201cbeginner\u2019s mind\u201d  Get outside, move, breathe, and give your churning mind a break Notice things in a new way through your senses Shamash Alidina has been practising mindfulness since 1998 and runs his own successful training organisation. He is the author of Mindfulness For Dummies and the forthcoming Breathing Exercises for Dummies. He frequently pops up in newspapers, magazines and on radio shows. Based in London, he runs online trainings and speaks at conferences all over the world. He\u2019s been teaching mindfulness full-time since 2010. The transcription of this guided meditation will be online and in our app at Mindful.org next week.  Stay curious, stay inspired. Sign up for our free newsletter mindful.org\/signup or download the app for free at mindful.org\/app.  Show Notes Find more from Shamash Alidina here. Go Deeper Nurturing a beginner\u2019s mind doesn\u2019t mean we pretend we don\u2019t know stuff. It just means we get more intentional about pausing to ask if our assumptions about people and the world are always correct. To learn more about building this mindful skill, check out these resources from Mindful.org:  Beginner\u2019s Mind Q&A With Anu Gupta  Navigating the Path to Fulfillment: Embrace Psychological Flexibility with ACT for Beginners  Don\u2019t Be So Sure  Want in-person practice with cultivating a more open mind? Here\u2019s a retreat you can attend in Garrison, NY, this October 28-31. Skymind: Resting in Our Natural State For a different approach to meditating with beginner\u2019s mind, try:  A 12-Minute Meditation to Approach the World With a \u201cDon\u2019t-Know Mind\u201d And more from Mindful here: More episodes of 12 Minute Meditation Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing yourwords@mindful.org. ","author_name":"12 Minute Meditation","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mindful.org","html":"