What is between you and your experience?

I was watching a woman in ropes, almost breathless. There was something extraordinary about the way she received impact: fearless, curious, completely open. She wasn’t trying to be tough or impressive. She was simply herself. It made me wonder how much of our own experience we lose to judgement, performance and the endless effort to become someone we think we should be. What becomes possible when we stop standing in our own way and allow ourselves to be exactly who we are?