One of the qualities of the warrior is non-attachment. When we come to a place of mental clarity, we see that it is the action itself that is meaningful and powerful, not the result. Being the best we can be and giving our practice our full attention is the reward itself – regardless of whether we do a pose perfectly. We begin to value life in every moment rather than always waiting for the end results (and often getting disappointed when they aren’t what we expect).

Non-attachment is freedom. When we don’t have expectations, we are free to enjoy everything for exactly what it is. And we can accept ourselves just as we are, too. The Warrior does her best in every situation, and because she is unattached, she remains peaceful regardless of the results.
In the Bhagavad Gita, a great treatise on yoga, Krishna says to Arjuna, a powerful warrior, “  your right is to action alone; never to its fruits at any time… Having abandoned attachment, Arjuna, and having become indifferent to success or failure – it is said that evenness of mind is yoga.” Non-attachment allows us to maintain that evenness of mind, our inner steadiness. When we have that, the fluctuations of happiness and sadness, pride and disappointment disappear, and we feel our true nature that is unchanging.