Yi and chi and doing as Sifu says

So, apparently I have been training incorrectly since I began... Due to my previous training, i was used to using my intent to will fully lead my chi. In other words i focused on a certain action or direction to move in order to PUT my chi there. I thought this was the right way, but Sifu had said from the first lesson that we set up the conditions and the chi knows what to do. I hear what he said and thought i was moving towards awareness, but then i listened to neigong podcast and it clicked, "I don't do anything with my chi!" I make the shape and get the proper stretch and the chi happens. That really frees up some room on my "hard drive." Now i can focus on simply following instructions and feeling what I'm told to feel with or trying to make the chi do anything, I just feel to see if it is. I hope this helps somebody.