Pranam (Greetings) everyone.  Since joining the program last Friday by the grace of Sifu, I looked around a bit through the cirriculum to kind of get the lay-of-the-land so to speak.  It's incredible to hear (and read) Sifu explaining with precise terminology concepts that my previous Teacher(s) described rather vaguely if they even hinted at them at all. I went to the very first standing lesson today.  In particular, understanding/using the chain beginning with the heels to knees to pelvis etc to lift the crown-point was incredible.

A quick note on a harvest from my holiday practice that I want to follow up on when home. I have been exploring lighter and lighter yi. What is Yi , how much Yi to effect some change. This morning I felt that using the lightest intent I could register seemed to have a more subtle effect on the cavities but that this more subtle 'stretch' encompassed a greater area than my more 'doing involved" stretch, but subjectively doesn't 'feel" like it can condition 'martially'.

I am noticing that my esophagus relaxation and smile are happening consistently from following the programme without me trying to make them happen. At the airport yesterday I noticed what I would describe as an edge to worrying. Worrying wasn't "just happening " but instead I noticed it and could stop those thoughts. Worrying has been a life long habit that I have never felt in control of until now.