Day 9

Did another session of Tai Chi Chih. My numbers for exercise doubled tonight. It was entirely spontaneous and felt good. Seated meditation, on the other hand, was difficult. It seemed I could not, initially, get into the groove, my mind was wandering, and concentration was difficult. At about the 10 minute mark, something kicked in. As my abdomen filled with air, my concentration was propelled up my spine to the head, and then things dropped down the front of the body upon exhale. It was as if the abdomen was a pump that was connected to the flow of concentration, driving concentration up with expansion, and drawing it down with contraction. More tomorrow.