Leaping Cat

This is a picture which has been up on my cork board for over 5 years, the only picture to make the journey from the London board to the Scotland board! When my husband was ill a few years ago, I cut this picture out of The Guardian's Notes and Queries page and stuck it on some card for him, with the note 'I hope you soon feel like this'. It's all there, relaxed alertness, body as one unit, lightness, purpose... This morning as I was teaching Michael, Maximus the cat came into the room, spiral walked around our legs, then between Michael's legs and then he sat meowing and purring behind us for quite some time. We took this to mean our push hands was getting somewhere, so we continued for an extra half an hour. Cat T'ai Chi masters are very good and they only require payment by regular stroking and food.