Welcome Hindrances

Today started very foggy, and I had to cancel my motorbike training as the cold I caught on my return here has worsened, with glands swollen to the size of golf balls under my tongue... I started to feel a bit better this afternoon and went into the misty sunshine to do some T'ai Chi. As soon as I began some sabre form Deisel came right under my feet, testing my empty steps, as I was not looking down, of course. He then started to lay on my feet and purr. This is the second time I have seen cats do this: at Mark's, an otherwise unknown cat always seems to arrive within a few seconds of us doing any T'ai Chi in the back garden, and he also did the foot-lying thing as Mark began sabre one day. Are they attracted to the energy? It never happens any other time. If I do empty hand T'ai Chi, Deisel just meanders through my legs then lies down nearby to watch. I shall really miss him when he goes to live with Jim this Winter. He really is an excellent T'ai Chi cat; placid and friendly to all the students who breeze in, affectionate when someone feels fragile, and always up for a stroke. He has been great to hold as added weight when doing standing practice, and both David and I found this very helpful. It's a bit of an online joke that blogs are full of cute pictures of cats, and often little else. Well, here's my input to that cliche.