Some breakthroughs, I think!

Tonight I did some tai chi, with David Carradine on a video. I think I need to resume tai chi and qi gong practice, for strength, focus, and groundedness. It felt wonderful. I know that I probably can't fit in a class, so I will have to do it with the videos. But it is a good practice to help me through this particularly challenging time. I'm going to try to do either tai chi or qi gong daily. It should help. I feel energetic and good tonight, and I'm focused.

I also had a bit of a breakthrough in one of my assignments. I seem to learn some concepts better when they are visual. This is hugely surprising to me, as I have always thought of myself as distinctly unvisual. In fact, my friend J. tells me I'm the most unvisually oriented person he knows.

I think I'm a kinesthetic learner, primarily, which explains the piano, lightning-fast typing, the affinity for massage, yoga, all things tactile.

When I was very young and learning to play the piano, I used to play my pieces reading the notes, and then I'd also play the same pieces with my eyes closed. I thought it felt so cool to play the piano as if I were blind. I still love that feeling!