Just finished my morning practice (prayer) on my mother's patio in dreary Stockport, surrounded by her five cats who have always loved taiji, or maybe it's just my delightful company. I was struck by the constant activity in their tails, and began to realise that my own tail, not my coccyx but my energy tail, which is like a cats, a long extension from the spine/sacrum, is similarly active – a perfect mirror to, and expression of, my spirit. When my energy extended forward my tail extended back to balance; when my spirit dropped my tail slunk between my legs, etc. This is yet again just Central Equilibrium – the principle that allows me to be energetically active yet physically stable, the principle that states that there is a physical correlative to every aspect of energy and mood.