Find your power in the dark

If you are like many others who get easily distracted during exercises, don't be alarmed, it is actually quite common.
There is one way to find your way if you should ever "get lost in all those thoughts" or minor distractions.
Choose a time towards the evening, maybe even outside in your lawn at night, to go through that set of tai chi or giqong movements which you have learnt. If you are at home, in a room or even in the hall, switch off all the lights.
It will be just you and the darkness. Then, slowly go through the motions. Feel the emptiness. Revel in it. Let your mind be still and "feel" the qi enveloping you on the outside and circulating with its inexorable force in the inside.
As usual, "ride the wind". Let darkness be your friend. Do not fear it. In such an environment, the qi shall be your beacon. Let it circulate in and around you. Learn to let go. Be happy. Do not allow thoughts of office or anything else occupy your mind.
If at all possible, Be Still. Move the qi. Move your body, your hands, your legs and float on the highway of no light. The darkness will help you to calm your mind. Qi functions best in circumstances of least resistance.
Darkness is only the absence of light. Where you are "travelling", you need no light, so let darkness help you feel the invisible force that you harness from the cosmos that forms everything around you.
Let it flow through you like radiation. Let it energise your entire being. Believe it. Thought is afterall energy. I will never tire of telling everybody this. "See" the energy in your mind. Move it from your imagination to your body and direct it to wherever you want it to go.
You are the source. Qi is the river. Ride the waves. Feel it in your entire being, then you will be free.