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In the meantime, my tai-chi is improving, although I haven't seen my teacher in more than a week and he might have a different opinion. Importantly, I feel that my concentration has gotten better. Purely by accident, I switched the order of my routine — Chen form first, Yang second — and it produced a totally different awareness dynamic. Since I know Chen worse than Yang, it requires more focus and, as a consequence, it's harder for me to exercise in a "zombi" mode when I tend to do things mechanically, probably because the body already knows what to do without me being conscious of the moves. Starting with Chen, the form that I barely know, helps my mind to engage much more quickly and somehow the level of engagement doesn't fall off when I finish the Chen routine and go to Yang.