A new type of spiral exercise

This week as a part of our initial silk reeling exercises Master Li made us try a new type of spiral movement.  Most of the spiral movements up to this point were horizontal, basically variations of rubbing the stomach or could hands.

This one was different:  You take the standing meditation position, hands in front and round in an arch, and then you start moving your weight - in a delicate and subtle manner - from one side to the other.  Then you start turning this into round moves of the waist.  Think of doing the hula hoop, but in very small circles so that the only part of the body moving is the waist, and only in a very small circle.  Concentrating on this move and meditating with it was very interesting.