Suspending Body from the Crown

'Suspending the Body from the Crown of the Head'... connects the whole body to the heavens.

I'm not sure that Taiji Zen meant this to be Lesson 2, but I think it makes more sense as Lesson 1.  Whether in a standing posture or continuous movement, this is so fundamental to T'ai Chi.   It is important to raise our head as if a string were attached at the crown and suspended our head from directly above.  Besides aligning our body, it also opens our mind (i) and raises our spirit (shen).