Little Egret

It merely starts with an intent, as everything else does, an almost meditative concentration.

Every step a lightness, a balance.

A failure but it never gives up, merely moving on to another meditative stance.

 The Five Animal Frolics is a set of Qigong exercise that mimic the movements of animals.  Created by Hua Tuo, a doctor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it aims to help overcome illness and promote overall physical and mental well-being.  By embracing and mimicking the physical attributes of each animal, one gains its grace, strength, calmness and steadiness to manage one's health.  The Crane is one of the five animals, imitated for its steadiness, focus, calm, balance and agility.

On a micro level, and if one believes in the universality of being, we don't have to look far, it's all in one's backyard.   Consider the Little Egret.

The Little Egret did it with perfection, one stealthy step at a time, deliberate, steady  and purposeful, the concentration, the balance, the stretch, all conducted in perfect stillness and calm.  Yet, its alertness is always there, taking immediate flight on the hint of an intrusion.