I've been having some great practices in the side yard practice spot with Big Greenie (large maple on the left) front and center.
I've been focusing on "in every movement the entire body must be light and spirited". With a slight expansion in my hands as the Peng Jin is expressed at the end of the postures.
I'm also training a slight circling at the end of one posture or straight line and the beginning of the next. I've been using larger circles and refining them as I become more familiar with the feeling, until there is little to no perceivable movement on the outside but a definite feeling of circling on the inside.