Wood Wind & Water

To live with the current

Energy

Dynamics

949/481-9235

E-mail: nola@woodww.com

Chi (life force energy) flows through all of nature, through the veins of the earth, through each of us.  As humans settled into agrarian life styles, they instinctively knew that they needed to pay attention to this phenomenon to survive.  They built homes and developed rituals with deep respect for these forces.  Indigenous people throughout the world have consciously aligned themselves with the physical and spiritual world.  They have aligned their physical environments with their unique topography, climate, and cultural priorities.

In the west today, we recognize how strongly the environment affects our well-being.  The physical blocks that we unconsciously set up are metaphors for the personal blocks that we find in our lives.  Stagnate areas can keep us psychologically stuck.  A free-flowing, vibrant home/work place encourages a free-flowing, vibrant life.  By working with energetic tools (including our own symbolism), we can recognize how important it is to tend to and balance all aspects of our lives.  We remember where we came from, see where we are going, and care about what we leave behind.  The art of working with the energy in our physical spaces is an important element in the art of actively engaging in our own life.  By stepping back and connecting to the natural world and to our senses, we can touch this ancient wisdom. 

The earth, our bodies, our homes, our stuff—all of this is tangible energy.  Our relationship to the different areas of our lives—health, love, finances, dreams, family, creativity, friends—is the intangible energy that we deal with every day.  While the tangible symbology that we use is important, it is the imperceptible connections that we make with our minds, hearts and spirits that are key to opening, welcoming the new, and shifting our direction.