by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP
Before & After Harvesting
Along the fence running the length of the back of the property bamboo has been planted. This fence has a busy sidewalk and roadway behind it and the bamboo provides privacy and protection now that it has grown. This summer the bamboo has become tall enough that the stalks are ‘living art.’
Harvesting this bamboo has transformed this grass from an overgrown and overwhelming state into a calm bamboo forest! This space is becoming more balanced and comfortable. The openness also represents letting new energy into the life areas that run along the fence: wealth, fame and relationships!
The element that dominates these three life areas is the element of fire. Bamboo represents the element of wood which is supportive of fire. It is also the strongest wood on the planet that represents longevity. It is a good plant to support health, wealth and happiness in these three life areas!
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Where is your relationships corner?
Imagine a nine square grid overlaying your property. Three rows of three, equal in size. Now stand on the street facing your property. The relationship corner is the last square to the right in the farthest row of three. Now walk back into your garden as though for the first time and observe this area and what story it may share.
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Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Jaw Release Program since 2007, Authored Achieving your Goals 31 Day Program, Sleep Sweet Sleep, Kid’s Peace Bus Calendar of Values Educational Program & InTouch with Your Values Self-Actualization Program. Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000, Labyrinths of Victoria since 2012, #yyj Peace Week Grassroots Calendar Founder, Vice-Chair of World Children
When it came to fixing up our relationship corner we didn’t have a plan until at the beach gathering Nootka Rose petals. It’s where we noticed some beautiful rounded bark with red lines. Gathering this bark along with some different driftwood pieces a great corner emerged! What was the cost? Our own effort. and $20.00 for sand, #20.00 for gravel and #20.00 for compost!
These 8 trigrams are the building blocks of 64 hexagrams that display every possible combination of these lines. It was the first of these sequences that led the 17th century father of calculus, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to discover the functioning of the binary system. A Jesuit priest, who was based in China, showed the configuration to Leibniz, who investigated further and discovered that if the value of 0 were attributed to each solid line, and the value of 1 to each broken line, it would give the binary notation for the numbers 0 through to 63. The uncovering of the binary code allowed Leibniz to change the path of mathematics for all time. The I Ching is therefore the earliest known example of binary notation, this being the smallest complete arithmetic number system as well as the language that enables computers to work.
This style of roof is a great conductor of sound and rises up to the heavens. It is a design often seen in spiritual centers, churches and spaces for contemplative arts.
Metal is not considered a good element for homes and this style of roof is favored for industrial and sports complexes, and not so much in homes. 
It is interesting that in traditional feng shui 5 element theory it is good luck to paint your roof top green to reflect a wood element which supports the fire element . Fire stimulates finances! However if one is planting a roof top garden consideration must be given to water features and spaciousness of the plantings. After all, water puts fire out, rushing water is draining and stagnant water is lethargy! Philosophically, it also represents moving earth to heaven. Heaven is loftier action while earth is grounding and settling. 
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