Wind Chimes: The Chi in Your Garden

Scientist might not agree but wind chimes can powerfully influence your health, happiness, love life and your all around good fortune. Not only do wind chimes add artistic flare and acoustic serenity to your garden, they move Chi to bring positive energy to your surroundings.

Chi, also known as Qi, Ki and Prana, is the Chinese term for universal energy. Chi is everywhere; it's the life force that permeates our world.

The quality of the Chi you keep company with
determines the quality of your own energy and life force.

Think of how you feel in your beautiful garden, at church or in the company of a loved one. Now compare that to how you feel at a funeral or around angry people or frightening strangers. You have just experienced, in your mind, two very different qualities of Chi.

Naturally, we strive to be around life enhancing energy and avoid depressing or damaging elements, but sometimes the Chi in our environment just gets stuck. Use your imagination again and recall how stifling it feels in a basement or a room that has been closed off for awhile. Instinctively, we just want to fling open the windows and let the light and air in.

While a garden is hardly a place that needs light or air, areas can become stagnant and evoke a heavy feeling where even the hardiest of plants won't grow.

Feng shui, is the ancient Chinese practice of the proper placement of elements to enhance and increase a positive flow of energy. Proper placement in or outside the home is critical to keeping the Chi moving effectively.

Block the path for a smooth flow of Chi and you have blocked your and your plants' energy quality. According to the principles of feng shui, physical blocks can create energy blocks in your garden and eventually in your body if not corrected.

If you have an area with large plants or hedges, you have a disruption in the energy flow. Likewise if you have an area where plants have taken their last breath of carbon dioxide or where there is unpleasant noise such as traffic or barking dogs, you have tumultuous energy.

If your garden is uneven, Chi will settle and become stagnant in the lower areas. Try to hang a wind chime above the lowest point to lift the energy.

Wind chimes have been used for centuries to add a spiritual experience to the environment. They move stagnant air and increase energy with their physical movement, musical resonance and meditative vibrations. Wind chimes will restore balance and harmony to your garden and to your soul.