How to Create Soulful Outdoor and Garden Spaces

If you could associate springtime with a room you wouldn't find inside the home, as it would be outside in the garden. Our yards are where many of us enjoy spending time in the warmer months. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a weekend patio grower the time is fast approaching to incorporate new ideas to your garden. Local yard and garden centers are filled with new and unusual choices awaiting your imagination. You can find art for the garden in a variety of yard decorations. Statues along with many other items like birdbaths, chimes, bells, candles, whirligigs, flags, water gardens, and much, more. In part these items are influenced by the new design trend of moving the inside out and the outside in. One of the most prevalent influences that impact the soul of the design of the garden is Feng Shui. According to Feng Shui, and many other metaphysical and soulful traditions, the internal and external is a mirror of one another Physical external spaces reflect our states of mind and contribute in a positive or negative way Cluttered yards filled with no-longer-needed or loved items, often reflect cluttered thoughts. Soul Feng Shui, the type of Feng Shui that I work with, is concerned with how to create spaces that align a positive flow of energy for the benefit of health, vitality and success of those using the space Gardens are especially important for our well- being as they provide spaces that help us to move us toward an inward experience With time stopped, or at least greatly slowed down, we can contemplate and reflect. To begin to incorporate a soulful approach to your outdoor spaces consider the following ideas: Have all paths follow the lines of a gentle curve This encourages us to slow down Another idea is to choose specific type of garden areas that reflects specific moods A shade garden represents the hidden aspects A moon garden whose flowers only bloom at night conveys the wild mysterious parts of us. A rock garden is a wonderful contrast in color, texture and feeling next to the multicolored flower garden Encourage yourself, and others, to spend more time in the garden by placing a hammock, benches or chairs. A solo chair, called a spirit chair, is placed in a very intuitive place as reminder to invite visitors of a celestial nature. You can heighten your senses by adding sights and sounds Planting bamboo or other ornamental grasses, as well as adding chimes, whirligigs or anything that moves will make sounds Let other critters call your garden home Other life forms like butterflies, dragonflies, fish or birds, bring good luck and provide the missing link in the connection of the human, plant and animal worlds Whatever the size and type of garden you have, bringing a soulful feeling to it can infuse new life into those spaces and provide a deeper richer experience Entering the garden is like passing through a mystical gate. Thomas Moore Home for [...]

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Bursting into Spring Harmony Tips

Spring is officially here on March 20, 2018. Regardless of where you are on this planet the energy shift is significant and by taking a brief time to check in and tune in we can align ourselves to this beautiful natural rhythm of this season.