What Trees Can Teach Us

Coastal Redwood

The awe-inspiring Giant Sequoia can easily live in excess of 1,000 years.  Absolutely the largest living thing on earth, Giant Sequoias have grown to 375'-that's taller than the Statue of Liberty, which stands 305' from base of pedestal to torch tip.

Although the entire root network of a large Sequoia can extend for acres horizontally, it is likely to remain within 3-6' of the surface.  The majority of the Giant Sequoia's roots are actually tiny, threadlike feeder roots that spread from larger roots near the base of the tree.  Even these "larger roots" are unlikely to be greater than 2-3' in diameter.  For a living structure that stretches 250-300' into the air and weighs 12 million lbs, this is an astonishingly delicate foundation.

On Environmental Powerlessness

When confronted with so many examples of deterioration in our ecosystems, "not thinking about it because I can't do anything about it" is a common response.  Acid rain, deforestation, extinction of species, sullying of habitats, you name it - there's enough environmental despair to go around.

Teacher and Scholar Joanna Macy has some interesting thoughts on this "just ignore it" reaction:

Logically, this is a non sequitur: it confuses what can be thought with what can be done.  When forces are seen as so vast that they cannot be consciously contemplated or seriously discussed, we are doubly victimized; we are impeded in thought as well as action.

Why Is Adding Nature to Our Indoor Environments Important?

For tens of thousands of years, human beings lived deeply connected to the Natural World- its spaces, its cycles, and its species. We are a part of Nature and have evolved in profound connection with other beings and elements of Nature. And yet today, 95% of our time is spent indoors, shut off from Nature's rhythms and energies.

"If human history for the last 40,000 years were represented by just one hour, then the amount of time that we have been living in such extreme isolation from Nature would be represented by only a few seconds." - Denise Linn, Feng Shui for the Soul

The Element of Wood

In the Spirit Realm
meditation ecoBowl®

In Feng Shui, brown has a very stable and nourishing energy.  It has been strongly associated with the Wood element.

Wood element is considered important because it is both strong and bendable, and is identified with new life and new beginnings.  It is used extensively to "correct," or offset bad flow of Qi.

Your Own Personal Dance of Joy

Is there a place in your home or office that seems to suffer from a lack of proper energy flow?  When you walk through or sit in it, does this place feel stagnant, weighty, or just plain "stuck?"  One of the easiest ways to liven up a stale space is to infuse it with a boost of Qi courtesy of a living plant.

Dance of Joy
ecoBowl® Duo

You might try one of our most popular Honey Bee ecoBowl® Duos, the Dance of Joy.  This cheerful arrangement has a small footprint and features a soil-free plant with loads of soul!  To care for it, simply remove the plant from the landscape, drench whole plant with water 2-3x/week, and place back in your ecoBowl®.

And because we hand-craft our Honey Bee ecoBowls® from pure beeswax, environmental harmony has never smelled so sweet!

You'll be surprised at how quickly your new Dance of Joy will spread its lively energy all around your room -- and into your spirit!

Discover Honey Bee Feng Shui at Presence of Nature!

New Beginnings
Lucky Bamboo ecoBowl®

Naturally scented sweet by the honey bee, each earth-friendly Honey Bee ecoBowl® is hand-crafted with care from beeswax in our Maine workshop to help us create harmonious home & workplace environments and enhance our well-being.

According to the ancient practice of Feng Shui, we can create harmony in physical spaces by balancing Nature’s elements (including Earth, Wood, Metal, Fire, & Water) which increases the positive flow of Qi, or Life-Force.  The positive flow of Qi creates healthy environments that nourish & sustain us on a daily basis.