Bamboo

Growing bamboo successfully can be rewarding in many ways.  I didn’t realize that until a few weekends ago, right here in the month of January. It’s often accused of being invasive, this is true to a certain extent, but if you’re in the market for a clump of your own bamboo, it’s worth the risk and quite tamable to your needs. Their roots love to be compacted and will grow rather quickly if they are confined by an underground barrier.

I’ve often recommend bamboo flutes to clients needing added strength against overhead beams and slanted ceilings. When this source of bad chi is aimed within the home, tying red ribbons around flutes and hanging them from the beams themselves virtually assures a cure and is a common feng shui practice. 

Representative of the upper portion of the baqua, the hollow segments of the bamboo flute symbolically lift good chi through the flute to further symbolize permanence, protection, and harmony. The presence of bamboo stirs good fortune. Prosperity and good luck are often found in the presence of bamboo. Feng shui practice believes that the nodes contained on bamboo itself are the original source of energy that was sent through the bamboo plant itself.

Knowing I have a permanent supply of my own bamboo to use in my feng shui practice is satisfying. Even a better realization than that is, a few weekends ago while trimming my clump ahead of the new spring growth, the grand children, delighted at the sight of my wavy patch of bamboo found a new way of creating good chi by reminding me, a short piece of bamboo cut right between the nodes makes an excellent pea shooter and that good chi is also found in the laughter of children.

Peace!