| I was having a few beers in the Paddington Hotel | | | | Tempering any need to rush. |
| near Petrie Terrace, Brisbane in Australia with an old | | | | Flow definitely has to be a tenet of nature. One of |
| Pommy mate of mine when a girl sauntered by and | | | | her necessaries for life, stability and change. The web |
| asked whether we minded if she sat down. | | | | of life exists within an arena of flow. Suggesting we |
| Thinking my luck has finally changed, I started | | | | can understand something of nature, chi harmony |
| conservation and the lady advised she did martial art | | | | and finding harmony if we accept ''flow'' as part of |
| instruction for a living. Probably to make sure we | | | | our makeup and surroundings. |
| didn't molest her, but she spoke about its rhythm and | | | | The harmonious chi garden responds to ''flow''. |
| flow and the body re aligning itself to allow | | | | Harmonious chi energies revolve around congeniality |
| movement to be as smooth as possible. | | | | of flow in an environment of change. Life and |
| But flow is about Chinese acupuncture. The | | | | movement come with flow and if we remove it from |
| movement of energy around the body. Tai Chi is | | | | the garden, so would life. |
| about flow and the movement of energy. And | | | | If we want to encourage flow in the positive sense |
| nature is also about flow. Feng Shui is about flow | | | | we should consider the flow of blood within our |
| symbolised by wind (Feng) and water (Shui). A lot of | | | | bodies. It isn't interrupted by sharp edges or |
| commonalities. | | | | intrusions or straight lines (to accelerate it). It tends |
| I had great pleasure to direct the conversation to | | | | to be in unison with our bodies needs such as |
| the garden and flow, and the imposition of flow to | | | | movement, supporting rather than denying. |
| harmony. Flow in the sense of meandering, being | | | | Suggesting health in our garden is also good for |
| slow and not pressured by intrusions such as sharp | | | | positive flow. Maintain a healthy garden, avoiding |
| angles. The influence of flow on sounds, smells and | | | | straight lines, plenty of curves and no sharp edges |
| movement. Not any overpowering but in unison with | | | | and balance in the fabric which makes up the garden |
| their surroundings. There's a sense of gentleness | | | | such as plants and its built environment. |
| there about flow. It's necessary for life but there to | | | | The girl in the Paddington Hotel by now had left for |
| support it and keep it in balance. | | | | other horizons and us returning to wallow in our beer. |
| Just like Yin and Yang energies. They're always in | | | | Me, still thinking about flow and the beautiful lines of |
| transition and oscillate between one and the other. | | | | flow seen in the shape of the remaining girls in the |
| One not dominating completely but having some part | | | | pub. Flow definitely is about curves. |
| of the other to moderate and temper any transition. | | | | |