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# ‘Chi’ flow to be improved at Pier amusement park
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/chi-flow-to-be-improved-at-pier-amusement-park/
- Published: 2002-04-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:14:42.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Sackariason
- Tags: local, Pier, #archive-import

*Amusement park ‘chi’ blocked by airplane ride*

In true California fashion, visitors to the amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier soon will be able to officially go with the flow.

Gisi Stupp, owner of Santa Monica-based Feng Shui Services, outlined a plan this month for Pacific Park that will put its numerous rides and attractions in the right place.

Pacific Park administrators have allocated thousands of dollars to rid the park of its bad “chi,” which mostly lived near the west entrance.

“Chi” (“chee”) is a force of invisible energy that circulates through surroundings and the senses. Feng Shui (”fung shway”) is the traditional Chinese method of assessing and influencing indoor and outdoor environments. Feng Shui experts look at how chi moves around an area, then decide how to maximize the chi’s positive effect.

When the park opened in 1996, little thought was given to the energy pattern on the two-acre site, which is crammed with 12 rides, 19 midway games and seven restaurants.

“They did the best they could at the time,” said Pacific Park’s spokesman Cameron Andrews.

Stupp sensed immediately the chi was messed up and not inviting.

Specifically she found that the west entrance obstructs the energy flow because the airplane ride is situated smack dab in the middle, blocking people from moving freely into the park.

“The mouth of the chi is blocked,” Stupp said. “It’s just not inviting — the energy has to mingle.”

> “The mouth of the chi is blocked. It’s just not inviting — the energy has to mingle.” — — GISI STUPP Feng Shui expert

As a result, Pacific Park officials will move the entrance a few feet to the north, as well as move around some of the rides in an attempt to “balance, harmonize and open” up the area.

“It will enhance everything and it’s so subtle,” said Stupp, who has been Feng Shui-ing for 20 years.

Other subtle changes to make it more inviting include painting murals of fish and draping rope on the entrance frame and on the pillars.

“We are going to wake it up,” Stupp said. Stupp’s service cost between $300 and $500\. The Feng Shui makeover is part of $200,000 in improvements planned for Pacific Park before the summer season, which include a new ride.

It is believed that by understanding and respecting the energy flows in the environment, the surroundings will lead to greater serenity and effectiveness, Stupp said. Some business owners have Feng Shui’d their offices and have reported increased revenues.

Although Feng Shui is more commonly used in homes and offices by assessing the “intangible energy,” outside areas can be Feng Shui’d by addressing its “tangible energy.” Tangible energy is what already is there — and the best way to address Pacific Park’s issues was to restructure the layout to create a “new energy flow,” she said.

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Gisi Stupp, a Feng Shui expert, sensed immediately that the “chi” was blocked at the amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier. (Photo: Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 19, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041902.pdf?ref=smdp.com)