For nearly three decades I have been making recommendations for outside water features. Single family home owners often have the most flexibility in utilizing outdoor space, front or back yard. Even apartment dwellers can use a porch or balcony as their outside space for water.
Does everybody need […]
I must admit that vines clinging to the sides of a building or house can appear very charming. It is an Old World look which continues to be used as a lovely landscaping technique, including on new structures.
Feng Shui principles usually echo universally good design […]
A long time ago I used to sell a Yearly Feng Shui Guide, put together by my first Feng Shui teacher. He used a method where we take the shifting annual star in each direction and compare it with the direction the star lands in for that […]
When it comes to the Feng Shui perspective on fences and walls, the objective is balance and proportion. When a property has no fence or wall around it all, there is a notion that the property cannot shore up or store the vital qi (life force energy) […]
Many people are now familiar with at least the concept that Feng Shui is the study of how we are influenced by our natural and man-made environment. There are also complementary fields in Chinese metaphysics which borrow from each other in terms of how we organize the […]
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There is a house type which I refer to as the “Divorce House” in my book, Feng Shui for Skeptics. It is a house type that can noticeably undermine the ability to sustain a relationship, often resulting in separation. It is one of 8 different […]
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Exactly what is feng shui?
It is the art and science of how you are affected by your environment.
Where did it come from?
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese earth science that was developed over 6,000 years ago. Other ancient cultures were exposed to […]
Almost everyone, except the devout atheist or existentialist, believes or thinks it is plausible that they have come into the world with a destiny. This word means different things to different people however. For some, it can mean their potential. We can say that a person is […]
As a child I grew up in the same house from age 6 to 18. I now live in the same house type I grew up in, for the last 12 years. These 24 years represent a significant portion of my whole life and there were 10 […]
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As a long time practitioner, I have seen many scenarios in people’s homes and businesses and can say now with confidence that some Feng Shui notions are not true in my experience or not so in modern day living. And this is coming from […]
