There is a general feng shui principle that you don’t want your house to sit at the end of a cul-de-sac or the cross section of a T-junction. The idea is that the qi (air currents) would be moving too quickly or too directly toward the house. […]
The media, as well as poorly trained practitioners and authors, have done such a good job of misinterpreting Feng Shui, that many clients end up totally confused about why they have hired a Feng Shui consultant.
I have experienced this myself, as well as fellow consultants, where we […]
I am a frequent visitor of new home developments for my clients interested in purchasing these residences and many of the newer design trends could also be considered feng shui improvements.
THE TECH AREA
Many newer homes now come with separate Tech or Media Areas. Often, in a […]
Nothing competes with the bedroom. Most of us spend a third of our lives in this one spot in the house so it almost always ranks first in terms of prioritizing what room to evaluate first.
The next most important room, according to feng shui theory, is […]
Houses can and do outlive people. And periodically, a house will need a new roof. Professional roofers suggest a new roof every 20-30 years. In classical Feng Shui, we know that the interior energy of a house is captured when it was built and specifically when the […]
I visited a home where the occupant had framed mirrors on virtually every wall in her home. Admittedly, this is unusual. Her justification for this was that she thought it made her space look bigger. The reality of her surroundings is that she had way […]
One of my favorite Feng shui stories to tell is the time our whole school went on a field trip to the Hollyhock House in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. It is a famous Frank Lloyd Wright designed house and we went on their […]
Many of my articles emphasize that Feng shui is a natural earth science, based on laws of physics and principles which have been tested for thousands of years. Overwhelmingly, it is objective, and not subjective, conclusions that are made about how a person is affected by their […]
What constitutes a balanced room according to feng shui theory involves not one, but several aspects. Some of those aspects are non-obvious while some aspects are immediately palpable, such as the flaw of a room which is chronically dark or cold.
The look of exposed beams can be […]
Internet articles abound at the beginning of each year with warnings and predictions about the “Tai Sui” and the “Sui Po” and the “three killings” directions to avoid. Some people look to the Chinese Feng Shui and Astrology calendars for more input about what they should be […]
