Snooze Or You Lose: Feng Shui Your Way to Better Sleep–Part One

What do you lose, when you don’t get enough sleep? There are countless studies documenting effects that your body may suffer. To name a few: difficulty focusing, short-term memory loss, weight gain, hypertension, depression, and accelerated aging. Correcting poor Feng Shui may not be the entire solution. However, many people have reported significant benefits from […]

Fast Feng Shui

August Greetings! From early this month until mid-September, the energy is beginning to quiet and is an expression of strong earth.  (This is in contrast to July, which was dominated by the Fire element.) Based on the I Ching’s connection to Feng Shui, the Bagua area of Relationship is strongest now with emphasis on the […]

Feng Shui For Dorm Rooms & Other Small Spaces

Summer’s end is a natural time of transition–not only for kids, but also for many adults who are off to new experiences. If you’re college bound, you may be moving into a dorm room or another type of shared space. Either way, you’ll probably either share a room with another student or have a small […]

Feng Shui Tips For Creating Optimum Health

Part One – The Bedroom Discoveries in neuroscience over the past several years have shown us that “the way we are” is not always fixed as we had previously thought. We now know that our brain is capable of amazing plasticity, which is influenced by both our environment and the activities we engage in. This is […]

Feng Shui for Fido and Fifi

Fall Greetings Everyone! For years I’ve been feeling that the equinoxes and solstices are
coming earlier–and this Fall is no exception. Does anyone else feel
this? We’re now moving into a period dominated by the Metal element.
The positive side of Metal can give us the energy to cut through obstacles
and get things done. Last month’s newsletter article, […]

A Place of Harmony and Balance

Your Center Greetings everyone! For those of you who were wondering: Yes, I was in one of the
mandatory evacuation zones, but only gone from my home for four
days. Luck was with me! I met an old friend, a volunteer at the Red Cross
center, who graciously took me in. My dog, who had been trapped
at home, […]

The Children/Creativity Area – Part Two

The Children/Creativity Area – Part Two Last month in Part One* of the Creativity/Children’s area, we addressed creativity, but barely mentioned nurturing our inner-child. The Bagua in Feng Shui represents nine broad fundamental areas of life. It’s no mistake that the Children/Creativity area is one of them. An important aspect that this area represents is […]