I’m often asked what attracted me to Feng Shui. My first introduction to Feng Shui was through books. The first Feng Shui books I read were; Interior Design with Feng Shui by Sarah Rossbach, Feng Shui Made Easy by William Spear and The Western Guide to Feng Shui by Terah Kathryn Collins. My interest and attraction grew steadily stronger with each book. I found that while Feng Shui was ‘new’ to me, it was also very familiar and that was intriguing. How could something I had no experience with seem so familiar? I believe that Feng Shui was familiar to me because it is a practice that resonates deeply with who I am and where I am from.
My ancestral heritage includes Chinese, Hawaiian and Native American, all cultures that practice Feng Shui – though not all methods and techniques are the same, the foundation of each practice shares a desire to live in harmony with nature and our environments. I believe it is this ancestral heritage that responded deep within me as I began to read and learn about Feng Shui.
Initially, I had no intention of studying Feng Shui but as I read more books it became clear to me that much of the practice could not be found between the lines of text and if I wanted to really learn I was going to have to train.
My first Feng Shui training was BTB, or Black Sect Feng Shui, my second, Essential Feng Shui® and my third, Interior Alignment®. Each of my trainings has provided me with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Feng Shui; its many layers and perspectives. Of all my trainings, the one that resonated the most with me was and is still Interior Alignment®.
With Interior Alignment® I felt as though I had stepped through a portal to myself, a place where I was embraced by what ‘I know to be so’, and from that place of knowing I learned additional ways of ‘seeing’, ‘feeling’ and understanding.
The beauty of Interior Alignment® is that it embraces a synergistic blend of methods and techniques from many cultures and practices: Feng Shui, Hu’na, and Native American to name a few. How it embraces them is by combining various bits from each, the core form school foundational aspects and energetics of Feng Shui, the loving connection between our consciousness and our environments from Hu’na, and some of the ceremonial aspects, beauty and power of Native American thought, technique and ceremony.
It is this unique combination that makes Interior Alignment® more than just Feng Shui. In fact, the name Interior Alignment really sums it up nicely. It’s about aligning who you are and what’s important to you with the places you inhabit, visually, energetically, and spiritually. Interior Alignment uses the energy in our homes as a tool for healing and transformation.
Studying and practicing Feng Shui has completely changed my life and my work in ways I could never have imagined when I picked up that first book back in 1995. Life still has its ups and downs, its challenges and joys – but all in all it’s a great life filled with wonderful people, experiences and opportunities. Do I think Feng Shui is responsible for all this? I think Feng Shui has helped establish a sense of balance, comfort, harmony and inspiration in my life and from that place the rest has been much easier. It’s a Feng Shui Lifestyle!
At the end of the day, when the places we live in support us energetically, visually and spiritually they stop being a house and become a home.
And home is where I want to live.
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A Feng Shui garden embraces a sense of comfort, balance, beauty and inspiration. A Medicine Wheel Feng Shui garden aligns balance with the power of the directions and the symbology of the circle. It is a place of tranquility and a connection to nature.
Circles, they are the foundation of life, from the shape of an atom, the face of a flower and the growth rings of a tree, circles surround us with the patterns of nature.
The circle has symbolic meaning as well, never ending love and protection in the shape of a wedding ring, Stonehenge in England aligning with the power of the sun, labyrinths, ancient mosaics on temple floors, the perfect balance of Yin and Yang, the Hindu Wheel of Existence and the Native American Medicine Wheel. All are symbols represented by the shape of a circle.
A circular flower bed can
be a powerful and simple
Medicine Wheel garden
Everything Feng Shui stands for and seeks to achieve aligns with balance and harmony. In Feng Shui, the circle represents balance, wholeness, and complete unity.
Medicine Wheel gardens can be as simple as a circle with representation of each of the 4 Cardinal directions. They can be as complex as a large garden circle embracing sacred healing herbs, flowers, and plants, adding their power to the power of the Medicine Wheel. There is a strong connection between Medicine Wheels and healing. To include plants that align with healing is a strong and powerful way to use a Medicine Wheel Garden. A Medicine Wheel garden can be whatever you want it to be; its meaning and power uniquely aligning with you and the space it’s in.
Sometimes the place for a Medicine Wheel garden almost announces itself, and sometimes we have to consider the size of our space, our needs and the type of Medicine Wheel garden we want to create. Choosing a site is an opportunity to connect to your inner knowing, that place of deep awareness, that place of intuition and insight.
A good way to choose your location is to slowly walk your property, carefully and thoughtfully, in a meditative mood. Picture your Medicine Wheel in your mind’s eye as you walk your property; stay open to how you feel as you walk. Often you’ll come to a place that just feels right, other times you’ll have to consider the size and shape of the land and make your choice accordingly.
If you live in an apartment, you can use a balcony, a windowsill or even a plate for your Medicine Wheel garden. Remember the size isn’t what’s important, what’s important is the feeling and connection created through your Medicine Wheel garden.
Your Medicine Wheel garden can even be located in the front garden, wrapping itself around the path to your door creating a sacred sense of welcome to all who enter.
How you create your Medicine Wheel garden is less important than the meaning it has for you. A simple sand circle with a stone in the center embraces a sense of serenity and balance just as effectively as a large ornate garden. While each are visually quite different from one another, the inner connection they create is the same and it is this connection we seek with Medicine Wheel gardens.
The possibilities are endless. The sacred connection is the same. Beauty and inspiration await you!
Follow the process shared by Nikiah Seeds on her blog .
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What’s the difference between a garden and a Feng Shui garden? In a word, love.
A Feng Shui garden is a holistic garden co-created with nature. Flowers are still picked, trees and shrubs are trimmed, and the lawn is mowed but it’s all done with appreciation and thanks. A careful hand is used, not one that grabs and damages what’s touched.
A Feng Shui garden is a garden that embraces an understanding that first and foremost, we are the earth. A Feng Shui garden embraces organic methods, as these are methods that nourish, replenish and reenergize the earth in a natural and safe manner. If we tend to those spaces of earth that are our responsibility with the same care we choose for ourselves, our gardens prosper. And when our gardens prosper, the earth prospers.
Soft undulating color and curving walls
embrace you with beauty
As Minnie Kansman states in Spirit Gardens, “Feng Shui is about tuning into all that surrounds us, knowing that what we are surrounded by affects us deeply. Our mood, energy level and even our health are influenced by the spaces we occupy.”
Nature flows along the path, and the path is curved. Create flowing paths in your garden, curving walkways from the street to your front door, soft flowing paths from your driveway to the front door, soft flowing paths through your garden. These paths should be easy to see, safe and well lit, gently pulling you forward with the movement and grace of their curves.
A curved pathway draws you forward and welcomes you
One of the ways to incorporate the principles of Feng Shui into your garden or just an area in your garden is to utilize the Bagua . The Bagua is a template or grid with 9 sections, it is used to map the space being evaluated. (Home, property, business.) Each section defines the fundamental life energies present in all places around us and shows how these energies are affected by one another and the natural phases of nature.
The nine life areas are Career, Inner Knowledge, Family, Abundance, Illumination, Relationships, Creativity, Helpful People and Health & Balance sits in the center position. Each life area has attributes that are specific to it: color, elemental relationship, shape and the energy of the area itself. (Click here for your FREE Bagua map with instructions.)
An easy way to work with these 9 life areas is to incorporate the colors of the areas or items that represent the energy of the areas.
For example in the area of:
- Relationships: add red, yellow or pink flowers
- Fame: add red
- Abundance: add red, purple, green and gold
- Family: green and blue
- Inner Knowledge: add blue and yellow – this is a wonderful place to add a meditation area or simply a comfy place to sit and enjoy the beauty of your garden
- Career: incorporate a fountain or birdbath, and the color white
- Helpful People: area add white
- Creativity: add something that embraces the spirit of creativity to you and the color white
- Health: add yellow, red or deep orange
Your Feng Shui garden is your personal sanctuary, your spirit garden. It’s not only about how it looks, it’s also about how it feels. A Feng Shui garden can be big or small; size isn’t what’s important. What’s important is that you take the time to connect to your space and in that connection you’ll feel a sense of comfort and welcome.
Reconnect to nature and incorporate Feng Shui in your garden and beauty and inspiration will surround you. Your spirit will be enriched.
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As I sit here staring into the beautiful liquid brown eyes of my dog, Marni, I feel completely surrounded and embraced with love. Those eyes simply resonate with devotion, kindness and trust.
Marni and the look of love!
Have you ever wondered if your pets understand you? What they think, or even if they think? I have. I believe that our pets have a deep and profound connection to us; that they are able to sense our mood, our feelings and even our thoughts. My hairy girls certainly understand it when I’m talking to them!
Gaby and Marni – the hairy girls!
Several years ago I bought a book by Penelope Smith called, Animal Talk, in it she shares 8 powerful tips to help you connect to the energy, the spirit of your pet.
I was re-reading them today and realized that these 8 steps are universal, they can help us connect to our pets and they can also help us connect to our energy and the energy around us. So I’m going to share them with you! (The following excerpt is adapted from Animal Talk by Penelope Smith)
Step 1 – Be humble and receptive.
Step 2 – Believe in your own intuitive ability to give and receive telepathic communication. Don’t invalidate your perception of impressions, images or messages in any form.
Step 3 – Be ready, receptive, mentally quiet and alert. If your mind is busy, full of thoughts and background static, you can’t listen and receive.
Step 4 – Cultivate flexibility – that is, a willingness to learn from all beings and to change your ideas. Watch for judgments and preconceptions that limit receptivity …be open to surprises, welcome the unexpected.
Step 5 – Be emotionally peaceful. Having an emotional investment…can influence what you receive.
Step 6 – Be alert and calm. Don’t force the communication or try too hard. Notice your body posture and tension… shift into receptive mode. Lean back, open your chest and hands, breathe slowly and deeply, relax and listen.
Step 7 – Let communication assume its own form, whether it be feelings, images, impressions, thoughts, verbal messages, sounds, other sensations or simply knowing…let the sense of meaning unfold by itself. Don’t analyze, evaluate or criticize. Remain innocent and nonjudgmental. Accept what you get.
Step 8 – Practice…step back from your normal routine and expectations and be willing to learn and discover.
Incorporate these powerful steps into your life and you’ll be on the way to a deeper level of understanding and awareness in all things.
Harmony and insight are just around the bend!
© 2010 Harmony Life, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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“In every moment the universe is whispering to you. There are messages for you carried on the winds. There is wisdom for you in the morning songs of the birds outside your window and in the soft murmurs of an ebbing sea. Even ordinary, everyday events in your life carry communications from the realm of spirit.” ~~ Denise Linn, The Secret Language of Signs
Have you ever wondered if there is meaning behind life’s everyday occurrences? Those times when you’re outside and suddenly find yourself surrounded by butterflies. Or a groundhog makes an appearance and stays instead of shuffling off to a den or secret hiding place. Or perhaps a hawk swoops by every time you venture out. Are these random occurrences? Is there meaning behind the appearance of these animals at this time?
Yes and no.
If you feel that there is a connection, some meaning behind these sightings then there is. If on the other hand, you barely noticed any of the animals or barely felt a connection, then probably no not at this time.
Sometimes we pass one another randomly, other times there is meaning in the passing.
I believe those times I see an animal that isn’t usually around people or my area, or when I see an animal repeatedly, these visits are visits meant for me and the meaning of these visits is for me to divine.
Let me give you an example from my life right now. Over the past three weeks every time I go outside or I’m looking out my kitchen window a beautiful, large Tiger Swallowtail butterfly drifts by. And it stays as long as I do. Sometimes, it’s the yellow and black version of a Tiger Swallowtail and other times it’s the mostly black version.
Butterfly dancing on flowers
At first I thought it was a wonderful sign of the vitality of summer. But as the sightings gained in frequency I began to feel a deeper connection and symbolic meaning.
According to Denise Linn in her book, The Secret Language of Signs, butterfly signals a powerful new beginning, a time of transformation, beauty and new awareness, a rebirth.
And Ted Andrews, author of Animal Speak, says butterflies represent the process of transformation. Butterfly shows up when we are changing, evolving somehow.
Butterfly reminds us that life is a dance, a journey from moment to moment, flower to flower, experience to experience. The sweetness of life is experienced in the dance….or perhaps the sweetness of life is experienced in how we choose to dance.
Butterfly is a totem that has flown into my life on several occasions. The first time I recall was during my first Feng Shui training. I had a powerful dream in which a butterfly emerged from its chrysalis, spread its beautiful wings and lifted off. Initially, my sense was to name my business Emerging Butterfly, but then I realized that I was the butterfly emerging. Emerging from what I had been and lifting off, flying into what I was to become.
Butterfly showing up in my life now is also meaningful. I am at a time of change and transition in my life once again. Only this time, the transition involves my family and our relationships to one another. As we move from parent and child to adult relationships we all must release our past patterns and embrace each other as we are now: loving adults. (Course, I’ll always be the Mom!) And in this transition, I feel our space condensing, strengthening, and crystallizing.
There is such beauty and opportunity in change. I am grateful that butterfly comes to remind me and show me how fun the flight of life can be!
“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.” ~ George Carlin
Butterfly invites you to embrace the dance!
© 2010 Harmony Life, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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Marketing is more than advertising. Marketing is targeting and integrating opportunities to present your products and services to the right clientele.
Marketing is not a luxury. It is a necessity for every business, every entrepreneur and every company – no matter how big or small- interested in growth and opportunity.
Here are 5 easy and powerful tips to help you build a better business!
Tip 1
Define your ideal client and be willing to release clients that drain your energy. I know that’s probably a scary thing and some of you have heard me say this before, it’s really important in the world of business that you spend your time and energy focused on what you desire, not what you don’t. And clients that are less than your ideal client, clients that drain your energy and deplete you, are clients you don’t want.
In this dynamic universe, you only have a certain amount of space and if you’re busy working with the wrong clients, you don’t have space for the right ones.
Tip 2
Focus on what you provide, not what you charge. I have to say this one again in capital letters. FOCUS ON WHAT YOU PROVIDE, NOT WHAT YOU CHARGE. Base what you charge on what you feel you’re worth, what your value is.
Tip 3
Build relationships with supportive businesses.
When you have a relationship with supportive businesses, you help each other. You share clientele and you attract people who already know something positive about you – and that’s a great way to build your business!
Tip 4
Create a simple business marketing plan.
- Describe your business in a way that makes it viable in the market place.
- Determine your personal reason for establishing your business.
- Define what you provide your clients
- Define what makes you unique.
- What focus will your company have?
- How do you know you’ll be meeting your customer’s needs and wants?
- How will you be able to tell?
- Why will you be wildly successful?
- Define your company mission statement in ten words or less.
No matter what you do, this simple structure is adaptable and will work for you. To do it properly you’ll need time; don’t rush the process you want to establish a foundation that honors who you are and what you desire.
Tip 5
Have a vision.
Determine what you want your business to be and then reinforce that desire. To reinforce your desire with feng shui, write your intention on a beautiful piece of stationery. Then fold your intention and bury it in the soil of a potted plant. Every time you water the plant imagine that you are watering, nurturing your intention and as you do, your intention grows and supports your business.
Don’t let the simplicity of these 5 tips fool you!
To learn more Feng Shui tips, listen to my podcast here.
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What is real feng shui?
Lately a lot of feng shui practitioners, teachers and schools have been heard saying that they are “real feng shui” and by default of course, all others are not.
Feng shui seeks to create environments that are in balance with our individual sense of harmony and serenity. It is the practice of understanding how the energy, the feeling, in our living spaces impacts and affects the quality of our lives. Feng Shui allows us to harness and use this energy to our best advantage.
ALL perspectives of feng shui are real. Each seek to accomplish the same thing – creating an environment that supports those living and working within it. The tools or methods each of these perspectives use is quite different, not better or worse, simply different.
Feng shui is an ancient Chinese form of environmental placement that has been used for thousands of years and was originally used for burial of the dead. The Chinese believed that if their ancestors were buried with honor and riches then the living generations would prosper as well..
Form School or Landform Feng Shui is the oldest school of feng shui. It is based upon the position of the mountains, the rivers and the basic configuration of the land. “Qi flows where the earth changes shape.” quote from the Classic of Burial, a text attributed to the Han Dynasty. Climate, contour of the land and the shape of the plot are all taken into consideration when constructing a dwelling. This school of feng shui is the foundation that all perspectives share.
Over time feng shui has evolved to include many diverse and varied perspectives, both in thought and application. And as history shows, feng shui has always evolved and adapted in response to the needs of the culture it is in. This does not make one perspective better than another, they are simply different and depending upon our needs and situation, one may serve us better than another.
There are three basic principles in feng shui:
- Everything is constantly changing
- Everything is alive
- Everything is interconnected
Based on these premises, it is easy to understand how feng shui has continued to evolve and grow. If everything is constantly changing, the way we view and work with the environments around us is also subject to change.
There are many different schools and perspectives of feng shui, and while they each share a common foundation and belief, their approach and methodology is quite different.
So what is real feng shui?
All perspectives of feng shui are valid and effective; no one approach is better than another, they are all merely different facets of the same crystal, each shining a different light on the same subject.
Real feng shui is ALL feng shui.
© 2010 Harmony Life, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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I’ve been experimenting with Social Networks for about 6 months. I have to admit, I resisted even learning about it for years and now…I love Facebook! It’s true! I visit it several times a day and I look forward to hearing from my FB friends and followers. I like knowing a little bit about their daily lives and I like sharing about mine!
If you had asked me my opinion a year ago it would have been much different. You see, I’m a big believer in managing energy. (I don’t believe that we mismanage our time, it’s our energy we mismanage.) That means using technology to enhance my life rather than letting it take over my life. You did notice that this is a blog post- right? Another type of communication using technology. Has technology taken over my life? No, but it has redefined it.
Now when I write my monthly newsletter, I do it in an Ezine. When I want to reach people I use Facebook, email, my blog and my Ezine. I rarely write hardcopy articles any more. And I love the change. It’s fast. It’s spontaneous. And it’s interactive. All things hardcopy writing is not.
What has this got to do with Feng Shui? Feng Shui is about change. And embracing change is going with the flow. So, my embrace of Social Networks and technology is me going with the flow and in the process, practicing perfect Feng Shui!
As long as- I keep a balance.
How do I keep a balance? I check email, and Facebook early in my day, sometimes before I get to the office. Once at the office I focus on my work related projects. I check both again around lunchtime and then finally before leaving the office. And sometimes, I only check once a day. What I don’t do is keep any of them open all day. If I did that I would lose focus and my work would suffer for it.
I know you know what I mean! How many of you find that you spend much of your day online and your to-do list just keeps getting longer? If this sounds like you, you’ve been sucked into the energy wasting vortex and you must get – out – now! Before you’re trapped!
How do you get out? Simple. Set aside specific times when you’ll be online and stick to it. And soon you’ll be going with the flow too!
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I’ve always known that fast streets and Feng Shui aren’t the best combination. With fast streets the energy flows by the home so quickly that it can create a negative impact on the home. One of the best ways to address this is with a landscape berm. A landscape berm is a raised bed in between the home and the busy street. This raised bed should include a bank of evergreen trees or shrubs to create a barrier between the home and street.
Landscape berms are great ways to block fast flowing energy, loud, noisy street sounds and they create beauty and enhance the front of the home. When the front of the home is enhanced, good energy or Chi is attracted. And good energy supports a home and it’s occupants.
What has this got to do with me?
The home I live in has a lovely berm in front, between the street and house. A string of large evergreen shrubs run down the center and both sides are filled with beautiful flowering plants, shrubs and grasses. Or I should say, up until this spring the beautiful berm I’m describing existed.
What happened this spring? We had gale force winds and rain tear through our town and cause tremendous destruction throughout town. Large, ancient trees were toppled, homes were damaged and streets were blocked.
In my case, my lovely front berm literally had all the large trees destroyed! My view went from one of beauty, and calm inspiration to a view of the street and even worse…all the noise from the street!
It’s like suddenly finding yourself outside in front of your home naked. Everyone can
see you, you feel exposed and uncomfortable.
The noise level has gone up substantially, I no longer feel welcome in my front yard and when I look out my office window, I don’t see beauty, I see the street.
The difference in my experience of my home and front year has changed dramatically. I have to say, I REALLY appreciate all the benefits a landscape berm provides. I understood it before but now I have a much more intimate appreciation and understanding.
What am I doing about it?
Next week we’re replacing the evergreens we lost. No longer will I feel naked and exposed in our front yard! We won’t be able to see and hear the street and our lives will slow down, and gain more clarity and beauty. When I look out my office window the view will be comforting, welcoming and inspiring.
It’s going to be a good thing!
© 2010 Harmony Life, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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My oldest daughter just started a blog and I was impressed by what she wrote and inspired to change the way I write on my blog. Starting today I’ll be writing several posts a week, sometimes article based, other times like today, a conversational post. I hope you enjoy the changes as much as I think I will!
Feng Shui, Change and the Gulf
This morning I woke up, checked Facebook and clicked a You Tube link about the oil spill in the Gulf. As I was watching I was inspired to write an Examiner article about how the principles of Feng Shui can help us at this time.
I know that this probably sounds a bit far-reaching, but hear me out.
Our sea and our land need us. The destruction the oil spill in the Gulf is causing is difficult to comprehend. What can we, as individuals do? We can use this terrible experience as an opportunity for change. We can choose a new path, a new way of living in our world. One that honors and respects all life.
Feng Shui is about living in balance and harmony with your environment.
Two of the basic principles in Feng Shui are:
- Everything is connected
- Everything is constantly changing
And they both apply in this situation. First, everything is connected. We now know just how much this is so. Everything we do ripples out and affects the world around us, sometimes good, sometimes not so good. For example: When we use pesticides we affect not only the insects we view as bad but we also affect the good insects. And we affect the quality of our water and the land we live on. Everything is connected.
Second, everything is constantly changing. We can see this is the ever changing seasons and weather around us. And now, we can see devastating change occurring daily in the Gulf. Change that is affecting our sea, our land and the animals and people unfortunate enough to be close by- and ultimately change that will affect us all.
How can Feng Shui help? By embracing the basic principles of Feng Shui we can choose to change the way we live our lives and that in turn can make a difference the way we use energy and how the energy we use impacts the world around us. We can choose to move away from energy sources that contaminate and damage the world we live in.
5 Easy Steps to Big Change
- Recycle
- Buy local food and produce whenever possible to cut back on the fuel needed when our food is sourced elsewhere
- Change to compact fluorescent light bulbs to reduce the amount of energy you use
- Drive less, use public transportation more
- Turn your thermostat up in the summer and down in the winter – every little bit of energy you save helps
Change starts at home, with each of us. We can make a difference. We can choose to change. And Feng Shui can help, when we live in balance and harmony with our environment everybody wins.
© 2010 Harmony Life, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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