Where do you start with feng shui when you have never done any of it — and when your home is not a house but one flat inside a building, on a block, on a street where other people also live? Most beginner guides treat a home as if it floats. It does not. Your…
Does your home still look the way it did in January? Most homes are decorated once and then left alone. The light changes, the air changes, the trees outside change, and the room stays exactly as it was. In the classical Chinese reading of a home, that is the one thing the year never does:…
Feng shui begins with the land. Long before it became a method for arranging rooms, it was a way of reading the world: the shape of a hillside, the curve of a river, the way wind moves through a valley and water gathers in a low place. The city carries the same shapes in another…
The five elements are the alphabet of classical feng shui. Before you can understand the bagua, the flying stars, or the Eight Mansions school, you have to understand the five elements, because almost every feng shui remedy, color choice, and material decision comes back to them. The five elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and…
Does your home begin the moment you reach the front door, or long before? In the feng shui tradition, it begins at the street, on the walkway, and in the garden. The words “feng shui” literally mean “wind and water,” and the practice started outdoors, as a way of reading the landscape to find a…
It’s getting more and more difficult to discern which online sources to trust, and having a list of go-to blogs can be a great source of information and inspiration. Here, I’m sharing a list of my favorite feng shui blogs from top Feng Shui Experts and Masters that gives you great tips, information, insights, ideas,…
Editor’s note: This is an in-depth article by Howard Choy, a Feng Shui Architect and Principal of European College of Feng Shui (ECOFS) in Berlin, Germany. This article uses cultural context to introduce a different way of thinking so you can better understand, interpret, and practice Feng Shui in a holistic way. Have you ever wondered why there…
Where are the best places for mirrors in your house? In Feng Shui, mirrors have many unique abilities that include Because of these abilities, mirrors should be used very carefully. Even water features and other objects that have reflective properties should be treated the same way.
I get distracted easily, to the point I sometimes wonder if I have ADD (hopefully not). However, when I’m fully engaged and submerged into whatever I was working on, nothing much can derail me until I ran out of steam. The problem? Getting fully submerged was the hardest part, especially when I’m about to write…
Feng Shui provides many benefits. Some of them include better health, attracting love, and improving your money luck. So when you Feng Shui your home, I’m assuming you probably have some goals that you want to achieve. You may have hired a consultant to help you with Feng Shui. Or, you probably read some articles…