Candidate’s Office Feng Shui

Posted by Liv Kellgren on Aug 20, 2008 in Alumni Speak, Career & Business, Feng Shui for Health | Comments Off on Candidate’s Office Feng Shui

Candidates’ office chi
Do votes follow good feng shui?
Julie Pace ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

With a few simple changes in their Senate offices, both presidential candidates could improve their health and relationships and maybe even get a few more votes, says Taylor Vance, a feng shui consultant [and a Graduate/Consultant from the WSFS! Ed Note.].

John McCain’s Senate office is eclectic and cluttered.

Barack Obama’s is clean and modern.

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy that examines how a person’s environment affects his life.

Modern feng shui practitioners focus on placing objects in locations that maximize chi, or energy.

“It’s really important to honor people’s style and their personal relationships,” Miss Vance says. “You can’t just pick a thing, put it there and say it’s feng shui.”

The first thing she would do to make Mr. McCain’s office more feng shui-friendly is get rid of the clutter.

“He’s barricaded in there with so many things,” Miss Vance says. “I got a feeling that he wasn’t really as available as he could be.”

Step two would be to unblock a set of large double doors. Doors are where energy enters and opportunities flow in, Miss Vance explains. However, these doors are unused and blocked by a plant and a chair.

“He may not be getting the advantage of all the opportunities that he might if he unbarricaded them,” she says.

However, Mr. McCain made a smart feng shui decision by putting his desk at the back of his office, giving him a long, expansive view that Miss Vance says will help him expand his thoughts.

And Mr. Obama?

Some may call his office decor minimalist. Miss Vance calls it accessible.

“It’s an uncomplicated image. What you see is what you get,” Miss Vance says.

What’s in the office is well-placed. To the left of the door, an area that represents knowledge, Mr. Obama has a photograph of former South African President Nelson Mandela and a portrait of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

“That tells me he’s drawing on their wisdom,” Miss Vance says.

Yet Mr. Obama could enhance his office leadership by moving his desk so it doesn’t have a door behind it.

“Sometimes that can create a situation where you’re not as supported by the people in the office with you,” says Miss Vance, who recommends putting the desk in front of a solid wall.

There’s also one suggestion she thinks would benefit both candidates – adding a small fountain in the back left corner of their offices, the area that relates to money and opportunities.

“That would help bring in more campaign contributions,” Miss Vance says.

From Alumni Sharon

Posted by Liv Kellgren on Jul 30, 2008 in Alumni Speak | Comments Off on From Alumni Sharon

My Feng Shui business is doing well, not only with personal clients but with a real estate office who is recommending me to home sellers who are not getting offers. So far my batting average is 90% — which is great in this real estate market!

Hope you are doing well and having a successful summer.

Sharon Rusk

Alumni Book Recommendation

Posted by Liv Kellgren on Jul 25, 2008 in Alumni Speak, Chinese Medicine, Five Elements, I Ching | Comments Off on Alumni Book Recommendation

As I’ve been getting deeper and deeper into Feng Shui I’ve been seeking out the “classic” books to read, and finally came upon Between Heaven and Earth, by Beinfield & Korngold. That book really opened my eyes about the Five Elements, Chinese Medicine, the I Ching and so on — so I feel like I am right on your wavelength.

I will be very excited to get a look at your book when it comes out.

love, Ann Bingley Gallops, Alumni Consultant

Becoming Brilliant

Posted by Liv Kellgren on Jul 18, 2008 in Alumni Speak | Comments Off on Becoming Brilliant

I have some great news: the Becoming Brilliant! blog is up and running!

http://www.becomingbrilliant.typepad.com/

The BB! blog is a forum for Becoming Brilliant! – living as the person you always dreamed of being – and a place to explore the vision of a world where each of us shows up as our most Brilliant selves.

The blog is entertaining, informative, illuminating and supportive of your desire to uncover your Brilliance and live it fully. And, best of all, it’s a place for you to contribute your ideas and express your Brilliance.

We have great stuff in the works, including a free teleconference series with a variety of intrepid explorers and thought leaders in the pursuit of Brilliance! These will be recorded and always available for download.

So please join me: explore, post a comment, have fun. You can easily sign up to have updates delivered to your inbox or add a feed to your browser.

Cheers!
Abby Straus, WSFS Alumni and Graduate

The Organized Life

Posted by Liv Kellgren on Jun 4, 2008 in Alumni Speak, Inspiration, Your Home | Comments Off on The Organized Life

Create homes with breathing room. The places where you keep your things need to have extra space so they can hold a few extra things every now and then. In your candle drawer, for instance, keep space aside for a few more candles and candleholders. When a renovation is imminent, put the extras in their “homes” and reduce your stress at both ends of the renovation: at the start when you to store things away, and at the end when you re-assemble your space.

Thanks to WSFS Alumni Ann B. Gallops from The Organized Life ann@theorganizedlife.net

Practitioner Happiness

Posted by Liv Kellgren on May 19, 2008 in Alumni Speak | Comments Off on Practitioner Happiness

So much is happening now and it’s a very exciting time to be a Feng Shui Practitioner! Thinking of you and sending you love,

Christina J., Alumni