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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Mirrors

Essential Feng Shui Tips: Mirrors

Posted by on Dec 31, 2015 in Essential Feng Shui Tips, Feng Shui Definition, Your Home | Comments Off on Essential Feng Shui Tips: Mirrors

Feng Shui Definitions

Mirrors activate, expand, and circulate Ch’i throughout interior spaces. When properly chosen and installed, they can visually enlarge small rooms and double beautiful views.

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The Retail Recipe For Great Feng Shui

The Retail Recipe For Great Feng Shui

Posted by on Dec 31, 2015 in Career & Business, Essential Feng Shui Tips, Five Elements | 2 comments

On a recent visit to a new gift shop in town, I passed a woman who was just leaving with a big shopping bag in hand. “This place has great Feng Shui,” she beamed. My curiosity piqued, I asked her, “What exactly do you mean by great Feng Shui?”  “Oh, you’ll feel it right away,” she said, smiling over her shoulder. “It’s the whole atmosphere.”
 
And indeed, the store did have a very inviting atmosphere.  Inviting enough for me to buy something so I could take a little piece of that great Feng Shui home with me…  So what exactly is “great Feng Shui?” As an Essential Feng Shui® consultant for jewel
over fifteen years, I liken it to the favorite meal you create with just the right ingredients.  When you know the recipe, you can make magic happen and in this case, an enchantingly irresistible retail atmosphere.
 
The recipe begins with three fundamental ingredients, or the three foundational principles of Essential Feng Shui:
1. Everything is Alive ñ Essential Feng Shui® observes that all things are essentially alive with the thoughts and feelings we associate with them.  Every thing triggers internal dialog, memories, and associations.  The trick is to create a shopping environment that prompts the chatter inside shoppers’ heads to say things like, “I really love the lighting in here; oh, I love that color; this reminds me of being on vacation, what a soft chair …”  Not, “I look awful in this lighting; what an ugly color; that looks like my kid’s messy room; there’s nowhere to sit in this place …”  
Creating an environment that encourages feel-good mind-talk is a gift – a gift that shoppers purchase and take home with them.  Instinctively, they know that every time they look at their purchase, the pleasing memory of their experience in your store will come alive again.
2. Everything is Connected -Essential Feng Shui® views all parts of an environment as connected.  For storeowners this means that areas such as the “employees only” bathroom, the storeroom, and the back office are just as connected to the store’s success as the showroom.  Whether it can be seen from the front entrance or not, clutter and disorder can push prosperity right out the door.  Every square inch counts and it’s all connected.
What’s more, your personal connection with your business is crucial. The more you really love and feel connected to it, the more you’re ready, willing, and able to pour your essence into it, and to address clutter and maintenance issues as they arise.  This principle also applies to your connection with every customer who walks through your door.  Serving customers with the “just right” balance between harassing and ignoring them is the holy grail of customer service.  People respond best to soft landings, where no one barks a pseudo-cheery “Hello!” at them as soon as they enter the store and yet they can connect with someone helpful when they’re ready.
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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Nature Objects

Essential Feng Shui Tips: Nature Objects

Posted by on Dec 29, 2015 in Ch'i, Essential Feng Shui Tips, Feng Shui Definition, Nature & Eco-Tips | Comments Off on Essential Feng Shui Tips: Nature Objects

Feng Shui Definitions

Nature objects can be very Ch’i-enhancing when they connect you to the special experiences you’ve had outdoors. Bowls of shells, baskets of pine cones, vases of seed pods; and collections of rocks, stones, and fossils can be the most evocative mementos, especially if you gathered them yourself. The memories associated with your nature objects keep you connected to the natural world, even when you live in an urban setting. And unlike plants, flowers, and pets, nature objects are “easy-care,” requiring only an occasional cleaning.

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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Pets

Essential Feng Shui Tips: Pets

Posted by on Dec 24, 2015 in Animals, Essential Feng Shui Tips, Feng Shui Definition | Comments Off on Essential Feng Shui Tips: Pets

Feng Shui Definitions

When loved and well cared for, pets are natural batteries of lively Ch’i. As is always the case in Feng Shui, the key to success is care. Treat your pets with love and dignity, and they will “spark” your life.

  • Make sure indoor pets have their own special place in your home. Dogs and cats need a bed, rug, or mat that’s specifically theirs. Smaller animals need their own cages or tanks that give them plenty of room to live happy, healthful lives.
  • Keep pet homes fresh and clean to assure the health and vitality of your animals, as well as the quality of Ch’i flowing through your home. Don’t allow anyone—child or adult—to abuse or neglect a pet, and pay close attention to the well-being of pets living in children’s rooms.
  • If your pets live outdoors, they also need clean, dry homes and places to exercise. Dog runs and horse stables need to be large and cleared of manure every day.
  • The best remedy for cat and rabbit litter boxes is to keep them extra clean. Keep them hooded and out of the way in garages, large bathrooms, or basements.
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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Creative Expression

Essential Feng Shui Tips: Creative Expression

Posted by on Dec 23, 2015 in Essential Feng Shui Tips, Inner Feng Shui, Your Life | Comments Off on Essential Feng Shui Tips: Creative Expression

Inner Feng Shui

Now is the time to assess your creative expression. If you feel creatively blocked, what happened to shut down your creative juices? When you were a child, did a teacher tell you that your drawings looked silly or were the wrong colors? Or, are you just too “busy” to be creative? Being creative is as vital to the health of your spirit as vitamin C is to the health of your body. It’s your active participation in the creative process that feeds your spirit. Begin today to nurture yourself in this way by signing up for a class that will nurture your creativity. Decide which avenue of expression makes your heart sing, and give it to yourself as a gift!

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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Plants

Essential Feng Shui Tips: Plants

Posted by on Dec 22, 2015 in Ch'i, Essential Feng Shui Tips, Feng Shui Definition, Garden & Landscape | Comments Off on Essential Feng Shui Tips: Plants

Feng Shui Definitions

Plants are superb Ch’i enhancers when they are healthy and vibrant. They are used in Feng Shui to enhance, improve, and solve many problems, and they also provide us with the most fundamental enhancement, cleaning the air around us.

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