Happy Valentine’s Time!
One of the everyday ways we can express the love we feel for our homes is to call them by their true names… Here, WSFS teacher Becky Iott shares her experience of naming her home sweet home…
I invite you to share the name of your home with me and those around you. It breathes new life into your abode every time you do. My new home was immediately forthcoming with her name: Earth Haven.
Living In Love,
Terah Kathryn Collins
Ideas for Creative Holiday Gifts
by Kac Young PhD, ND, DCH
We recycle, we buy fresh, we shop locally, but what else might we do to unburden our planet from the excess of holiday gift-giving? This year we have the opportunity to get really creative! If you use the guidelines in my Five E’s to shape your shopping list this year, you’ll help to curtail the buildup of trash. When you think about unnecessary waste remember that more than 8,000 tons of wrapping paper are used each Holiday season – the equivalent of approximately 50,000 trees. Americans throw out 38,000 miles of ribbon each year.[1] But, we can conserve our resources by purchasing wisely and thoughtfully.
The Five E’s
When you think about buying gifts for family and loved ones, keep in mind that less is very often more. Here are five categories to keep in mind:
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365 Vacations a Year
Essential Feng Shui observes that most people in western cultures pursue lifestyles that are overly active. Though collectively encouraged, incessant ‘doing’ tips the balance of our health and happiness. Taking the time each day to be becomes our daily vacation. Quietude nurtures the heart and provides us with the space to reflect, dream, and soak up the richness of our inner world. Rest and the fine art of being opens us up to receive and explore sparks of genius that live like polished gemstones beneath the busy surface of life. We dive in and are washed clean. Refreshed, we re-enter the world with our pockets full of deep insights. These insights weave their way into our daily activities and we experience being in sync with the transformational flow of a balanced life.
Here are 2 of my recent journal musings that touch upon this:
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The Eternal Dance of Madame Yin & Master Yang
In Feng Shui, balance – the harmonious interplay between opposite forces – is the key to creating happiness. These opposite forces are called Yin and Yang and they define the dual nature of our entire universe. The happiness you strive for – or currently enjoy – is inherent in the delightful “just right” balance between Yin and Yang extremes. You are continually defining your preferences and making adjustments to strike such a balance in your everyday life. Think of the difference between taking a nice warm shower versus a scalding or freezing one; sitting in a beautifully lit room versus one that is blindingly bright or pitch-dark; participating in a friendly conversation versus a stony silence or loud argument. Happiness thrives in the human-friendly conditions of harmony, comfort, pleasure, and beauty; conditions we enjoy when we know how to balance the Yin and Yang qualities of our lives.
Whether you are a woman or a man, you’ll find that both Yin and Yang qualities abound within and around you. They are not gender specific. The strongest, most masculine man in the world has qualities associated with the classically feminine Yin.
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Q & A – Feng Shui for Southern Hemisphere
Q. I have been reading Terah Kathryn Collins’ books and find they cover a lot of information regarding Feng Shui. There is one thing that is not covered and I am a bit stuck with applying the Bagua Map without the answer. I have heard from some people that you need to reverse the Bagua Map for the Southern Hemisphere, I live in Australia so I am looking for the answer to this question. There are so many different view points regarding this so I was hoping to obtain Terah’s view point.
– Thanks, Mate.
A. No reversal needed! You can apply the Bagua Map as you see it in my books in whatever hemisphere you are in. Like gravity, Ch’i flow applies the same throughout our entire world. Enjoy!!
– Terah
Read MoreFeng Shui Definitions: Bed Placement
Choose your bed placement carefully. You know your bed is ideally located when you have a view of the door from the bed, without being directly in front of the door. This puts you in a peaceful ”eddy” of the room, with a commanding a view of the door. When architecture dictates that your bed is directly in front of the door, put a substantial footboard, trunk, table, or seat at the foot of the bed. When your bed has no direct view of the door, hang a small mirror to reflect the door from the bed. Your bed can be placed at a diagonal as long as you have a solid headboard or screen behind you. Windows can cause drafts and an unsafe feeling and should not be directly over the bed.
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