Essential Feng Shui and Evidence-based Design
By Cheryl Janis, Essential Feng Shui® Practitioner
Science confirms what Feng Shui has known for thousands of years…
Twelve years ago when I began my profession as a self-employed Essential Feng Shui® Practitioner (after graduating from the Western School of Feng Shui) I had no idea there was any Western science that proved a built environment could contribute to healing. I simply kept experiencing powerful space and life transformations among clients who hired me to Feng Shui their homes (and later with holistic and integrative boutique healthcare practices) to be more nurturing, warm and cozy, and aesthetically pleasing.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Lighting
The visible flicker, audible buzz, and harsh light of fluorescent bulbs can easily deplete your energy. Fullspectrum fluorescent bulbs offer a more pleasant light, though the buzz and flicker remain. Use fluorescent fixtures as little as possible, especially those located directly overhead, and rely on incandescent, halogen, and natural lighting.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Start Practicing Today
The best time to practice Feng Shui is today. Waiting for the perfect conditions is like waiting to start exercising or to start eating well. The energy that moves through your home is of vital importance to your health, prosperity, and happiness now. So begin designing your perfect home—your personal paradise—today, wherever you are. When it comes right down to it, you are renting, whether you own your home or not. Don’t let plans to move keep you from making the home you live in now the best it can be. Balancing and enhancing your present home is one of the most powerful things you can do to energize and manifest your goals and dreams for the future.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Indoor Air Pollution
“Indoor air pollution is now considered by many experts to be one of the major threats to health. Attempts to reduce the incidence of ‘sick building syndrome’ have resulted in increased ventilation, the use of low-emission building materials and furnishings, and better preventative maintenance procedures. However, problems still persist. Ironically, the technology arising from futuristic space exploration may have revealed natural solutions that are as old as the earth itself.”
– Dr. B.C. Wolverton, How To Grow Fresh Air – WSFS Recommended Reading List
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: The Health & Family Gua
The Bagua Map: The Health & Family Gua
Enhance to:
- Strengthen physical and emotional health
- Improve performance in sports, dance, or exercise
- Cultivate social and “family of choice” relationships
- Heal and enrich relationships with relatives
- Develop the attributes of honesty and self-love
All We Need Is Love
Nothing heals better emotionally, biochemically, physically and mentally than love. Love is a positive high frequency (528 Hz) emotion which can heal and help us overcome many obstacles and appear to heal. By studying the heart’s rhythms, researchers there have discovered that when we feel love, or any positive emotion such as compassion, caring, or gratitude, the heart sends messages to the brain and secretes hormones that positively affect our health.