The Tao of Lifestyle: The Importance of Play
While work is focused on productivity, play naturally follows the amorphous slipstream of pleasure. Here, you engage in the activities that bring you joy, feast on gathering with favorite friends and family, cavort with the ever-flowing font of your creativity, and relish in the pastimes that make your heart sing.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Beams
Inner Feng Shui
Beams symbolize burdens. Are you feeling overwhelmed or burdened by something in life? Sit down and face what’s weighing you down. Even if there is nothing you can do about the burden, you have complete power over your attitude toward it. Decide what you can to do to lift your spirits and bring some joy and levity into your life. Use Louise Hay’s affirmation, “ALL IS WELL. EVERYTHING IS WORKING OUT FOR MY HIGHEST GOOD. OUT OF THIS SITUATION ONLY GOOD WILL COME. I AM SAFE!”
Read MoreThe Tao of Lifestyle: Your Creative Spirit
Many people treat their creative spirits like formal wear hanging in the back of a closet, worn only on special occasions. It’s time to let go of the formalities and wear your creativity everyday. A steady stream of such expression breathes vitality into you and your surroundings. It engages you in the magic of the moment where the opportunities to be innovative are always emerging.
Read MoreFeng Shui Q & A: Hibiscus Plants-Good, or Bad?
Our friend Beverly asks:
If you love it, then it can only bring more love into your space. If you think that it will create something unpleasant, then it probably will. My Grandma LOVES Hibiscus plants and when she visits this part of the world, she can’t believe that they get as huge and as beautiful as they do. To her, they are wonderful. I like them as a greeter – HI-biscus!
Feng Shui Folly: Setting Boundaries Using Mirrors
Our friend T.K. asks: “I have a very hate filled neighbor next door. He has even threatened physical violence, although I don’t believe he would follow through. He is my husband’s brother, who we bought our land from. I am trying to figure out what Feng Shui cures I can use to stem the hostility. I am wondering about a concave bagua mirror facing in his direction over a window on the east side of my house. I know they usually go over the entrance door but that is not the direction he is from my home. I know they are very powerful and can backfire, causing increased hostility or harm to ourselves. Can you advise…should I just hang a regular mirror in a window facing his direction? I really could use your advice.”
Read MoreThe Poetry of Work, Rest, and Play
The Golden Triangle, part 2
By Terah Kathryn Collins, Founder and Instructor
This poetic inquiry into work, rest, and play is a heart-centered invitation for you to quietly, deeply, assess your inner and outer balance. The term ‘the Way’ refers to how you personally sustain – or regain – harmony in your life.
Your heart, the sanctuary of heaven and earth, is the home of your true self. As you open your heart, the wonder and majesty of life expands. Your spirit sheds any dark cloud of amnesia and you soar once again into the eternal expanses of your imagination. Your body awakens from the anesthesia of the past, transforming numbness into streams of pleasure. The voices of your senses become crystal clear, guiding you to further joy. Reunited once again with the full circle of life, your heart becomes the enchanted abode where heaven and earths’ beloved offspring – you – can thrive.
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