Some time ago a woman watched passively as her kid whacked one of my boys with –fortunately– a foam yoga block on the forehead. The act was so violent that if her boy had been holding something harder in his hand when he had this explosion of temper, my boy…
In Feng Shui there are nine life areas (or life aspirations) that are mapped on the floor plan of a home. One of those life areas is called Health, Family and Community, and it is symbolically associated with herbs. This area is ruled by the wood element, which is a…
Eight of the Feng Shui Nine Life Areas work in pairs: career + fame love + wisdom health + fun wealth + spirituality You can’t improve one life area without looking at what’s going on with its pair. Watch the video to learn more.
Each of the nine life areas in Feng Shui resonates with a type of energy. That type of energy is matched to the cycles of nature that have the most affinity with the life area. This includes the seasons, the times of the day, and the phases of the moon.…
What is your problem? In the English language you often hear people ask “What is your problem?” as a way to escalate conflict. In the Spanish language, when someone asks you “Cuál es tu problema?” (“What is your problem?”) they are actually offering to help you, in good faith. Please…
If you are familiar with the Feng Shui Bagua Map, you know that there are Nine Life Areas. The Life Areas That Americans Care About For most Americans interested in Feng Shui, there seem to be only 3 life areas: Career Love Wealth They Don’t Usually Ask About Other Life…
Gratitude is at the center of Feng Shui. This is not a metaphor. Literally, the life area in the middle of the bagua map is the Center of Good Fortune and Gratitude. What to Do in the Center of Good Fortune and Gratitude This area should ideally be empty, to…
Imagine you had a round table with only one support leg in the middle. Your table might not be very stable. If something bad happened to that one leg, your table would collapse. But if your table had 4 legs, like they usually do, it would be more stable. If…
As I sit down to write this newsletter on Tuesday night, fires still rage in East Tennessee. Over a hundred homes and many businesses succumbed to the fire Monday in Gatlinburg, only one hour away from where we live. Though we are safe, we have had wildfires much closer to…
Some of you have asked me if you could do something with Feng Shui to deal with post-election stress. For this, I want to tell you a story: When I was 5 years old, growing up in Ecuador (South America), our family moved to live in an apartment building that…
