A common question I’m asked in my Feng Shui practice is what to hang on the wall across the bed in the master bedroom. The wall across your bed represents the “common vision” you should have with your romantic partner. The image you place on that wall represents your common…
Foo Dogs in Feng Shui, also known as Fu Dogs, are not actually dogs, but lions. These sculptures depict mythical lions said to protect a place from evil spirits or energies. Foo Dogs are a symbolic Feng Shui “cures” or enhancements that are placed on the sides of a front…
Having the back of a bed against a window is bad for your health and bad for your Feng Shui. It’s even worse if you don’t have a solid headboard. But if there’s no other way for you to place your bed, there are solutions for that. A Symbol of…
When I was a child, one of my aunts married a man who loved modern art. In the beginning, he didn’t know much about it, so he befriended gallery owners and asked them to introduce him to up and coming painters. He filled his home with art which I’m sure…
There are a number of circumstances when chi (life force) simply escapes a room. A room that is depleted of chi also becomes stagnant. It’s hard to thrive in a room that has become depleted and stagnant. Without chi, people feel unmotivated and fatigued. Here are some circumstances that make…
A staircase with no landing depletes the upstairs. Chi (the life force) rushes down the stairs like a waterfall! Chi rushing down a staircase is a problem of step 3 in the Nine Steps to Feng Shui® System, which is to embrace vitality by making sure chi circulates adequately through the whole…
Ups and downs are a part of life. But when you have a door (any door) facing a staircase going down you may end up feeling like your whole life is going downhill all the time. It doesn’t matter if there’s just an opening and then you see the stairs…
Staircases that have one flight of stairs, with no landing, are a problem that belongs in STEP 2 of the Nine Steps to Feng Shui® System: Balance Extremes This is how a staircase with no landing can affect you and your family: When you’re downstairs looking up a staircase with no…
A long and narrow hallway can feel dreary, because there are two extremes at play here: One is the length, this is an excess. The other one is the narrowness, this is a deficiency. In Feng Shui we seek to balance excesses and deficiencies. Last week I shared with you…
Step 1 in the Nine Steps to Feng Shui® System is to complete the floor plan. Step 2 in this system is to Balance Extremes. In your home there can be excesses and deficiencies. You have an excess when there is too much of something. You have a deficiency when there’s too little of something. The…
