One of the most common methods of applying feng shui principles in North America today is the bagua map. It is the system I use, and have written extensively on. The bagua map is really a symbolic tool (sometimes called The Eight Aspirations). It divides living spaces into eight equal areas, which each area corresponding to an ’aspiration’ in life: Family, Abundance, Reputation, Relationships, Creativity, Helpful People, Career...

In Victoria, we have the distinction of having the first declared auspicious feng shui site in Canada. It is located in Saanich and can be viewed off the Lochside trail where you look across Swan Lake and up to Christmas Hill. What gives a site good feng shui?  There is an ancient school of feng shui that examines land formations and waterways to find the beneficial energy lines of the Earth. Houses which are situated in the protective and...

Space clearing is a ceremony of purification with ancient origins across many different cultures, but in understanding what Space Clearing is, it helps if we first have an understanding of what we mean by the word ‘space’. Space = something physical that we define as being ours — our area on the desk, or our own room. Space = something non-physical, something we sense. We might say for example that someone is ‘in our...

  Then taking two leaves, [Aragorn] laid them on his hands and breathed on them, and then he crushed them, and straightaway a living freshness filled the room, as if the air itself awoke and tingled, sparkling with joy. And then he cast the leaves into the bowls of steaming water that were brought to him, and at once all hearts were lightened. For the fragrance that came to each was like a memory of dewy mornings of unshadowed sun in some land...

Let’s face it. Some things we own are hard to let go of, even when they no longer serve a purpose in our lives and could — in all respects of the word — be called clutter. Maybe they are even gifts you’ve received which you never liked but the person who gave it to you holds a special place in your heart. What do we do with these things?  One way to honour items we no longer wish to keep but were once meaningful in our...