The impulse to put Feng Shui principles into our homes is often instinctive. I once did a consultation for a newly married couple who had just bought their first home together. Many of the rooms were filled with unpacked cartons. There was little furniture and the walls were bare – except for one room. It was completely furnished and decorated, and had a very warm feeling. And this room just happened to be in the area of the house that...

It has been a challenging week, one of those where the flow wasn’t there. Things took longer to do than usual, equipment failed, my brain wasn’t working too well with muddy thinking and my body wasn’t too happy with physical aches and pains. I decided to stop fighting it and to take a step back to see what was going on. Early in the week, after finishing teaching an Advanced Interior Alignment™ course, I needed a few days...

Where does your clutter live? Under your bed? In the attic? The Basement? According to feng shui principles, the places where [tag]clutter[/tag] takes root is meaningful but we are often not aware of what that meaning is. The following examples do not have to be true all the time of course, but something definitely worth thinking about as you clear your clutter. Attic: Represents things hanging over your head, goals or dreams beyond your...

Clutter-clearing is modern-day alchemy.  It is one of the fastest ways to completely transform your life.                                       Denise Linn, Feng Shui for the Soul There are different kinds of [tag]clutter[/tag]: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Often these overlap – one type of clutter can cause another type of clutter. Physical clutter is complex: it can be simply having...

Are  you carrying past sorrows, regrets, resesntment or self pity with you? It took me many years to understand that by holding on to my ‘unhappy’ emotions I was making them stronger. I love this traditional Native American Story about the two wolves that reside inside each of us. An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me… it is a...

Did you watch the movie, or read the book, The Secret? Have you applied the [tag]law of attraction[/tag] to your life? Have you used feng shui to help you with [tag]manifesting[/tag] what you desire? How did it work out? What were your experiences? What I have found in my life and in observing my students and clients, is that the law of attraction is not as straight forward as it seems because people (me included) don’t always know what...