I have been doing an intensive feng shui on my home — actually I began well before January 1 – and although I still have a few areas to finish, I am loving the results:  the feeling of organization, that I will indeed find something where I thought it would be! the feeling of spaciousness. Getting rid of things we didn’t need and weren’t using actually created more physical space. I was able to remove two...

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I am reading Light on Life, by B.K.S. Iyengar. I was so surprised to find feng shui teachings - but I should not be surprised because it confirms what I know, that feng shui is ancient and universal. As a teacher of feng shui my goal has always been to find the explanations and words which capture true meaning. The words feng shui are now so overused that the underlying depth and beauty is missed. So here I offer some new thoughts and...

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When I am looking through the lens of a camera I am often struck by what is really there. When I looked into this shop window, my eyes didn’t register the reflections of the building across the street, or the trucks and cars passing by. But it all was there as you can see by this photo which records everything. For whatever reason, there are things around us that our eyes and mind simply ignore.  But it doesn’t mean they have...

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There is a beautiful oak tree right outside my office window – and that itself is a blessing. When I began working here the blinds were always down and it wasn’t until the days began to get shorter that I began opening them up to let more light in. That’s when I realised I could see this Cathedral. It is a beautiful building; a sign invites people to come in to meditate. What really excites me is the Chartres-style labrynth in...

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Petals Even when you tear its petals off one after another, the rose keeps laughing and doesn’t bend in pain. “Why should I be afflicted because of a thorn? It is the thorn which taught me how to laugh.” Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain. A Sheikh was asked: “What is Sufism?” He said: “To feel joy in the heart when sorrow appears.” Rumi From: “Breathing...

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I have a Kwan Yin statue by my front door. I would love this statue anywhere, but by my front door it sets the energy and the tone for my home: calm, peaceful and creative. The first thing I saw when I came out of my bedroom on this gloriously sunny fall day, was Kwan Yin bathed in golden light. It only lasted a few minutes, so a few minutes earlier or later and I would have missed it. Or, perhaps I would have been up but already caught up in...

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