Holding Space for Life

Holding Space for Life

Can your building hold space for you, for life?  Does it support you in your daily living?  A living building is a home or workspace that can hold space and that fits you. It enhances your life, is a joy to spend time in and makes things easier – not give you a...
Longing for Home

Longing for Home

Longing for a Real Home Longing for a real home weaves through many hearts and often lingers unfulfilled. My journey as a Feng Shui and building consultant also began with this eternal longing – with a feeling of disconnection, drifting and not really at home...
Period 9 – 6-month Review

Period 9 – 6-month Review

Explosive – Fiery – Disruptive – Innovative For most of this year now, the #9 FIRE energy has been the new 20-year ruler. It’s a major energetic shift that affects people, the Feng Shui of buildings and the world at large.  6 months in, we can now...
When and When Not to use Symmetry

When and When Not to use Symmetry

Symmetry is often high on my clients’ wish list, such as when: positioning a bed or sofa in the centre of the wall, arranging windows on their home’s facade in a symmetric pattern, or placing chairs evenly around a room.  On the other hand, there are people who prefer...
The 80/20 Rule in Feng Shui

The 80/20 Rule in Feng Shui

A harmonious, happy & healthy building with relatively small effort The 80/20 rule, also called the Pareto principle, states that in any endeavour roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. As little as 20% of our efforts create 80% of benefits.  That...
Clutter Strategies

Clutter Strategies

The First Thing to do with Clutter We know that clutter is a problem. It is stagnation of Qi that takes the life out of a place. We also know to remedy it we clean up and create order.  I’ve come across an interesting twist on to how to handle clutter though: The...
The Year of the Dragon – 2024

The Year of the Dragon – 2024

Ready for the ride? Not only are we beginning a new 20-year Feng Shui period, Period 9, we are also entering the Year of the Dragon with the Lunar New Year on February 10, 2024.   A Dragon is volatile and unpredictable. It may shake things up and rock foundations...
Period 9 – Wealth Energy Update

Period 9 – Wealth Energy Update

A huge change is about to occur with our buildings! The old wealth energy (#8) is going to retire, and the new ruling energy (#9) is going to take its place. This primarily affects life force and abundance. Wealth in Feng Shui is Yang. It’s the life force that comes...
Love & Wisdom

Love & Wisdom

The WATER Element Love & wisdom seem to be of rather short supply in this crazy fractured world of ours – at least on the big stage. We can however focus on nurturing these qualities in our personal lives and homes.  In Feng Shui and traditional Chinese...