Archive for February, 2012
Have you ever heard that mirrors are the ‘aspirin’ of Feng Shui? Well, for me, the fail-safe tool for many situations is COLOR!
Color is my favorite Lifestyle Feng Shui® enhancement. I use it everywhere!
Color is the fastest way to completely change the way a space looks and feels. You can create a space that feels e-x-p-a-n-s-i-v-e, or a space that feels intimate. You can create a space that feels warm or cool. You can use pops of color to accent and enhance any area of your home.
But, color doesn’t begin with the walls, or the art or the accents in your home; color begins with you. Your first personal environment is you, and color can work with you or it can work against you. Color can bring your energy up and make you feel good or it can deplete your energy and leave you feeling tired and washed out.
Today’s video is all about COLOR – it’s everywhere you look!
© 2012 Harmony Life Design®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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Challenges. Life can seem to be an endless series of them. Do challenges challenge you? Do you do your best to avoid challenges? Or, do you embrace the challenges life has to offer and learn from them?
I love a good challenge. In fact, in the spirit of lifetime learning I decided to learn how to make videos for You Tube. What’s challenging about that you ask? To jumpstart my learning curve, I joined a group of professional women and we embarked on a new project. (A very ambitious project!)
30 Women 30 Days 30 Videos
Everyday for 30 days 30 amazingly talented women are creating and posting videos sharing coaching advice, Feng Shui advice (this one is me!), social networking tips, marketing, business building tips and so much more!
I have to admit, the challenge of keeping up with this Challenge has been challenging. And I’ve done something each of you can do for the parts of your to-do-list that you control, give yourself permission to do what you can and let the rest go.
Life isn’t about perfection it’s about experience. And the best experience come when we’re authentic and when we give ourselves space to just be who and what we are, no judgment or negative self-talk.
Challenge, it’s a part of life, embrace it, immerse yourself in it and you’ll come out the other side stronger, smarter and wiser. I know I plan to!
I encourage you to check out some or all of the amazing videos, I guarantee you’ll learn something new for your work, for your life, for your home.
Ready for a little self empowerment? It’s as easy as standing tall!
© 2012 Harmony Life Design®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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The Bagua is a symbol representing change, it shows how energy moves in the works of vibration. because energy moves in a predicable manner we are able to ‘read’ its movement in a given space through the use of the Bagua Map.
Lifestyle Feng Shui Bagua Map how-to video
The Bagua is one of the main tools used in Feng Shui evaluations. it has its foundation in the trigrams of the I Ching, the ancient Chinese book of divination. The Bagua is actually a template or grid that is divided into 9 sections. The center section aligns with balance and harmony while the other 8 sections align with the energy of the trigrams, each section represents a different life energy.
There are two different ways to place the Bagua, one based on Cardinal directions and the other based on the entrance to the home or room. The placement used in Lifestyle Feng Shui™ is the 3-Door Method, which is the placement method based on the door to the home or room.
3-Door Method
- Center front = Career
- Left front = Inner Knowledge
- Center left = Family & Foundation
- Back left = Abundance
- Center back = Fame & Reputation
- Back right = Relationships
- Center right = Creativity & Children
- Right front = Helpful People & Travel
To place the Bagua follow these easy steps.
Step 1: Draw the floor plan of the first floor of your home, include all attached structures that share the roof of the home. (Ex: garage, screened in porch)
Step 2: Divide the floor plan info nine equal sections. When you divide your floor plan into nine sections you may find that your rooms do not line up exactly with the Bagua areas. Most of our homes are not architecturally designed in such a way that they divide evenly, a room may flow into more than one Bagua area and that is completely normal. Energy is not limited by structure.
Step 3: Stand at the front door of your home, facing the door. Determine where the front door is in relationship to your floor plan and the Bagua. (Most front doors align with either Helpful People, Career or Inner Knowledge) Once you’ve determined which Bagua area the front door is in you’ll be able to place the other Bagua areas in each of the remaining sections of the floor plan.
Now that you know where each Bagua area is in your home you’re ready to decorate or accessorize the areas you’d like to enhance or improve. Have fun!
© 2012 Harmony Life Design®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
Lifestyle Feng Shui™ articles, tips and conversation http://www.fengshuilifeandstyle.com
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