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As we herald in the New Year many of us take this time to reflect on the year past and to set intentions for the year to come. The use of Feng Shui can provide us with a deeper understanding and appreciation of our lives and our intentions. When we make space for what we desire, we open ourselves to possibilities and opportunities.
For many of us this is a time for resolutions and resolutions are often focused on things we don’t like: our weight, our relationships, clutter in our home, our jobs or lack thereof, and our balance between work and life, to name a few.
This year I’d like to suggest that we shift our focus from New Year resolutions to New Year realignments.
A New Year realignment is an awareness and appreciation for what’s working in our lives rather than a focus on what isn’t. When we focus our thoughts and energy on what’s working, we literally make it bigger.
And when we make the good in our lives bigger, those things that aren’t as good become smaller. When they’re smaller, they become less important and when they’re less important we give them less energy. With less energy they continue to get smaller.
Top 5 Lifestyle Feng Shui Tips for the New Year
- Clean your house – literally. When you take care of the space around you, you feel better about yourself and the world reflects your energy back to you…if you don’t like what you’re experiencing, give your house a good cleaning!
- Place your bed in the ‘Command Position’. The Command Position is when the position of the bed provides the widest view of the room and is supported by a solid wall. (The more you can see, the safer you feel and when you feel safe you feel supported.)
- Celebrate the positive in your life (no matter how small, good things are even better when we notice and appreciate them)
- Choose to shift your focus in your relationships away from what isn’t working and embrace what is working. (Changing your thinking and behavior is so powerful, it’s literally enough to completely makeover the quality of your relationship.)
- Write an affirmation focused on gratitude and appreciation on a lovely piece of paper and then plant that paper in the soil of a plant (ideally located in the Abundance area of your home). Each time you water that plant visualize the positive in your life growing stronger, more resilient and abundant. (To find the Abundance area of your home click here for a free Bagua Map)
In the world of Feng Shui you get what you focus on. Changing your focus energizes and empowers the positive in your life – and when our lives are empowered we are too!
© 2012 Harmony Life®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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Have you ever had the feeling that things were about to change? That your life as you knew it was on its way toward something you couldn’t put your finger on, something different, something exciting, something completely new?
Were you excited?
Were you afraid?
Did you choose not to change?
Taking risks, stepping out of your comfort zone is where true change, true opportunity and true growth exist. If things stay the same, nothing changes. And isn’t change what life’s about?
Lately, I’ve been feeling like my life is about to change – and change in a BIG way. I’m not sure what that means, and what will actually change. But I have to admit I am really excited about it.
Change is something that has always been a part of my life. My husband and I have moved over 10 times and lived all over the United States, and each time we moved we looked forward to the upcoming changes and opportunities. And you know what? Each time we moved there were LOTS of new opportunities. And you know why? I think it’s because we embraced change and welcomed all it had to offer instead of fearing it.
I believe that fear is the energy that stops opportunity, the energy that stops growth, and the energy that stops change.
My advice to you? Embrace a sense of fearlessness. That’s right, as you stand on the edge of the cliff, don’t be afraid to jump! In the immortal words of Jon Bon Jovi, “I’m gonna live my life shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice. Standing on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly.” There’s a certain amount of trust involved in the leap, but the rewards are worth it!
If you look at change with fear, you will undoubtedly experience situations that reinforce your expectation. If, on the other hand, you look at change as opportunity you will also undoubtedly experience situations that reinforce your expectation.
“Change the way you look at things
and the things you look at will change.”
Wayne Dyer
Your words and thoughts create your reality, be mindful of what you think.
I’ll keep you posted on the changes that come my way this year, I’m looking forward to it!
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Decorating our homes is a bit like putting the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together. Before you begin, you must take time organizing the pieces. Decorating is a reflection of our personal sense of style, taste, and our experiences.
What inspires you, what captures your heart and mind, what do you wish you could do in your home?
Design books, blogs, websites, movies, people, art, nature – all of these things inspire me. How do they inspire me?
Sometimes it’s the turn of a phrase that inspires me to make a change in my living space. Or perhaps make a change in my life. Recently in one of the books I was reading, the French phrase Joie de Vivre (exuberant enjoyment of life), jumped off the page, and I immediately knew that this phrase exactly captured how I feel about my life, my home, my work, my family – everything! And to embrace the power these simple words have for me, I decided to paint them on the wall of my office! Now, whenever I’m sitting at my desk all I have to do is look up and see Joie de Vivre, and my personal life affirmation is affirmed.
Sometimes my inspiration comes from a beautiful image, colors or room design and I’m inspired me to redo a part of my home. I was reading a new design book last weekend and it inspired me to add a lovely shade of cobalt blue to several areas of my home. This is completely new for me as I tend to be more of a green girl than a blue girl, but the robust richness of this color absolutely captivated me and inspired me! Now I can’t wait to begin the process.
Yummy cobalt blue!
Sometimes it’s the beauty in nature, colors, texture, variety that inspires me to incorporate a bit more nature into my home environment. Bringing nature into your home can be as easy as fresh flowers, a new plant or even rearranging my furnishings to take advantage of a beautiful view from my windows.
Anything can be an inspiration, all you have to do is see it and then act on it.
Making our living spaces more beautiful improves the quality of our environments and when the quality of our environment improves, so does the quality of our lives.
The next time you’re watching HGTV, or looking through the latest design book, or taking a walk outside, open your mind to the possibilities, the opportunities that inspire you. You don’t need a decorating plan to create a home filled with warmth, personality and comfort. What you do need is a connection to your inner self, your personal sense of balance and beauty and then trust yourself as you begin the process. And it is a process – trial and error – your spaces constantly evolving just as you are.
“There is no such thing as “wrong” taste or styling, as long as it comes from an authentic place and is ultimately portrayed with confidence.” – Lili Diallo
We all have the ability to create what we love; we just have to believe we can.
© 2011 Harmony Life®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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I’ve got a confession to make, before today I have never looked at design blogs.
It’s true! I’ve never even searched online for one. But today my life has changed, I fell down the rabbit hole. I Googled design blogs and was amazed at the fantastic variety of information, tips, suggestions, and imagery that’s out there.
Everything you could possibly want to know about design or decorating or redecorating or even undecorating is available to you online! Design blogs can provide you with the perfect ideas and inspiration to use as you create your Feng Shui Home!
Fabulous product for windows and mirrored closet doors!
(for more visit http://www.decor8.com – one of my new favorite design blogs!)
Up until now researching different design and decorating ideas meant buying design books, magazines or going to stores and while all of those options are still viable; you also have, at your fingertips, a wealth of information online. You have online shops, websites and design blogs - it’s a plethora of information.
Too much information you ask? Never! You can never have too much information.
This is the perfect time to create your own mood board or design journal. (A design journal is a binder or notebook filled with images representing things you like for various rooms of your home.) Print or tear out images out of books or magazines, take pictures of what you see in stores, pull color samples, fabric samples, pieces of wallpaper, photos, trim samples anything that inspires you. And then put those images, those items into your design journal. Arrange them by room.
An example of a mood board I created for a client.
As you play with your journal rooms you’ll find a theme, a mood, a feeling begins to take shape and you’ll begin to become aware of your authentic self, who you are, what inspires you, what energizes you, what makes you feel like home. And from that feeling, that awareness you’ll be able to create your perfect spaces, in fact, your perfectly unperfect spaces!
The second of today’s favorite design blogs, http://www.designpublic.com
Your living spaces should continue to evolve just as you continue to evolve. Your home is a reflection of you, your inner world is reflected in your outer world.
A featured apartment from http://www.freshome.com
another fabulous design blog!
Embrace change. I think you’ll be happy you did.
Right now, I’m going back online and doing more research! Don’t forget to add Feng Shui Life and Style to your favorites.
© 2011 Harmony Life®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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Winter blues. We’ve all heard of it but what does it mean? As the days get shorter and the nights get colder many of us find ourselves low on motivation, high in exhaustion and feeling blue.
For some this may translate into an entire season of malaise, spawned by lack of light and energy. For others, our blues may be based in emotions, tied to unrealistic expectations of family, our friends, and ourselves during the holidays. We may experience feelings of boredom due to cold weather confinement, or even a sense of depression due to the sheer number of grey days winter brings.
Can feng shui fight the winter blues?
Feng shui can help you shift the energy around you, and in that shift you change not only the way your spaces look, but you also change the way they feel.
No matter what your experience or how long your winter blues tend to last these 9 powerful feng shui tips will help ensure that this winter season isn’t a season of blues.
- Let the sun shine in! Open your curtains. Sunlight, or rather the lack of it, contributes to the winter blues. When you open your curtains you allow sunlight to enter your home, energizing you and your spaces. In feng shui, sunlight represents fire energy, and fire energy is full of vitality and life.
- Add colorful accents, pillows, throws, candles, curtains, tablecloths and art in red, orange and yellow. All three of these colors are warm and inviting, and they increase the energy of the space they are in. Using warm colors literally makes your home feel 10 – 15 degrees warmer. And warm feels good when it’s cold outside!
- Place plants and flowers around your home to literally bring life into your space. Plants and flowers have living energy and vitality, they connect you to nature and in that connection they bring balance. (Think of them as little spots of springtime.)
- Exercise – it’s not just about losing weight! Exercise helps relieve stress by relaxing your mind, tones and strengthens your body by working your muscles and gives you more energy by boosting your metabolism. With benefits like that, your mood is bound to improve! (Our body is our most important environment, even before our homes – and feng shui believes in creating supportive environments. So get outside and take a walk, go for a run or a bike ride. You’ll soak up some sun and improve your living environment at the same time – sounds like good feng shui to me!
- Eat healthy. What you eat and when you eat has an effect on your mood and energy. Try to avoid or limit processed foods and simple carbohydrates. (Sugar, white rice, white bread, etc.) Instead eat complex carbohydrates such as whole grain bread, fruit, vegetables and oatmeal. According to CBS news correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, “…your diet can have a significant impact on your mood. Oatmeal is a great winter option its got lots of fiber and whole grains, it’s warming, it’s comforting and it’s not just for breakfast. Oatmeal can be used in bread and whole grain rolls; it can be used in place of breadcrumbs in meatloaf and much more. Vitamin D can help combat the blues. There’s research linking Vitamin D deficiency and depression — so make sure you get enough Vitamin D. Good sources include fish, eggs and milk “ Don’t’ forget sunlight. Every time you go outside you soak up Vitamin D, another good reason to go for a walk! Tea may help relieve stress — one British study found that those who drank tea found their cortisol levels (stress hormones) dropped almost 50 percent when they drank black tea four times a day.
- Create a treasure map. Treasure maps and collages capture your thoughts, your desires and intention with a series of images. You select the images from a series of magazines and pictures of your choice. The images you choose should be images that convey the image of what you desire. As you select these images, do so with a spirit of abundance, gratitude and joy. (Click here for Treasure Map how-to)
- Break out of your routine. In winter, when every day seems cold and grey, it’s easy to find yourself going through the motions, stuck in a boring, tired routine. Shake it up! Go out for breakfast with friends before work, meet friends or colleagues for a warm eggnog or apple cider and talk about the latest books you’ve read, swap colorful accessories with a friend and wear them, change your lipstick color – go bright instead of dark, join a wine club, take that cooking class you’ve been considering, join Facebook and search for your long lost friends.
- Paint a room in your home. Paint at least one wall in your home a warm, vibrant color. Color transforms space faster and easier than any other decorating tool. Color can change an uninviting, drab space into a personal paradise, full of vibrant energy and warmth. Afraid to paint a room or a wall? Then consider painting the frame of a wooden chair, the legs on the sofa, a picture frame or even a chest of drawers. A few little touches can really help chase away the winter blues.
- Embrace the things that make this season special. Even if you haven’t thought of winter as special there are many things to enjoy this time of year. The smell of pine, cinnamon and apples. The warmth of a roaring fire. Roasted marshmallows. Hot Chocolate. Special seasonal TV shows, some of my favorites are; Babes in Toyland, Hocus Pocus and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Wear winter clothes you love, for me that means jeans, boots, mufflers and an assortment of coats – if you don’t have any winter clothes you love, get some! When you like what you wear you feel better about yourself and feeling good helps chase the blues away.
Stay positive, focus your thoughts on what you like rather than what you don’t like and the cold winter months will be gone before you know it.
© 2011 Harmony Life®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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“Spider awakens creative sensibilities. It weaves a web of intricate and subtle fabric, as if to remind us that the past always subtly influences the present and future…the spider found within the web reminds us that we are the center of our own world. We are the keepers and the writers of our own destiny, weaving it like a web by our thoughts, feelings and actions.” (Excerpt taken from Animal Speak, by Ted Andrews.)
The spider’s web while delicate and graceful is remarkably strong; each thread is strengthened by the thread before and after it, strength building upon strength until a vast and powerful web has been built.
Our lives are much like the spiders web. Each experience builds the foundation for our next experience and our reaction to it. We create our own reality our beliefs; our thoughts and our actions create the web through which we live our lives. Our web can support and nurture us, just as the spider’s web supports it. Or our web can trap us behind gossamer threads of fear and prevent us from fully experiencing what life has to offer.
Before hurricane Irene blew through my yard and town there was a fabulous, large spider web just outside my living room window. And the Webmaster, the spider itself, was gigantic! It must have been about 2” in diameter with fully 1” being just body!
As I watched the spider sitting calmly in the center of its web I wondered if it would be able to weather the impending storm in safety. Throughout the day as we prepared our home for the worst, I found myself drawn back again and again to the window to watch the spider. “Spiders are the combination of gentleness and strength, and they have learned to combine both for survival.” We can learn much from spider as a totem.
The morning after the storm my husband and I were surveying the exterior of our home and property to check for damage, and much to my surprise, I found the spider and its web glistening in the sunlight, as though it was just another day.
This is interesting. I’ve recently found myself pondering my future and what form it will take. In the process I’ve felt as though I were shedding what has gone before as what is yet to be shines upon me, like the sunlight shining through a drop of rain sparkling with promise and light.
According to www.whats-your-sign.com, “Not only do Spiders and their webs draw attention to our life choices, they also give us an overview of how we can manipulate our thinking in order to construct the life we wish to live. Spiders do this by calling our awareness to the amazing construction of their webs. Fully functional, practical, and ingenious in design – Spider webs serve as homes, food storage, egg incubators – seemingly limitless in their functionality. When we consider this ingenious diversity, we can also consider the web-like construct of our own lives. How are we designing the most effective life? When we see our decisions, choices and actions as far-reaching, effective tools in life – we can see how we weave a web that can either serve us or enslave us. The Spider symbol meaning beckons us to be mindful of our behaviors – be smart about the life we weave for ourselves. “
“Spider teaches you to maintain a balance – between past and future, physical and spiritual, male and female. Spider teaches you that everything you now do is weaving what you will encounter in the future.” Ted Andrews.
Hmmm.
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I started out my day today planning to write several articles, what I found myself doing instead was working on my vision seed map. (A vision seed map or treasure map is a homemade collage of images, phrases and photos that compile a vision of you and your desire or goal.)
I made my first vision seed map in 1997, it consisted of an assortment of images representing my favorite things positioned in accordance with the feng shui Bagua Map. Each year I found that I added images to my map; sometimes covering previous images with new and other times expanding my map by adding additional space.
A few years ago I decided that I was going to make ‘the worlds biggest’ vision seed map. I covered the sliding closet doors in my office with cork and transferred my existing map onto the new space. Everyday you could find me sitting transfixed or busy adding new bits to my ever-expanding view of myself! 
And an interesting thing happened.
Just as soon as ‘the worlds biggest’ vision seed map was complete I took it down. I didn’t plan to, it just seemed like it was time. On reflection, I think the purpose of the ‘worlds biggest’ vision seed map wasn’t in the finished product, the purpose; the meaning was in the journey.
I know, I know, we’ve all heard and probably said what you’re thinking now, “it isn’t the destination, it’s the journey”, and it’s true. As I built my map, my view, my vision of my path crystallized and became clear to me and at that point it was time to make a change.
And to make a change, I had to make space. And that meant taking the ‘world’s biggest’ vision seed map down.
As I took down my map I found that most of the images no longer had the same meaning, it felt as though their time with me was past. Remember when I said that I made my first map in 1997? Well, my new map was a compilation of all my previous vision seed maps and new images, so to find myself no longer wanting or needing the images and pieces of maps I’d had for so long came as a surprise to me.
But now, I get it. To fully move forward and embrace who I was meant to be and what I was meant to do I had to let go of what went before.
As I released each image, each piece of the past, I felt renewed and inspired confident in my new vision of myself and my work. In letting go, I opened completely to the opportunity of the future.
What changed? I did. My perspective evolved, I changed how I think about who I am and what I do. And in the process my path took a turn.
Embracing the future!
Which way did I turn? Forward of course!
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Last week hurricane and gale force winds and rain raged through much of Eastern Seaboard. For many it was a disaster, ancient trees were toppled, homes were damaged by falling trees or flooded by rain. It was an incredible sight to see and experience. And now that the clean up is well under way, it’s an opportunity to begin again; time for a new start, a new look and a new direction.
What can feng shui do to help? Feng shui can help create the feeling, the atmosphere you desire in your home, in your yard and in your life. Feng shui is about balance. Balance in our living environments and balance in our lives. And at times like this balance is what we all need.
For your yard – clear out all storm debris, trim broken branches and shrubs, cut down broken or damaged trees and then before you begin replanting, gift your land with a healing ceremony. This doesn’t have to be complicated, a simple moment of silent gratitude while focusing on your intention for your home is enough to begin the healing process. And if you’d like to make it more of a ceremony, consider adding a sprinkle of sparkling spring water charged by the power of the sun to support adaptability, fluidity and a new beginning.
For those of you that have suffered flooding and water damage, doing a ceremony that incorporates water may seem counter-intuitive. It’s not, water is the source of all life, of abundance and holds the cleansing power of new beginnings – exactly what’s needed now. (Water charged by the sun combines the transformative power of fire, the spark of life, and the nourishing and healing power of water.)
This is also the perfect time to incorporate a feng shui assessment of your property, making improvements to the landscape and yard visually as well as energetically. As stewards of the land on which we live it is up to us to help our land heal – on all levels, and that begins with our thoughts and how we ‘feel’ about our living spaces.
For your home – if you had damage, clear out any items that were ruined or broken. And then, before you rearrange or purchase new items, incorporate the power of a feng shui consultation and space clearing into the process! Create a home that embraces you with a sense of comfort, welcome, style and inspiration. It’s more than how it looks, it’s how it feels!
Paint your walls a fresh new color; pastel, bold or mid-tone, anything new will add a sense of vitality to your home. Arrange your furniture in a different way, move things from one room to another, mix it up, have fun! Simple changes like this will go far in helping you release the stress of the situation.
We’ve all heard the saying, “Every cloud has a silver living.” Ever wonder what that saying means? It means that after hardship, after a challenge, there is always opportunity. True, it may be difficult to see opportunity when we are caught up in the drama of the situation, but opportunity is always there. We just have to look for it. Incorporating feng shui can help in the process. Getting you and your home back to balance quicker and with greater ease.
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There are some things about all of our homes that are pretty much the same; we all have a bathroom, a kitchen, a bedroom or sleeping area, closets, and a living room or family room. Each of these rooms helps us organize our lives while serving a specific function. But something’s missing.
What’s missing from this picture and from many of our lives? Sacred space.
As author Denise Linn states, “A home is more than a place to lay your head and seek comfort from the elements…your home can be a place of renewal and hope. It can be a sanctuary within which you can retreat and recharge during the changing times, an oasis of peace amidst turmoil. Homes can be places of healing and regeneration.”
Sacred space is space that embraces and nurtures your soul sacred space is space that’s dedicated to what you need to be true to who you are. Sacred space is safe space. Safe to be who you are.
Sacred space is unique for each of us for some it may be a space dedicated to crafts, or writing, or reading, or meditating or simply a space to have a quiet cup of tea. The function of your sacred space should be whatever it is that makes it sacred to you.
This is the space where you are free to paint the walls a luscious raspberry, goldenrod, orange or deep midnight blue. This is the space where you can tile the walls with seashells or sprinkle them with glitter. This is the space where your imagination and spirit unite – creating a spark of creativity, a welcoming embrace, a personal paradise and an oasis of peace.
“Perchance the time will come when every house even will have not only its sleeping rooms, and dining room, and talking room or parlor, but its thinking room also, and the architects will put it into their plans. Let it be furnished and ornamented with whatever conduces to serious and creative thought.”
– Henry David Thoreau
How can you create sacred space in your home or apartment? Begin by selecting a room or section of a room to dedicate as your sacred space. Clear everything from this space and view it with a fresh outlook, see it as it is, an opportunity for your creative spirit to soar.
Ask yourself-
- What does my sacred space look like? What color are the walls?
- What type of furnishings are in t he space?
- What type of lighting is in the space?
- What is the purpose or function of this space?
- What does this space smell like? Does the soft fragrance of flowers or spicy scent of incense fill the air?
Once the vision of your space is complete, begin to create it. As you create do so with the intention of using it. Sacred space isn’t a space that’s meant to languish unused and unappreciated. Sacred space is space to embrace, space to experience, space to feel, space to create. Sacred space is space to just be. And the only way to be is to be you.
Create your sacred space today!
© 2011 Harmony Life®, LLC by Laurie Bornstein
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For those of you familiar with my blog posts and other articles I’ve written, you’ve heard me talk about a Feng Shui Lifestyle™ or living a lifestyle with the principles of feng shui. A Feng Shui Lifestyle™ is a lot about inner work and inner work is about coming to an understanding and acceptance of who we are, what we are and our circumstances. It’s about embracing who we are and living life to the fullest every minute, good, bad or otherwise. It’s about embracing life right now not waiting for someday in the future – embracing and experiencing joy and satisfaction today.
My oldest dog Gaby, who’s almost 9, recently began experiencing seizures ranging from mild to grand mal. It became so bad that we could no longer take our daily walks. This was a major change in our daily routine, the girls and I loved our daily walks and I could see that this change was making Gaby unhappy. But unhappy or not, I didn’t want to risk another seizure, so walks were out.
Then one day, while in New York City, I was inspired. I would buy Gaby a dog stroller! Yes, a dog stroller and then we’d all be able to continue our daily walks! You can imagine how excited I was. I immediately set about looking for a stroller for her but found that the ones available in our local stores where for smaller dogs. So I went online and found the perfect stroller and since Gaby is not a ‘pink’ kinda girl, pink was, of course, the perfect color to choose! (I love the humor and contradiction of the color choice!)
Several weeks later, after returning home from work, I went out to get the mail and there was Gaby’s new stroller! It had arrived! I was so excited I assembled it immediately. And then we were off on our first walk in almost a month!
Gaby in her new stroller
As you can see, she’s cozy and happy as can be!
What’s this story got to do with a Feng Shui Lifestyle? Everything. Gaby’s health changed and our lives changed with it. Instead of being angry or resentful of the changes, we wasted no time with, ‘why me’, ‘why now’, ‘what does this mean’ and instead moved to acceptance. And from a place of acceptance we were able to see a new path, a new way of living and being, one that followed the flow instead of fighting it. And following the flow is what a Feng Shui Lifestyle™ is all about.
P.S. Gaby also takes medication to stabilize and control her seizures, I am happy to say that she has been seizure free since making her Feng Shui Lifestyle™ changes and beginning the medication.
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