How Feng Shui Changed My Life

July 20, 2010

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is, “How did you get into Feng Shui?”

I started my Feng Shui career because I wanted to transform other people’s lives as mine had changed over 14 years ago, thanks to Feng Shui.

A little bit of the story is on my website — I’d just gotten divorced, wasn’t happy at work, and generally felt that things weren’t going so well in my life.

But the question was, what could I actually do to make things better? I’d started writing Morning Pages and seeing a therapist, but it didn’t feel like enough.

I needed something visible, physical, that would reflect the changes I desired.

Yin-Yang symbol

At this critical moment I enrolled in a Feng Shui course at New York’s Open Center. It was the first of many synchronicities I was about to experience, thanks to Feng Shui.

My first task was to identify my goals and dreams. I decided to focus on

  • repairing my relationship with my family,
  • crafting a more satisfying career for myself, and
  • developing relationships with friends who had a positive outlook on life.

I still recall some of the changes I made to anchor these important Intentions.

  • Photos of my Mom, Dad & sister went into the Family area, along with a thriving plant to symbolize healthy energy.
  • Pictures of the kind of career I dreamed about, plus a black doormat to symbolize Water, went into the Career and Life Journey area.
  • And I asked a few of my closest friends to give me small keepsakes to embody their positive energy in my apartment, which I placed in the Helpful People area.

I made other changes as well, rearranging furniture, clearing clutter and changing colors and artwork.

My apartment looked and felt like a completely different place: nourishing, welcoming, energized.

And the outcome was amazing: my career evolved into something I truly enjoyed, I settled into a more loving and sincere relationship with my family, and I created a network of wonderful friends who are still in my life today.

I discovered that the power of Feng Shui is the power of Intention, with visible and physical energies to back it up.

And that’s how I arrived at the point I’m at today.

Does anything about my experience surprise you?

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  • http://www.ivanexpert.com Caroline Green

    I’ve been thinking about this post since I read it a few days ago. Identifying your intention (or what you want) is such an important part of Feng Shui, as I’ve learned from Ann, because if you don’t know what you want, it’s hard to make the changes to get it. This is true in my office space, and it’s true in my life in general.

    When Ann helped us with Feng Shui-ing our office, we found that really focusing on what we wanted the space to feel like, and what we wanted it to do for us, got us into a much more open and intentioned frame of mind.

    • http://openspacesfengshui.com Ann

      Caroline, thank you for this wonderful comment (which I’m just seeing — my apologies for not replying sooner!). Feng Shui is a great way to bring intention into your life by anchoring it in your space, and I’m humbled & thrilled that you allowed me to help you experience it :)