The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


“Only Connect” — Strengthening Friendships with Feng Shui

Despite E.M. Forster‘s admonition to “only connect,” in these super-busy times creating strong relationships takes more than social networking — it requires your Intention.
To the right of the entrance to your space is the Bagua Map… read more »

How Feng Shui Can Make 2011 Your Best Year Yet

Happy New Year and welcome to 2011!
Now’s the time to review the parts of your life that most need your devoted Intention and Attention.
Feng Shui’s Bagua Map is the perfect tool to make your 2011 Intentions into reality. Select one or two areas from its… read more »

Feng Shui Holiday Gift Roundup for Health, Wealth & Romance

Do you have any Feng Shui items on your wish-list this year? Manifest your intentions with some of these great Feng Shui gift ideas.
A Gift That Promotes Love & Romance
Warm up the bedroom with this lovely Double Happiness Night Light to create an atmosphere tha… read more »

It’s Time To Celebrate Yourself!

I see that “2011 Resolutions” emails are starting to appear, but it’s too early for that, isn’t it?
Before you start pressuring yourself to set goals for next year, take a moment now to appreciate the things you’ve accomplished i… read more »

How Feng Shui Changed My Life

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 st… read more »

Lose Weight & Get Healthy with Feng Shui

A reader asks, can Feng Shui help me lose weight?
The answer: a most emphatic YES
Feng Shui is very closely connected to holistic health practices through its theory of the Five Elements, setting your space up to support your efforts to slim down and get healthy. 
G… read more »

Nine Feng Shui Tips For Tough Times

When times are tough, Feng Shui provides a unique and powerful kind of support that isn’t offered in any other place. 
It helps you set up an environment where you feel safe and secure, and guides you to create a positive and comfortable place to live or work w… read more »

Good Feng Shui: How Do You Feel About Silk Plants?

In Feng Shui we’re always striving to balance the Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
Each element symbolizes important parts of our lives — the Wood element is all about New Beginnings and Family: vitality, growth, deep roots, our DN… read more »

Writing Morning Pages to Get Unstuck

Along with Feng Shui, perhaps my biggest life-changer has been the practice of writing Morning Pages, a spiritual discipline I discovered in the wonderful book The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron.
Each morning I get up, make myself some coffee, and settle i… read more »

Feng Shui = The Power of Now In Your Space

Are you familiar with Eckhart Tolle’s huge best-seller, The Power of Now?
Tolle shows you how to improve your life by enhancing your awareness of what’s happening in the present moment, rather than being distracted by what happened in the past or what mig… read more »