The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


Feng Shui at the Doctor’s Office

I recently needed a small out-patient procedure at the medical clinic in my neighborhood. I met with the clinician’s assistant for the testing and here is what I discovered in her space:
This young woman spends all day in a small, windowless space, doing rep… read more »

Using Water to Boost your Career

If you want to get the chi energy flowing in your Career right now, use art and symbolism that involve Water.
Feng Shui views Water as the element which carries us along our Life’s Journey and supplies us with the depths of courage we need to deal with the challe… read more »

Six Steps to a Healthy, Wealthy Feng Shui Office

The office is super-important in Feng Shui because of its role in creating and maintaining your financial well-being and your family’s health and welfare.
Everything from the position of the desk to the artwork and color on the walls plays a role.
Here are six pr… read more »

The Worst Name for a File

Can you find the papers you need when you need them? Here’s a quick tip for making sure you always can: NEVER use the word “Miscellaneous” to name a file!
Files with vague names like “Miscellaneous” cause file drawers to become ove… read more »

Feng Shui Art: Goldfish!

Artwork is super-important in Feng Shui because it helps attract good Chi energy and can anchor our intentions when we place it with care.
We want to surround ourselves with things we love, things we feel uplifted by.
Here is an example of Feng Shui art created by at R… read more »

Enhancing Your Business Reputation with Feng Shui

To enhance the Fame & Reputation area of your space — and therefore your life — use the color red, or bring in another symbol of Fire.
One favorite Feng Shui symbol for Fame is a picture of your lucky animal — don’t we all have one?  Mine… read more »

Rainy Day Feng Shui for Your Business

It’s a typical early April day here in the Northeast – rainy, wet and raw. 
This kind of weather makes think of the creative interaction of the two Feng Shui “elements” of Water and Wood: the Water element of the rain is nourishing the Woo… read more »

Adjustable-Height Desks: Good Office Feng Shui

The NY Times (here) recently featured a teacher in Minnesota who’s invented an adjustable-height desk. 
When her fidgety sixth graders want to work standing up, they raise the level of the desk.  If they want to sit, they’re free to do that, too (on… read more »

Clearing Predecessor Energy

Yesterday I conducted a powerful Feng Shui Space-Clearing & Blessing ceremony in a spacious apartment in midtown Manhattan.
The clients were eager to transform negative “predecessor energy” that remained from the previous unhappy owner, w… read more »

Hotel Feng Shui in NYC

Feng Shui is everywhere. 
It shows up in places where you might least expect it, making us feel safer, more comfortable, and more welcomed in our surroundings.
For example, here’s a wonderful example of a great Feng Shui entryway for a hotel at the corner of… read more »