The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


Feng Shui class announcement – Find Love: Essential Relationship Coaching & The Power of Feng Shui

I’m happy to announce a wonderful class that I’ll be giving next week, Wednesday November 17, at 6:30 pm at the NY Open Center in Manhattan.
In Find Love: Essential Relationship Coaching & The Power of Feng Shui, I’ll be joined by Tatiana Ma… read more »

Feng Shui’s Growing Influence In Real Estate

Here’s a quickie for you: a fascinating article from yesterday’s NY Times, “When Feng Shui Helps Determine A Deal’s Fate.”
There are many ways to evaluate a space using Feng Shui and this article touches on just a few of them.  I&… read more »

Do You Rent? 9 Feng Shui Tips That Will Make You Feel Like An Owner

Do you rent the place you live in? Are you eager to make it feel like home without having to make the massive changes landlords usually resist?
From a Feng Shui perspective it’s important that your space feel safe, beautiful and comfortable, but as a long-time ren… read more »

Great Chi Energy Coming To Times Square

Newsflash: A river is coming to New York City this summer when Times Square’s streets will be painted like a river (!).
I’m not sure NYC’s Department of Transportation realizes it but this artwork will add an extra dose of great Chi energy to a ci… read more »

Creating Success at the Cash Register

I loved seeing this little scene last week at a local — and very successful — coffee shop, City Bakery. The Wood energy of healthy plants is a great symbol for business growth — especially when it’s sitting right next to a tip jar filled wit… read more »

The Highline — Great Feng Shui In The City

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
This quote from John Muir pretty well sums up how I felt yesterday during my Chi-filled walk on Manhattan’s Highline Park with two good friends.
I hope these photos convey just how… read more »

The Winter Solstice: A Big Day in Feng Shui

Today’s a big day in the northern hemisphere: the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night.
In Feng Shui, Yin, the feminine, is at its peak and the wheel turns towards Yang as the days start to get longer. And of course it’s also the first day o… read more »

Why New York City Has Great Feng Shui

New York City has been one of the most prosperous cities in our relatively young country right from the get-go.
New York’s healthy, wealthy history can be explained by its strong and harmonious combination of the Five Elements:
The Water of the rivers and ha… read more »

Does The Highline Have Good Feng Shui?

To cut to the chase: YES!
But to back up: we went for a twilight walk on Saturday, paying our first visit to The Highline, a new park & promenade that’s been created from abandoned rail tracks above the streets of Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.… read more »

This is Brooklyn?

We went on another house tour here in Brooklyn, and I think you’ll be surprised at what we saw.
Ditmas Park is right in the middle of the borough and famous for Victorian-era homes like this one:
And this one:
This house had a wonderfully welcoming “Feng… read more »