Episode 217: Spring Equinox and the Wood Element

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Episode 217: Spring equinox and the Wood Element

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Happy Spring Equinox to our listeners in the Northern Hemisphere! As the seasons start to change, many of us are feeling the urge to clean our homes. In this episode, we’re sharing some of our favorite tips to supercharge your spring cleaning in order to invite in even bigger energy shifts.

We cover:

  • Why many of us feel the desire to clean our homes in the spring

  • How to bring ceremony and intention into your spring cleaning

  • Feng shui spring cleaning suggestions for your kitchen, entryway, bedroom, bathroom, and floors

  • The feng shui meanings of different areas of your home


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Episode 215: Favorite Feng Shui Spring Cleaning Rituals

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Episode 215: Favorite Feng Shui Spring Cleaning Rituals

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In this episode, we’re delighted to welcome three of our Mindful Design graduates: Mary Ladybird, Susan Day, and Lalita Vayavananda! We loved hearing about their favorite feng shui-inspired rituals and how they each embrace the energy of spring.

We cover:

  • Energetic themes of springtime

  • Mary’s clearing and visualization practice to welcome spring

  • How Susan connects with nature at this time of year

  • How Lalita works with the wood element in her yin yoga practice

  • Seasonal intentions to embrace new spring energy


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Episode 164: Spring Equinox and the Wood Element

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Episode 164: Spring equinox and the Wood element

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Happy Equinox! In the Northern Hemisphere, we are moving from a quiet, yin season (winter) to a more active, yang season (spring). In this episode, we’re sharing our perspective on the spring equinox and some feng shui tips to welcome this new energy.

We cover:

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Episode 163: Supercharge Your Spring Cleaning with Feng Shui

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Episode 163: Supercharge Your Spring Cleaning with Feng Shui

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As we approach the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, many of us are starting to think about spring cleaning. In this episode we’re sharing five simple feng shui tips to supercharge your spring cleaning, so that you can give your space an energetic refresh as well as a physical one.

We cover:

  • Why the spring is a good time to clean your home

  • What your front door represents in feng shui

  • Spring cleaning tips for your bedroom

  • How to let fresh energy into your home

  • What your windows represent in feng shui

  • Feng shui spring cleaning tips to invite wealth

  • Why you should consider making your spring cleaning into a ritual

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Episode 162: Feng Shui Qi Forecast: March 2022

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Episode 162: Feng Shui Qi Forecast, March 2022

Bright full moon surrounded by gray, blue, and brown clouds.

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In this episode we’re sharing a Feng Shui Qi Forecast for March 2022! First, we’re going over some important dates coming up this month in the moon’s cycle and the Chinese Solar Term calendar. Next, Laura shares a collective Tarot reading, and then we tie it all back to feng shui by giving some tips for working with this month’s energies in your home.

We cover: 

  • Key dates to look out for in March: 

    • March 2nd: New Moon

    • March 5th: Insects Awaken

    • March 18th: Worm Moon

    • March 20th: Vernal/Spring Equinox

  • What is going on in nature this time of year? 

  • Laura’s collective Tarot reading for the month of March

  • Tapping into your intuitive side

  • Feeling uncertain in your path forward

  • Deciding where to focus your energy this month

  • How the collective Tarot reading can help us navigate the energy of this season

  • The Kan area of the feng shui bagua

  • How to work with this month’s energy in your home through feng shui

  • Other ways to tap into this month’s energy

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Episode 113: Feng Shui 101: Follow the Qi

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EPISODE 113: FENG SHUI 101: FOLLOW THE QI

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Today’s Feng Shui 101 episode is all about qi: what it is, how we work with it as practitioners, and why it’s such an important and foundational concept in feng shui.

We cover:

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Episode 112: Wood Element with Dr Tamsin Lee

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EPISODE 112: WOOD ELEMENT WITH DR TAMSIN LEE

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We’re so excited to welcome Dr Tamsin Lee to the Holistic Spaces podcast! We’ve been following and admiring Tamsin and her work for a while, and we loved talking to her in this episode all about the wood element.

We cover:

  • How studying East Asian practices re-connected Tamsin to her cultural heritage and family lineage

  • The importance of spiritual and energetic practices like feng shui, face reading, and divination

  • Why it’s important to take care of your own energy before trying to help others

  • The connection between spring and the wood element

  • Why it’s a good thing to feel angry in the spring

  • How nature can guide us in shifting our lifestyles throughout the year

  • Anjie’s experience of seasonal changes in ikebana and Japanese tea ceremony

  • What we each do to connect to the wood element in the spring

  • What the energy of spring and the wood element feels like

  • What a wood imbalance can look like

  • Why it’s a good idea to dance around your house and move your hips this time of year!

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Dr Tamsin Lee

Bio: Tamsin Lee, DAOM, AEMP is an East Asian medicine doctor community researcher and Daoist face reader. She is the founder of Elemental Archetypes — an online face reading consultation that weaves her family lineage of Korean face reading, and the Five seasonal phases to guide womxn to reclaim their beauty narrative.

Tamsin’s website: elementalarchetypes.com

Tamsin’s Instagram: @elementalarchetypes

Episode 087: Five Feng Shui Basics

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EPISODE 087: Five Feng Shui Basics

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In this episode, we’re reviewing some foundational feng shui principles, including qi/energy, yin & yang, the bagua, the five elements, and the different schools of feng shui. Whether you are new to feng shui or you’ve been practicing it for years, we believe it’s always a good idea to continue deepening your understanding of these concepts.

  • Why so many people are turning to feng shui right now

  • What is qi, and how do we work with it in feng shui?

  • Yin & yang and how this concept is practically applied in your home

  • Why you don’t need to be psychic to perceive energy

  • The importance of cultivating your own qi

  • The bagua and how it can show a feng shui practitioner what may be going on in your life

  • The five element system

  • Different schools of feng shui

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Episode 086: Yolanda Williams & Reiki

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EPISODE 086: Yolanda Williams & Reiki

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Photo by Kent Pilcher on Unsplash

In this episode we’re joined by Yolanda Williams, a gifted healer, reiki practitioner, teacher, coach and host of Reiki Radio podcast. Yolanda has such good qi that it’s uplifting just to hear her voice! We talked to Yolanda all about reiki and the connection between reiki and feng shui.

  • What is reiki?

  • Anjie’s introduction to reiki and how it started her on her spiritual path

  • How Yolanda got into reiki and why she started her podcast

  • The benefits of reiki

  • Yolanda’s approach to teaching reiki

  • Reiki symbols and how they can be used

  • The importance of shifting your own energy first

  • How to reconnect to reiki after you’ve taken a long break

  • The similarities between feng shui and reiki

  • How being a feng shui consultant is like being in a Brady Bunch movie…

Listen to Anjie and Laura on Yolanda’s podcast!

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Yolanda Williams

Yolanda is an Intuitive, Self-Mastery Coach and Certified Medical Reiki Master (CMRM); teaching Reiki, Intuitive Development, Elemental Balancing and Chakra Mirroring. She trained with internationally recognized Reiki Masters in the lineages of Usui Reiki Ryoho and Jikiden Reiki®. Yolanda also trained with Shamans and other Healers of various modalities, increasing her intuitive abilities and understanding of Universal Oneness. She uses a blend of techniques to help clients and students achieve deeper connections with themselves, which facilitates new levels of self-awakening and revealing the dynamics of mind, body and energy. Her methods have helped Reiki practitioners, globally, and she is currently authoring a book to highlight how you can deepen your connection, relationship and understanding of what it means to be an authentic expression of your true nature.

Yolanda is also the host Reiki Radio podcast, co-founder of the Mind Body Energy Project and creator of the Seekers Circle, which has become an international community of energy-workers. Through the podcast she shares tools to support your spiritual exploration, including interviews of other healers who practice various techniques. She teaches Usui Reiki Ryoho, all levels, in San Diego, and offers intuitive awakening courses, online. Connect with Yolanda at www.theenergeticalchemist.com.