Episode 147: Less Stuff for the Holidays with Julia Sarasola

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EPISODE 147: Less Stuff for the Holidays with Julia Sarasola

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In this episode we are delighted to welcome one of graduates, Julia Sarasola, to the podcast! Julia joined us to talk about her experience going through a big transition, the beauty of second-hand items, and our relationships to our possessions.

We cover:

  • What has Julia been up to since finishing the Mindful Design certification

  • Julia’s experience letting go of her home in New York City

  • Julia’s passion for vintage and second-hand items

  • Julia’s process working with second-hand items to give them a new life

  • Experiencing beauty without needing to own every beautiful item

  • How the pandemic has shifted our relationship to shopping and what we consume

  • Choosing gifts thoughtfully

  • Sharing time and space as a gift

  • The benefits of shopping second-hand

  • What Julia learned from going through her possessions in her New York home

  • What nature can teach us about self care

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Julia Sarasola is a certified interior decorator, feng shui practitioner, and vintage shop owner based in Brooklyn, New York. Her design approach is about creating thoughtful physical spaces that breathe and evolve with the client – deeply tuning into the environment and the energy that comes along with it.

Julia's website: juliasarasola.com

Contact: hello@juliasarasola.com

Vintage Shop: @surfaceandshape

Episode 097: Holistic Spaces & Let It Out, a Feng Shui Consultation for Katie Dalebout

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EPISODE 097: Holistic Spaces & Let It Out, a Feng Shui Consultation for Katie Dalebout

Photo by Katie Dalebout

Photo by Katie Dalebout

This is a special episode, because it’s a podcast swap with Katie Dalebout of LET IT OUT! Listen in on Anjie’s feng shui suggestions for Katie’s new apartment. It’s a bit of a longer episode, and we go into Katie’s journey through spaces, lessons we’ve learned, and the story of our friendship. We end with a space clearing meditation that you can do along with us as you listen!

There’s still time to register for our Mindful Design School class of spring 2021!!

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Katie Dalebout is a writer and podcaster, and the founder of let it out, a community for sharing *soft stories*, the tender tales that connect us. Her weekly interview show that began in 2013 now has over 4 million downloads and in 2019 she started Spiraling, a co-hosted anxiety show.

Her book let it out (Hay House in 2016) is an interactive guide to journaling. She’s spoken at Kripalu, Soho House, and The Wing and now runs a journaling based creative clinic and leads an online workshop for independent podcasters.

IG: @katiedalebout

Episode 096: Feng Shui & Creativity

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EPISODE 096: Feng Shui & Creativity

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Photo by Free Creative Stuff on Pexels

This episode is a fun one about feng shui and creativity! Often, people connect the Dui area of the bagua map to creativity. In the feng shui that we teach and study, creativity can be connected to all of the bagua areas. In this episode, we’re sharing some of our creative projects and our tips to activate creativity in your life.

  • Why we believe creativity isn’t limited to one area of the bagua

  • The creative process behind Laura’s book

  • Laura’s tip for activating creativity

  • The creative process behind Anjie’s book

  • Anjie’s tip for activating creativity

  • How Anjie and Laura are staying creative

  • How Mindful Design School came to be

  • The power of simplicity

There’s still time to register for our Mindful Design School class of spring 2021!!

The Holistic Spaces podcast is now on YouTube!

If you have specific feng shui questions and want one-on-one guidance with us, check out our monthly live class, Practical Feng Shui. Or hire Laura, Anjie, or one of our students for a consultation.

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Episode 061: A Feng Shui Bagua Garden with Rose Garbien

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EPISODE 061: A FENG SHUI BAGUA GARDEN WITH ROSE GARBIEN

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image credit: Rose Garbien

I’m so excited for this week’s podcast! Join me for a chat with Rose Garbien, a Mindful Design School feng shui student who has designed her own bagua map garden. Rose has extensive knowledge in feng shui as well as the human body, and she’s an avid gardener. I love that she put all these together to create such a beautiful feng shui garden!

  • Rose’s inspiration

  • The bagua and body parts

  • Five elements in gardening

  • Guas and associated plants

  • Gardening in your climate

  • Feng shui garden design

  • I Ching

  • Feng Shui with Intention

What an awesome idea, Rose! I hope you do bring this garden to life!

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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Rose Garbien started to seriously studying Feng shui in 2017. She is a certified Feng Shui consultant from the Mindful Design Feng Shui School, and Karen Rauch Carter. She lives in Ct. with her husband and two dogs, one cat and one talking bird. They have one son.

You can email Rose Garbien at R.Garbien@GMail.Com

Episode 059: Art in Everyday Life with Marcia Shibata

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EPISODE 059: Art in Everyday Life with Marcia Shibata

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I’m so excited to have Marcia Shibata, my wonderful Ikebana teacher, back on the podcast. Marcia joined us back in December of 2016(!) to discuss Ikebana, but for this week’s podcast, Marcia and I talk art in everyday life, or dharma art. We’ll discuss art through the western and Buddhist lenses, how to make art part of everyday life and how important it is to make space in our lives.

  • What is dharma art?

  • Western art and Buddhist art

  • Dharma though flower arranging

  • Inspiration for art

  • Competition in art

  • Creativity and making space

Thanks so much to Marcia for sharing her wisdom with us again!

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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Marcia Wang Shibata is a Master Shambhala Kado/Ikebana Instructor within the Shambhala Buddhist community and co-founder the Shambhala Kado Ridgen School of Ikebana. She is a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Having studied and practiced in both a major classical and modern Ikebana school, she teaches from the view of nature’s innate wisdom and Buddhist/Shambhalian compassionate warriorship.

Ms Shibata was further bestowed the title of “Artist to the Kalapa Court” in autumn 2013 by Sakong Mipham Rinpoche. 

Episode 051: Creativity and Feng Shui with Laura Morris

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CREATIVITY AND FENG SHUI WITH LAURA MORRIS

This month I'm so happy to have my friend and fellow classmate, Laura Morris, joining us on the podcast! Laura and I completed the BTB Masters Training Program together and have remained good friends. Previously an interior designer and now a certified feng shui consultant, Laura has just released her book, Creating Change: 27 Feng Shui Design Projects to Boost the Energy in Your Home, and she's with us today to share one of these projects and discuss how creativity fits into the practice of feng shui!

  • Creating Change: 27 Feng Shui Design Projects to Boost the Energy in Your Home

  • Feng shui and creativity

  • Using your own hands

  • Creativity on the bagua map

  • The role of intention in feng shui

  • Tips for inspiring creativity

  • Style Your Bookcase with Feng Shui and the Five Elements

  • Approaching feng shui with the goal of balance

I'm so excited for Laura's book! Visit creatingchangebook.com or morrisfengshui.com to download an excerpt of the book, including this project, and keep an eye out for where to find the whole book. Of course, if you decide to complete any of the projects, please share with us!

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Laura Morris is a certified Feng Shui consultant, artist, and designer. Through her articles, workshops, videos, TV appearances and consultations, Laura has guided thousands of people to shift their ch’i and revitalize their living spaces, increasing both energy flow and harmony. She believes that by combining mindfulness, Feng Shui and creativity you can transform both your space and your own personal energy.

Episode 047: Feng Shui for Katie Dalebout

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FENG SHUI FOR KATIE DALEBOUT

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My friend Katie Dalebout, author of Let It Out, has just relocated to New York City from the midwest, and I'm very excited to have her on the Holistic Spaces podcast to address the feng shui in her new space! Katie has her own podcast as well, Let It Out, so for this episode, we'll be doing a collaboration with her! Listen here for the consultation with her, and be sure to check it out here as well!

I'm so excited to finally have Katie here in New York! Hopefully she's able to implement all these feng shui cures and create a wonderful, nourishing holistic space in the city. We may even do a follow-up with her later to see how it goes!

For more insight on feng shui, green design and more, be sure to sign up for our Holistic Spaces newsletter! You can also send in specific questions or schedule a 15-minute consultation call. You may even make our Q&A Sunday series!

Our podcast giveaway ends next month, so be sure to review on iTunes for your chance to win a free mini-consultation!

Don't forget to also visit Holistic Spaces on Patreon and support the podcast so we can keep bringing you new episodes!

Tune in August 1 for the next Astrology & Feng Shui!

Products Mentioned on This Podcast:

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Episode 028: Vision Boards and Their Feng Shui Placement

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VISION BOARDS AND THEIR FENG SHUI PLACEMENT

I'm excited for this week's podcast, since we'll be announcing our giveaway winner and talking about vision boards! Vision boards can be such an amazing way to get in touch with and manifest your goals; I'm living proof! So this week we'll talk vision boards, and I'll share my personal story as well as tips on using vision boards and feng shui! 

Hopefully you're looking forward to creating your own vision board and manifesting your dreams and goals! I would love to hear from you on whether a vision board has helped you or what goal you'll be working toward with your new board. 

As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions on green design, feng shui or holistic living. You may be featured in our Q&A Sunday series!

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Thanks so much for listening to our podcast!

Episode 025: Carmen Mensink Talks Tibetan Buddhist Art

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CARMEN MENSINK TALKS TIBETAN BUDDHIST ART

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I'm very excited to have my Tibetan sacred art teacher, Carmen Mensink, on the podcast today! Carmen is an amazing artist from Holland and has been studying Tibetan Buddhist art and practicing Buddhism for almost 20 years. She now teaches at many wonderful places across New York City, including the Rubin Museum of Art, Tibet House - NY and many more, and I'm so fortunate to work with her on my own sacred art! She has graciously agreed to share her insight on sacred art with us today! 

Thanks so much to Carmen for chatting with us today! Check back on the Holistic Spaces blog for a post on Tibetan symbols coming soon! If you're in the New York area and interested in learning more about Tibetan art, I highly recommend reaching out to Carmen. She's an incredible teacher and artist!

Also don't forget to sign up for green design and feng shui tips in our Holistic Spaces newsletter. You'll receive a 10% off coupon to the shop for signing up!

I'd love to hear your questions about feng shui, green design and holistic living as well. Send them our way, and you may be featured on the Q&A Sunday series! 

Carmen Mensink is a painter and teacher of Tibetan Buddhist Art based in Amsterdam. Interested in Buddhism from an early age, Carmen studied with thangka painter teacher Andy Weber for thirteen years before being chosen as his successor in teaching. Since 2008, Carmen has traveled the world painting and teaching the art of thangka full-time. Her classes and lectures are available in Europe, the United States and Asia, and she also offers private lessons and thangka restoration. To view Carmen's work or learn from her, visit tibetan-buddhist-art.com.