Episode 085: Plants & Feng Shui

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EPISODE 085: Plants & Feng Shui

Photo by Brina Blum on Unsplash

Photo by Brina Blum on Unsplash

In this episode we’re talking about a very popular feng shui topic: plants! This episode is a follow up to our spring equinox feng shui challenge. Anjie and Laura are talking all about their favorite plants, including the ones they have in their own homes.

  • Are pointy and spiky plants bad feng shui?

  • Should you have plants in the bedroom?

  • Plants that are easy to care for

  • The benefits of a more finicky plant

  • Plant recommendations to boost a stagnant corner of your home, attract a partner, welcome wealth, and more

  • Which plants Anjie and Laura have in their homes

  • Plants that help improve indoor air quality

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

Episode 084: Feng Shui and Shelter at Home

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EPISODE 084: Feng Shui and Shelter at Home

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Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash

Since so many of us are spending more time at home right now, we wanted to offer a special episode on sheltering in place from a feng shui perspective. In this episode, we’re sharing some feng shui tips to help make your home feel nurturing and supportive, as well as a space clearing meditation.

  • What feng shui concepts Anjie and Laura are applying in their homes right now

  • How to activate the health area of your space

  • Laura and Anjie’s thoughts on organizing, cleaning, decluttering, and hoarding

  • How Laura is bringing more natural elements into her home

  • Feng shui tips to help you feel more stable and supported during this time

  • Anjie leads a space clearing meditation

  • Laura and Anjie each share a fun fact about themselves that you probably don’t know (and that they didn’t know about each other!)

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

Episode 083: Katie Hess and a Flower for Every Bagua Area

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EPISODE 083: Katie Hess and a Flower for Every Bagua Area

Photo by LOTUSWEI

Photo by LOTUSWEI

We’re so excited to have Katie Hess, flower alchemist and founder of LOTUSWEI, joining us to share her flower wisdom. In this episode, we go through each area of the bagua and Katie recommends flower essences that correspond to each area.

  • What is a flower essence?

  • How flowers and flower essences are connected to feng shui

  • The meaning and symbolism of each area of the bagua

  • Which flowers and flower essences align with each bagua area

  • Different ways to work with flowers and feng shui

  • Anjie and Laura’s feng shui recommendations for Katie’s next big work project

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

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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist, author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, a leading flower elixir apothecary. She teaches mindful-awareness practices at Flowerlounges around the world and hosts the Flowerlounge Podcast with listeners in more than 75 countries. Find out what your favorite flower means about you at www.lotuswei.com.

Episode 082: Spring Equinox Feng Shui Challenge

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EPISODE 082: Equinox Feng Shui Challenge

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Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Happy spring equinox to all of our listeners in the northern hemisphere! In this episode, we’re sharing a special feng shui challenge for the equinox to help you activate an area of your life that you’d like to focus on.

  • What the spring equinox means in feng shui

  • What’s the deal with plants and feng shui?

  • Why this is an especially good time of year to talk about plants

  • What plants represent in feng shui and what they can teach us

  • How to activate an area of your life this spring

  • Download a free bagua map to learn which area of your home corresponds to love, career, wealth, and more

  • Why it’s helpful to choose one area to focus on

  • The importance of intention

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

Episode 081: Declutter and Spring Clean

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EPISODE 081: Declutter and Spring Clean

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Photo by Vural Yavas from Pexels

As we’re approaching spring, Laura and Anjie share their tips for feng shui spring cleaning and their perspectives on decluttering.

  • Why Laura is tired of talking about clutter

  • Misconceptions about decluttering and feng shui

  • Why it’s important to know what works for YOU when it comes to how much stuff you have

  • What it means when you have no empty space in your closet or home

  • A feng shui spring cleaning checklist for different areas of your home

  • Self care tips for spring

  • DOWNLOAD the spring cleaning checklist here

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

Episode 080: Love and Feng Shui

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EPISODE 080: Love and Feng Shui

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Photo by Mayur Gala on Unsplash

In this episode, Laura and Anjie are sharing their feng shui love stories and their tips for calling in a romantic partner with feng shui.

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Episode 079: Nine Star Ki for 2020, Year of the Rat

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EPISODE 079: Nine Star Ki for 2020, Year of the Rat

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Happy Chinese New Year! As we shift into 2020, the year of the metal rat, it’s the perfect time to calculate your Nine Star Ki and see what the year has in store for you. Anjie and Laura share more about Nine Star Ki, and go through what each number can expect in 2020.

  • What the Nine Star Ki is and how it can be helpful

  • How to calculate your number

  • What to expect in 2020 based on your number

  • Anjie and Laura’s Nine Star Ki and what they’re expecting in 2020!

  • Find out what number you are at Holistic Spaces or Mindful Design

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

Episode 078: Welcome the Year of the Metal Rat 2020

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EPISODE 078: Welcome the Year of the Metal Rat 2020

Illustration by Maria Katharine

Illustration by Maria Katharine

It’s 2020! That means we’re leaving the year of the earth pig behind and entering the year of the metal rat. In this episode, Anjie and Laura go over each of the Chinese zodiac animals, and give a little information on what each animal can expect from the coming year.

  • Which animal you are based on your birth year and a bit about each animal’s personality

  • Which animal relationships are the most harmonious and which ones are the most challenging

  • How each animal relates to the rat, and how this might affect your year ahead

  • What to do if your animal has a more challenging relationship with the rat

  • A special discount code on our New Year Reset Package for podcast listeners

  • Plus lots of animal puns from Laura…

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

Episode 077: Happy New Year

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EPISODE 077: happy new year

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Photo by cottonbro on Pexels

Anjie and Laura wish their listeners a happy new year, and share some of their goals, feng shui adjustments, and insights for 2020!

  • Anjie and Laura’s goals for the new year

  • The importance of accountability and sharing your goals

  • How Laura and Anjie are prioritizing creativity in the new year, and the feng shui adjustments they’re making to support this

  • What Anjie and Laura anticipate in 2020 according to their Nine Star Ki (a system of numerology used in feng shui…more to come on this soon!)

  • What to expect as we enter the year of the metal rat

  • Ways to welcome the new year with feng shui (including a special discount for podcast listeners on our New Year Reset Package!)

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