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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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 060: Spring Equinox with Amy Shellhorn

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EPISODE 060: Spring Equinox with Amy Shellhorn

Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

We’re in the spring season now, even if some days feel more like winter. I’m excited to kick off a series of interviews with our Mindful Design students, beginning with Amy Shellhorn. Amy is interested i seasons and feng shui, so she’s chatting spring equinox with us today! Check out her tips for living more joyfully this season!

Thank you so much, Amy, and happy spring!

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

Amy Shellhorn helps families create joyful spaces that nurture and support their unique family culture. By combining feng shui with other ancient wisdom, she works with modern families to shift the energy of their home to align with their goals. Amy holds a certificate in feng shui from Mindful Design School, a Masters of Architecture from the University of Washington and is a LEED AP BD + C. 

For more information about working with Amy, please visit her website at:

http://www.joyfulfamilyspaces.com  or email her at amy@joyfulfamilyspaces.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 058: Kick Off Your Spring Cleaning With Feng Shui

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EPISODE 058: Kick Off Your Spring Cleaning With Feng Shui

It’s finally almost spring, which means it’s time for spring cleaning! As in most aspects of life, there are ways to incorporate feng shui into cleaning your spaces, whether at home, the office or elsewhere. In this episode, I’ll share some of those tips with you to make the best of moving into a new season!

  • Spring equinox

  • Spring in feng shui

  • Spring cleaning

    • Under the bed

    • Your closet

    • The refrigerator

    • Windows

    • Your front door

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

Episode 057: Feng Shui Love Story, Activate Your Love Life

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EPISODE 057: Feng Shui Love Story, Activate Your Love Life

Along with wealth and career success, love is one of the most popular topics among my feng shui clients. In fact, it’s so popular that we’ve written a mini-course about relationships on Mindful Design Feng Shui. Check it out here! In this episode, we’ll share some tips on feng shui adjustments to help you write your own love story!

  • How feng shui relates to love

  • Feng shui tips for your bedroom

    • Your bed

    • Your nightstands

    • Rose quartz

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

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Episode 056: Chinese Zodiac for 2019: Year of the Earth Pig

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EPISODE 056: Chinese Zodiac For 2019: Year of the Earth Pig

We’re back! Welcome to episode 56 of the Holistic Spaces podcast. We’ve missed you! Did you miss us?

Happy New Year, and welcome 2019! The Chinese New Year is tomorrow, on February 5th.

Welcome the Year of the Earth Pig, listen for insight for the coming year, and remember that even challenging years can bring great results!

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

Episode 055: Sound Healing with Julius Betila

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EPISODE 055: SOUND HEALING WITH JULIUS BETILA

Welcome to the final episode (for now) of the Holistic Spaces podcast. I am sad to put the podcast on hold, but hopefully we'll be back soon with new episodes. Please let us know if you'd like to hear more! 

For our last session, we're chatting with Julius Betila, a sound healing artist I met at a Kundalini yoga event. Julius graciously joins us and opens up around his sound healing journey, how sound relates to feng shui and science and how we can begin our own sound journeys. I'm very excited to chat with him about all his wonderful instruments! 

  • Julius's sound journey

  • Sound and energy vibration

  • Sound and the body

  • The heart and the mind

  • How sound connects to the heart

  • Using sound to cut through energy

  • Tingsha and other sound healing instruments

  • Shamanic dream journey

  • Sound to lift chi and find happiness

  • Opening up through sound

  • Space clearing and sound

  • Ways to start working with sound

  • Catching the breath

  • Colors as vibration and frequency

  • Electromagnetic signals and clarifying your message

I'm so grateful to Julius Betila for sharing his sound journey and insights with us. I loved the experience of his music and sounds, and I highly recommend attending a sound healing workshop or meditation near you if you're interested! I also want to thank each and every one of you for listening to the podcast for these last 55 episodes. Please do let us know if you miss the episodes, and we'll hopefully be back! 

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

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A student of life, Julius Betila’s natural curiosity in science and technology led to spirituality and a deeper connection to the universe. He believes that Quantum Physics is the modern language of the mystics that we can use to bridge our inner and outer worlds. With a loving intention and sacred instruments like a gong, Himalayan bowls, drums, flutes, and chimes, Julius creates a meditative soundscape to promote a sense of well being by synchronizing the heart and brain. You can find more information at Www.soundhealingvibrations.com. 

Episode 054: Yantras and Sacred Art with Mavis Gewant

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EPISODE 054: YANTRAS AND SACRED ART WITH MAVIS GEWANT

Mavis Gewant has been my sacred art teacher for eight years, and I'm happy to finally have her on the podcast talk yantras and sacred art! Mavis shares her vedic knowledge and how sacred art is like meditation. If'd you like, check out the Holistic Spaces yantra mandalas while listening and see if you can match up numbers and designs! 

  • What is a yantra?

  • Mavis's story as an artist

  • Yantras as meditation

  • Vedic astrology

  • Relationship mandalas

  • Psychic vedic numbers in sacred art

    • 1 - Sun - Orange, Yellow, Gold - Ruby - Sunday - Renunciation

    • 2 - Moon - Light Blue, Silver, Grey, White - Pearl - Monday - Individual Stability

    • 3 - Jupiter - Yellow - Yellow Sapphire, Citrine - Thursday - Selfless Service

    • 4 - Rahu, North Node of the Moon - Earthy brown, Smoky blue, Gold - Hessonite - Saturday - Satisfaction

    • 5 - Mercury - Green - Emerald - Wednesday - Sobriety

    • 6 - Venus - White, Pastel shades, Multicolors - Diamond - Friday - Discipline

    • 7 - Ketu, South Node of the Moon - Smoky greens - Cat's Eye - Tuesday - Practicality

    • 8 - Saturn - Black, Dark blue, Purple - Blue Sapphire - Saturday - Kindness and Forgiveness

    • 9 - Mars - Red - Coral - Tuesday - Patience

Once again, thanks to my incredible teacher, Mavis, for sharing her insight on the interesting practice of sacred art and psychic vedic numbers. Mavis's art, classes and more are available on her website at sacredmotherarts.com. I encourage you to check out her work and see if she is offering workshops near you!

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

Mavis’ next workshop will take place November 3 at The Living Seed in New Paltz, NY. She teaches Sacred Painting Workshops worldwide, including a yearly retreat in Haridwar, India. It is her humble desire to help others through this transformational art form and she makes her painting a spiritual practice. Her artwork can be seen on her website: www.sacredmotherarts.com

 

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Episode 053: Dreams and Sacred Spaces with Ash Riley

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EPISODE 053: DREAMS AND SACRED SPACES WITH ASH RILEY

This week, I'm very excited to welcome my friend, Ash Riley, an intuitive personal development mentor who works with many spiritual topics, including dreams. This time around, we'll chat with Ash about dreams and sacred spaces, but hopefully she'll be back soon with more insight on all the spiritual aspects of her work.  

Thanks so much to Ash for stopping in to share her knowledge and advice around dream interpretation! It would be interesting to know how many Holistic Spaces fans keep dream journals or intention altars, as Ash recommended. Share with us if you do, or even if you're planning to start one now!

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

Ash Riley is a spiritual entrepreneur, intuitive lifestyle blogger, and personal development mentor who enjoys empowering others to tap into their own inner-strength. She is the voice behind In My Sacred Space, an intuitive lifestyle blog which explores personal, spiritual, and intuitive development, and incorporating spirituality into daily life in the mind, body, spirit and space. Visit her website, www.inmysacredspace.com for more info!

 

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Rose Quartz for Relationships

Tune in November 13 for the next Holistic Spaces Podcast, Yantras and Sacred Art with Mavis Gewant

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