Episode 91: Five Feng Shui Mistakes

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EPISODE 091: Five Feng Shui Mistakes

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Photo by Devon Janse van Rensburg on Unsplash

Have you ever worried that you’re doing feng shui wrong? If so, you’re not alone. While we don’t believe anything in feng shui is always good or always bad, there are a few things we suggest staying away from as you’re exploring.

  • Our thoughts on “good” or “bad” feng shui

  • Why you might be attracted to homes or space with challenging feng shui

  • Our opinions on plants in the bedroom

  • What happens when you try do adjust all of the bagua areas at once

  • What to do when you want to change someone else’s feng shui

  • Why it’s helpful to work with a trained practitioner instead of trying to do your own feng shui

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

Episode 90: Aligning with Fire Summer Energy with Stacy Scott

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EPISODE 090: Aligning with Fire Summer Energy with Stacy Scott

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Photo by Larisa Birta on Unsplash

In this episode, we’re excited to welcome Mindful Design Feng Shui School graduate Stacy Scott, founder of Sanctuary Feng Shui. We talked to Stacy about aligning with summer’s fire energy, and working with the fame & recognition area of the feng shui bagua map.

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

 
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Stacy Scott, founder of Sanctuary Feng Shui, is a Feng Shui practitioner and expert in everyday living. She partners with forward looking folks ready to welcome in the possible by energetically calibrating their life and home. You can find her most days overly caffeinated. Connect on the ‘gram @sanctuaryfengshui or email Stacy at stacy@sanctuaryfengshui.com.

Episode 089: Feng Shui Consultation with Helen

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EPISODE 089: Feng Shui Consultation with Helen

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Photo by Mary Whitney on Pexels

This is a special episode because you’ll get to hear us give a real live feng shui consultation! We spoke with Helen, who recently moved to a new condo and wants to work on career, wealth, success, and creating a peaceful and relaxing home.

  • Our suggestions to improve the overall flow of qi

  • The benefits of creating a space that allows for qi to flow

  • What stood out to us in Helen’s floor plan

  • How to soften the energy in the bedroom to create a more peaceful environment

  • Ideas for boosting the career area

  • How to enhance a balcony in the relationship area

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

Episode 088: Our Feng Shui Lineage

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EPISODE 088: Our Feng Shui Lineage

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Photo by Jon Moore on Unsplash

In this episode, we’re taking a moment to honor our feng shui lineage. We believe that it’s incredibly important to  honor our lineages, both our own personal cultural lineages and those of the practices we study and are drawn to. We’ve mentioned our teachers before, but inspired by the uprising against racial injustice that we’re witnessing right now, we are looking more deeply at how we are showing up in the world. While we always share our lineage with our Mindful Design students and everyone who attends our info sessions, we recognize that we can do more to honor our lineage publicly.

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

Episode 087: Five Feng Shui Basics

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EPISODE 087: Five Feng Shui Basics

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Photo by Minh Pham on Unsplash

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

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

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!

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

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.

Episode 085: Plants & Feng Shui

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EPISODE 085: Plants & Feng Shui

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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

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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.