Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement. It is an environmental science and is sometimes considered the mother of the natural sciences. Literally translated, it means Wind (over) Water.
Dating back thousands of years, Feng Shui was used as a method for optimizing how structures were situated according to location, climate, and direction. The desired result was the achievement of increased prosperity from both a tangible and spiritual perspective for those who lived within those structures.
Today, Feng Shui has become a viable tool throughout the world to bring a positive flow of energy into people's lives for improved business, relationships, health, prosperity, creativity and many other factors. Feng Shui can help when you are building, buying or remodeling a home, creating a garden, or starting a business. Perhaps even more importantly, Feng Shui can help when you are taking the steps to bring balance and harmony to your life.
Feng Shui is effective no matter what your religion, values, lifestyle or beliefs. It is not a doctrine or dogma, and it is not a set of strict rules that must be enforced. Instead, it is based on the power of intention, which means it will work for you if you allow it.
Because we work with seen and unseen energy (chi) in Feng Shui, it is important to understand the role each one plays in our lives.
Most people don't know what unseen energy is. Like a breeze blowing through a house with open windows, unseen energy can move papers and objects around without us actually seeing the energy itself. We just observe the results of its action. In Feng Shui (Wind over Water), it's the Wind component. In most cases, unseen energy is a bigger contributor to the overall process of activation, movement and flow than seen energy.
Like water flowing in a stream carrying leaves, twigs, and branches along its path, seen energy is visible and therefore more familiar to us. We can observe its motion directly and see the effect it has in our environment. more »
