LUMINOUS SPACES BLOG
In Feng Shui, finding the right desk for your home office is so important to your business success. Look at your desk as a metaphor for your work. Your desk can reflect your subconscious feelings about your work, how you do it, how well you should be compensated and how successful you are! Proportions […]
The short answer is: it depends. A few weeks ago, I was on my way to a consultation in Long Beach. I approached a stoplight, emersed in my thoughts about the client’s consultation when a man in the car next to me rolled down his window. Naturally, I thought he was going to ask me […]
Feng Shui is scientific. And it's also intuitive. My training has been in both sides and I use both in my consultations. I have trained in Classical or traditional Feng Shui – including both Form and Compass Schools – which is a more scientific approach. I use a compass to determine the facing and […]
Are you curiously uncomfortable in your home? Join the group. Many clients tell me that their home, however long they've lived there, does not feel like "home." This is so sad. Our homes are our only places of refuge in this big world. It should be a place where, when we pull into the […]
Incorporating the 5 natural elements into a garden space is natural – especially the Earth element. Earth is represented by soil, rocks, and stone; materials of terra cotta and pottery. Earth colors are the colors of of yellow, and the colors of soil from sandy beiges to orangey clays and muddy browns. Other ways […]
You know "wabi-sabi", right? Well, put it this way, the stuff that you created in elementary school could be considered wabi-sabi. "Imperfect, impermanent and incomplete" is what wikipedia says about wabi-sabi. In kindergarten for Mother's Day I made my mom a "paper holder" out of two paper plates with glued on pasta shells that […]
Some people are surprised to hear that Feng Shui is not only practiced in Asia, but the Middle East and Europe are much further along in integrating Feng Shui into their architectural design practices than we are! And since Feng Shui is all about creating spaces that make people feel good, the industry that […]
The literal translation of Feng Shui is "wind and water". These two elements of nature had a tremendous impact on the survival of ancient people. Even now, as we act as if we've conquered the natural world, we've observed the horrors of floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and tsunamis. These natural forces prove to have the […]
Architect and colleague of mine, Anthony Musso, is currently working on a new green home building project in Roslyn called Flower Hill. It's a "net zero" energy project, meaning that this home will have zero energy consumption and zero carbon emissions. It's a beautiful, self-sufficient home. Based in Cold Spring Harbor, Tony and his […]
Watching the royal wedding this morning…not that I'm a British-wannabe, but there is something special and magical about a royal wedding. It's history and I, for one, did not want to miss it. I am watching the events unfold at Buckingham Palace as I write this. Curious about what the feng shui is like at […]
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