Feng Shui Directory

Feng Shui Directory Newsletter   I   Spring 2008

Welcome to the Spring edition of the Australian Feng Shui Directory newsletter. You will find this issue choc full of interesting articles contributed by many of our practitioners. The topics include:

• Feng Shui Tips for Spring
• A look at Michael Phelps' Chinese astrology
  
• An excerpt from a Feng Shui practitioner's journey in China
  
• A book review of "The Feng Shui Way"

Nadia Lapadula-Merino : Editor - Feng Shui Directory 

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Feng Shui Spring Refresher

Spring often brings endings and beginnings. If you've had a life change, such as a child arriving or flying from the nest, you're in a great position to make your home more suited to a positive energy flow that will feed your soul and inspire you, than ever before. And if you're firmly rooted in the one spot, it’s the ideal time to give yourself an energetic fresh-start and discover just how much good chi your home can channel you.   read on

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Book Review: The Feng Shui Way written by Juliana Abram

Reviewed by Margaret Evans

Feng Shui seems to mean different things to different people – everything from a strategically placed goldfish bowl with just the right number of goldfish to a profound sense of the order of the cosmos. I’ve always found Juliana Abram to fit the latter category... read on

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The Secret of Michael Phelps' Four Pillars Chart

The Beijing Olympic Games has just closed not too long ago and it was the most spectacular one ever. The smooth progress of the Games brought the World over two weeks of enjoyment. As I said before the opening ceremony: “The date picked to open the event is an auspicious date which is full of Water Element. The Water Element represents the spectators. This Olympic games I believe will have the most spectators or audiences around the world this time.” In fact the 29^th Beijing Olympic Games had the most spectators ever. By talking about the Games, we must mention about the swimming superstar Michael Phelps. From a Chinese Astrology point of view, are there any special about his Four Pillar birth chart?

An excerpt from a Feng Shui Consultant's Diary: Walking the Mountains in China with Feng Shui Master Joey Yap - April 2008

One of the most exciting moments in a Feng Shui consultants life is to be able to walk the mountains and chase the dragon vein’s in China. It is putting into practice our study of Luan Tou (landform Feng Shui) where we analyse the Incoming Dragon (Lai Long), the structure of the Landform Embrace (Sha Shou),water structures in and around the area and the quality of the land itself (Meridian Spot). ... read on

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Forthcoming Feng Shui Workshops and Courses

The Feng Shui Directory has a wide range of workshops for those with a thirst for more knowledge than you can get in books through to world class courses for those who may aspire to becoming a consultant. There have been several new workshops and courses added to the website in the past week that will be taking place in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.

Be sure to visit our Courses & Workshops
web page monthly for new additions to what's on offer around the country.

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We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us

Sir Winston Churchill 

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Thank you for reading this far and we hope you look forward to our Summer edition due out in early December. From all the contributors at the Australian Feng Shui Directory