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What is Feng Shui

What is Feng Shui?

Feng Shui is an ancient study of the environment's relationship with it's inhabitants; between people and places. It looks for the explanation behind why we feel at ease in certain places and uncomfortable in others.

The practice of Feng Shui aims to balance and harmonise energy to create homes, work places and surrounding areas that nuture, support and envitalise us.

Much of traditional Feng Shui was based on common sense, mathematics, astrology and prevention. Today, traditional Feng Shui is combined with interior design and architecture, taking into account electrical fields (EMFs) and modern day building materials to apply it effectively to modern day living. Coupled with simple affirmations and applied with intent, any remedies or changes implemented to your environment can have an affect on your life, ranging from subtle to powerful transformations.

There are many different schools of thought in Feng Shui, all with their own valuable contributions towards enhancing chi:

Form School
Also known as Symbolic or Structural Feng Shui. This method involves assessing the quality of chi in your environment through the surrounding landforms and internal furniture and object placement. This method is most commonly written about in books on the subject.

Compass School
Also known as Eight House or Directional Feng Shui. This method involves locating the facing direction of the building and dividing it into eight compass directions; each associated with a particular direction of chi. The interpretation of each direction is associated with the eight archetype trigrams of the ancient I'Ching (Book of Changes). Each archetype has an influence over the people who inhabit the building.

Flying Star School
This is the most accurate and complex system of Feng Shui which analyses the influence of time on a building. This method involves taking an accurate compass reading of the home's facing direction (to determine the facing palace) and combining that information with the 20 year cylce number that the construction of the building was completed, along with the year any extensions were added on. There are few books available on this area of Feng Shui and the Feng Shui chart needs to be formulated and interpreted by a professional Feng Shui consultant. The Flying Star Chart, whilst different in appearance and in it's computation, can be likened to an astrological birth chart which requires and astrologer's interpretation of planets and stars to give an indication of prosperity, relationships, wealth and so on.

When is a Feng Shui consultation required?

Most people book a Feng Shui consultation when they are not happy with one or more aspects of their environment and feel that this is reflected in their life. Feng Shui is an ideal way to identify the areas of your environment that can be enhanced to bring about positive change in many of your life including wealth, relationships, health, career and spirituality.

The reasons for booking a Feng Shui consultation include: