The last time I spoke to you about the power of colours, I introduced you to the colour red. Today, let’s look at the symbolism of the colour green. Green in history Green was not a difficult colour to reproduce, as it could be obtained from many plants. The problem […]
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One of the benefits of Feng Shui is that it can help you improve your health, or maintain your current level of health if it is satisfactory. In my article on Chi, I explained that this vital energy is at the origin of everything that determines life. Thus, it can
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It is impossible to perform a Feng Shui expertise without understanding how the 5 Chinese elements interact with each other. This concept is called Wu Xing or, more precisely, “wu zhong liu xing zhi qi” which means “the five types of chi that predominate at different times”. According to Chinese
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Today, I’m putting on my interior decorator’s hat to talk about the power of colours. Colours are not neutral, they speak to us, they interact with our unconscious, with our moods, with our physiology! Each colour has its own frequency, so each one reasons differently with the human beings we
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The entrance is often neglected in decoration, as it is not considered a room as every other rooms in the house. At the same time, in our modern homes this is usually the case. The time is long gone when the entrance was 10m2 and served as a hall. In
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As we saw in my article on yin and yang, the Taiji symbol represents the eternal interaction between yin and yang. The black part, the yin, represents the feminine. The white part, yang, represents the masculine. Bagua is a key word in my Feng Shui glossary ! The 8 trigrams
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One of the benefits of feng shui is that it can help you to improve your health or maintain the current level if it is satisfactory. Feng Shui can help you improve the quality of your sleep, it can even help you get rid of your insomnia or night waking
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What is the Kua number? Before any analysis, the Feng Shui expert will have you fill in questionnaires… One dedicated to the house (year of construction, work already done, possible problems of leaks, cracks, etc), and one for each inhabitant of the house. In the latter, the expert asks for
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From Wuji to Taiji The principle of yin and yang is fundamental in feng shui. This is one of the most important concepts in my Feng Shui glossary!Taoists believe that we come from a great void (wuji) from which everything emerges. Wuji is considered the source of all creation, it
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Chi, the life force Chi is the vital force at the heart of all things. It is called Ki by the Japanese, Prana by the Hindus or Pneuma by the Greeks. The most important word of my Feng Shui glossary ! For Westerners, Chi (pronounced “tchi”) is an abstract notion
Even when the attic of a house is said to be “lost” because the frame is made of W trusses, it is possible to fit it out anyway. There are specialised companies that can make the necessary modifications to the roof structure and the appropriate reinforcements to ensure that the
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Just like the corridors, the toilets are often forgotten in the decoration. Why is that when it seems (according to the Word Toilet Organisation) that we spend 2,500 times a year there! It’s well worth trying to make it a nice place, isn’t it? I’ll tell you what I did
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