by llenore | Mar 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Improving your home through proper landscaping using Feng Shui principles from several Feng Shui schools including Landscape, Water Dragon and Classic Schools can be a fun, practical and creative process if done correctly. If done poorly, it can turn what used to be a good Feng Shui home into a nightmare, actually blocking good energy that is necessary for a wonderful life.
Not only is the front door hidden from view, the landscape on this corner house is overgrown and lacks flow. There is no flow for attracting the Good Feng Shui to the home.
Three Bad Feng Shui Practices
The front yard is the location designed to attract the most good energy to your home according to most Feng Shui schools.
- Planting trees in the wrong location.
- Blocking the view of the front door from the street.
- Lack of “Good Feng Shui” plants plus incorrectly designed structures in the front yard.
Planting Trees in the Wrong Location
Trees should not be too close to the house. They should not grow over the home making it feel smothered by a too tall or too heavy tree.
Depending on the type of trees and the geographic location in which you live, you will probably want to have deciduous trees in the south if you live in the Northern Hemisphere to allow the sun to shine on the house and warm it during the winter months. Trees on the west side of your home can provide shade to keep the home cooler during the summer.
Blocking the View
Good energy finds it’s way to your home from the street to the front door. If you can’t see the front door from the street you are blocking the Good Chi from finding your home. You may want to have both some tall and short plants to add interest. This makes the chi “dance” up to the front door.
Lack of Good Feng Shui Plants Plus Incorrect Structures
Some plants are more inviting than others. There are times when you want the “protection” of spiny plants. If you are next to a shopping center or busy highway you might want pointed plants. Otherwise it is best to have soft, beautiful, flowery plants.
If your front yard feels too exposed and open – say on a corner lot – the use of a fence is usually the best defense. Having tall plants or plants that are overly full hides the house, AND it also hides the view of the front door as mentioned above. Arbors and other manmade structures should not have points aimed at the house. These would be “attacking” arrows.
If you want more information on proper landscape design, attend one of my classes. I am a guest lecturer at many horticultural programs, Home & Garden Shows and places like the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show nationwide. I also present webinars on interior and exterior design. Check out my events page for current offerings.
by llenore | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Do you know Feng Shui basics and want to learn how to apply them? Want to attend a workshop on Saturday, March 12 from 1-3 p.m. in Newark, CA.? Then read the rest of this post.
In the Asian culture the Fu (or sometimes times spelled “Foo”) Dog is both a protector and a greeter of good energy.
Feng Shui Master Linda Lenore teaches specific solutions, including:
- Principles from several Feng Shui schools
- Connections between elements, colors and shapes
- How to balance energy using Feng Shui elements
- Which elements create supportive environments for health and well-being
- What to expect in the Year of the Monkey
Linda Lenore, known as “The Healing Designer,” is a best-selling author and international columnist who has been featured on the Hallmark Channel and on Lifetime Media. Her clients include the Ritz-Carlton, Adobe, Bank of the West and international personalities. Quoted as an expert by major publications including the Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News (front page), the Christian Science Monitor, Korean syndicated newspapers and Better Homes and Gardens Special Publications, she is known for creating environments that stimulate success and soothe the soul.
For Good Feng Shui we want to be able to move around the rooms without it feeling to tight. By not having a dresser on this wall we can move freely around the bed making the room feel more spacious.
Registration is required. Sign up at the Information Desk at the Newark Library, call Barbara at (510) 284-0684 or email telford-ishida@aclibrary.org.
The library is wheelchair accessible. An ASL interpreter will be provided for this program if requested at least 7 days in advance. Voice (510) 284-0677 or TTD (888( 663-0660.
To download a flier of this event, click here: Feng Shui March 2016
Again, workshop details –
- Date: Saturday, March 12, 2016
- Time: 1-3 p.m.
- Where: Newark Library
- 6300 Civic Terrace Ave.
Newark, CA 94560
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- Cost: All library programs are FREE
by llenore | Feb 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Putting out fires and swinging from one thing (or branch) to another is the theme for the next year and we are only one week into the Year of the Fire Monkey. At least, so far, that has been my experience.
Everything I have been able to find about the energies of the Year of a Fire Monkey led me to prepare for an exciting and fully packed 12-months. Delving deep into the details of contracts and acting quickly are imperative to avert disasters.
FIRE Qualities
Celebrate the Beginning of the Chinese New Year , February 8, 2016
I can’t remember a year starting off with so many “attention-getters” – all happening almost simultaneously. Then again, with my awareness of the different Chinese animals and the Five Elements associated with the different years, it’s been 60 years since the last Year of the Fire Monkey. Quite frankly, I was too young to know or understand anything about energies at that age.
What I can say about the year ahead is that it will not be dull. Go ahead to make you plans to accomplish things knowing there will likely be alterations to those plans. There will be new possibilities thrown into the mix at any particular time.
MONKEY Qualities
Distractions –
When you have a chance during the year, think about what you really want and don’t want. Know which way you want to go with your dreams and life. Hard decisions will come up. You don’t want to fly off in a direction away from your dreams. You do want to swing into action to capture everything good, wonderful and in alignment with you goals. One new turn can make all the difference in the plan.
Family or Tribe –
Family is all important. Spend time with them and support them in any way you can.
Neat and Clean –
Clutter needs to be at a minimum. Continually remove. Toss old items. Rethink what you need. Get rid of damaged items and outdated clothing. Purchase minimal amounts of anything and use it up before it spoils or is outdated. Organize constantly. Get your home and office into better shape than it has ever been.
Exercise and Clean –
Monkeys are very athletic. They swing from branch to branch and hang by one arm. Sometimes they hang upside down getting a different perspective on their environment.
Look around your environment. Clean it up. The process of cleaning gives you exercise and also invigorates you when you see how nice it looks.
I’m finding this year is caring of many of the qualities from the Year of the Sheep. They are: 1) Taking care of ourself, 2) Organize, and 3) Spend time with family. Add to the mix the high-energy of FIRE and it’s explosive qualities causing burns and burn-out along with the playful antics and high energy of a MONKEY, we have an interesting year of strange and exhilarating possibilities.
