Balancing Yin and Yang in Your Home and Life
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
For me, change always begins at home. After years of working on myself and my home, I have realized how deeply connected I am to my environment. When my home is in disarray or cluttered and it doesn’t reflect my current goals, my inner life feels chaotic. On the other hand, when I apply the principles of Feng Shui by surrounding myself with things I love, beautiful objects, and peaceful furnishings, I experience inner beauty, love, and peace. It is as if my home becomes an extension of my body and Feng Shui is the acupuncture. (more…)
Tags: Balance, yin and yang
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A Colorful Home
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Colors can elicit powerful emotional responses. Color is created by wavelengths of light and each wavelength produces a unique vibration and energy that can affect our mood and health. Therefore, color can be a great way to bring different qualities and energy into your life; it can heal, bring balance, or support your intentions. You’ve probably experienced this connection between color and mood in subtle ways almost everyday. Do you feel different when wearing a bright yellow sweater than you feel dressed in all black? Would sitting in a room with red walls feel different than being surrounded by white walls? (more…)
Tags: color, Design
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Dream Home: Bringing Your Dreams Into Your Home
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
You can realize dreams with the help of your home. Your home may support you, inspire you, and become the vehicle through which you manifest your goals.
As my sister and I often say in our blogs, our homes are a reflection of who we are. And when we change the reflection, we too change. Winston Churchill once said, “we shape our dwellings and afterwards, our dwellings shape us.” Just think, if your home does indeed shape your life, it serves you to consciously create a space that reflects your dreams. You can do this by creating visual representations of your intentions, values, and aspirations in your surroundings. Your home will then become a source of inspiration and a place of transformation. (more…)
Tags: Affirmations, Dream Home
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A New Look at Interior Design
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Usually when we think of designing a home we immediately think about how our home will look. It’s common to begin the decorating process by focusing on aesthetics and although important, we believe that when we design our homes we should be equally concerned with how something feels and how it affects our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being. Our homes can affect the quality of our lives, our relationships, our health, and our chances of success and fulfillment. Our homes reflect and even shape our lives, therefore, in many ways, what we do to our homes we also do to ourselves. (more…)
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