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Book SynopsisLet world-renowned Feng Shui Master Marie Diamond show you how to activate the secret manifesting power of your home and welcome more abundance into your life.Manifestation techniques have exploded in popularity in recent years, but what many people don't realise is that there is a missing key you can use to do a lot of the manifestation work for you your home. Your home is a vision board that tells the Universe exactly what you want to attract in your life. The images you hang on the walls, the colors you choose, the items you display, the way your furniture is arranged all of these choices send out very clear messages to the Universe and have the power to supercharge or sabotage your goals. With over 30 years of manifesting incredible results for her clients, world-renowned Feng Shui Master Marie Diamond has created a life-changing energy system that works for everyone who uses it. This easy-to-follow method unlocks the missing key to manifestation

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Book SynopsisStart living a calmer, more balanced life with this all-in-one feng shui guide that explains the benefits that this energy healing technique can have on your mind, body, and spirit. Harness the ancient healing power of feng shui! Declutter your life, identify your qi, and reclaim your space with a brand-new perspective. Just by simply choosing specific colors and positioning your furniture in various places, you can take control of your space and your life. Feng shui is an ancient science involving the art of placement that can bring clarity to your life by showing you how to declutter your space and find the right energy flow that works to create a soothing environment and bring you joy. In The Little Book of Feng Shui, you can learn the basics of this practice, along with its history and how to balance and harmonize with the energies in any given space—in your home, workplace, or outdoor area. This beautiful and insightful book promotes healing through the choices you make for the spaces you inhabit and helps you learn how to heal yourself and live a happy, balanced life.Trade Review"Such a fun read." —Snazzy Little Things

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Book Synopsis"Flying Star Feng Shui" adds a new "time dimension" to feng shui practice - reflecting the fact that the subtle energies present in our living environment are constantly changing. The flying star combinations make it possible to respond to - or prepare for - these changing energy "situations".

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Book SynopsisVastu is the art of building in harmony with Nature, protecting from negative forces and enhancing positive influences. Good Vastu helps balance life aspects like health, wealth, relationships, and more. Applying Vastu in home or office can lead to significant improvements in quality of life.

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Book SynopsisReveals how to transform your home so that it enriches, nourishes and changes your life by bringing mind, body and spirit into balance. This title includes tips for finding inner peace in today's technology-saturated world, adding storage solutions, making rented spaces your own, practicing nurturing and evening rituals and more.

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Book SynopsisThis fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use—to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as a reference manual. The text and exercises proceed in systematic fashion from basic principles to specific projects, covering the following lessons:    •  Evaluating the landscape and external environment by using the techniques of the Landform School    •  Using the geomantic compass to chart patterns of energy within a building    •  Planning the usage of space    •  Matching occupants to a house    •  Deciding on the placement of furniture    •  Improving the feng-shui of a building with countermeasures, enhancers, and renovations    •  Building a new house    •  Choosing or designing an apartment, business suite, or retail space

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Book SynopsisCrop circles are the finest, most beautiful and original art forms of modem times, and they are totally mysterious. Behind the crop circle phenomenon is an evident purpose. Some intelligence, human, alien or spiritual, is in the process of communication. It is exposing us to a course of re-education, beginning with the symbols of sacred knowledge and wisdom. The most striking evidence for this view is the amazing formation that appeared at Crooked Soley in Wiltshire on the 27th August 2002. Clearly expressed in its design are certain numerical symbols that are known esoterically as the 'Keys to Creation'. They are also keys to that universal science associated with the Holy Grail. From time to time it is revealed again, and when that happens, culture and the human spirit are renewed and life on earth is restored to its natural state as a reflection of paradise.

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Book SynopsisBring greater abundance into your life by using energy constructively with these strategies and tools to activate the nine areas in your home, office, and garden.

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Book SynopsisCreate the environment to attract the life that you deserve, with the guidance of internationally renowned Feng Shui Master Marie Diamond.Rooted in ancient Chinese culture, Feng Shui is a system that teaches people how to arrange their living space to attract health, wealth, happiness and good energy – or chi – into their lives.Marie Diamond’s unique Diamond Feng Shui system combines traditional Feng Shui teachings with the Law of Attraction, neuroscience and quantum physics to help you increase the abundant energy in your home and in your life. In this book, you will learn:- The importance of space clearing to create a more mindful, relaxed and organized home.- How your personal energy number can help you attract the things you want with quicker and better results.- Ways to activate your Feng Shui with crystals, plants, flowers and water.- Tips for activating your success, money, health and relationship goals.- Ways to Feng Shui different parts of your home to improve the energy flow and boost your chi, including your front door, family space, bedrooms and kitchen.Feng Shui Your Life offers exercises, tools and practical guidance, and will become your go-to resource to help you attract a life of abundance beyond your wildest dreams.

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Book SynopsisYou have just gotten the keys, unpacked the boxes, and officially moved into your new apartment. Or maybe you have lived in your home for a couple years and it is in need of some extra love and care to make it into the place you always dreamt it would be. But where do you start? Should you repaint the walls or replace the floors? Are you a minimalist or a maximalist? What is missing?In this beautiful book, from the authors and creators of the award-winning blog All Up In My Space, Robyn Donaldson and Emma Hopkinson share their abundance of knowledge on interior design to help you figure out how to make your space your own. Learn about how to decorate a rental property without losing your deposit, discover how to switch things up in your home without having to change everything, and identify what type of interior design style suits you.With practical tips for things like painting and vintage shopping and advice on where to purchase classy yet budget-conscious furn

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Book SynopsisLet master of Maximalism Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tell you how to create and curate a space that you can truly love spending time in.Changing Rooms’ flamboyant lead designer has made a great living out of being himself, having spent his entire career encouraging people to reject decorative modesty. More More More is a rejection of so-called “good taste” that leaves people being so in control of their own home that even life feels out of place within it, and instead celebrates exuberance, lavish living, and individuality. It’s all about giving yourself the confidence you lack by curating your own perfect haven of chaos, so that you can live and love your stuff – in surroundings that are anything but beige!With this book, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen will not only explain how to adopt maximalism in the home, but promises to change your outlook on living happily in it. Structured within a complete timeline of maximalism, there’s

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Book SynopsisAn effective space is one that works for you, liberating you to live the life you want. Natasha takes you around the home and shares her hacks from the kitchen to the bedroom via the bathroom and entranceway. Never again will you need to step over your floordrobe, rifle through the shoe rack, or spend ten minutes searching for keys.Applying Natasha''s house rules to every room, drawer and cupboard, you''ll learn to ditch the complex systems, keep things where you use them and set all-important boundaries throughout your home.Taking the questionnaire at the start of the book will reveal the priorities for your living space. Then, by implementing daily routines, simple systems and practical processes tailored to your needs, you will create an ideal stress-free environment that looks good, too.With beautiful photography throughout, and step-by-step diagrams of folds for everything from towels and T-shirts to gift-wrap, Natasha''s system for creati

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Book SynopsisClearing clutter can radically transform your life. Drawing on her wealth of experience as a feng shui, space clearing and clutter clearing consultant, Karen Kingston explains how clutter is stuck energy that has far-reaching physical, mental, emotional and spiritual effects. This book will motivate you to clutter-clear as never before, once you realise just how much your junk has been holding you back!Learn:- Why people keep clutter- How clutter causes stagnation in every area of your life- Why clearing clutter is essential for effective feng shui- How to clear clutter quickly and effectively- Karen Kingston''s top ten clutter clearing tipsTrade ReviewWhat a great book . . . I have read it twice in a week and underline more of it each time. Thanks, Karen, for helping me to simplify my life in a joyful wayA gem of a book. You'll read it on the bus going home and be boxing, filing and clearing the instant you're through the door - Elle

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Book SynopsisThis unique compendium reveals how crystals, chakras, colour healing and feng shui can enhance every aspect of your life, with 1000 beautiful images.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive illustrated guide to the powerful Chinese art of Feng Shui in the home, garden and office; declutter your life and encourage positive energy flows. A newly updated and relaunched large-format edition.

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Book SynopsisThis book tracks the evolution of feng shui in detail in China from 221 BC till the present day, and then its spread throughout SE Asia, and finally to the rest of the world in the last 35 years. This has never been done before in English. The only information on the history of feng shui occurs as scattered chapters in a number of books, but these books often repeat the same tired generalisations, and include many largely erroneous statements such as: 1. Feng shui is 6000 years old. In fact the characters ''feng shui'' were not used in this context before 320 CE. Even the older names (ti li, kan yi, etc.) for this practice do not occur in any surviving texts before 221 BC. 2. Feng shui derives from the Yi Jing. In fact, apart from the 8 trigrams being used as basic directional indicators, no feng shui compass shows the 60 hexagrams till 1600 CE, and not the full 64 hexagrams till 1824. 3. The feng shui compass derives from a magnetised spoon revolving on a plate. In fact this incorrect

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Book SynopsisBenefit from the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui Take a look around you. What do you see? Whether or not you''re aware of it, your environment profoundly affects your health, wealth, family life, relationship, and yes, even your destiny. Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway), which means wind water, is the ancient Chinese study of harmony and energy flow between you and your physical surroundings. Now, Feng Shui For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows you how you can apply Feng Shui principles to your home (inside and out) and workplace (from window office to cubicle) in order to achieve a better life. Principles are explained in an easy-to-understand language Practical tips show you how to incorporate the traditions of Feng Shui to your everyday life Before-and-after illustrations and full-color photos of real-life Feng Shui makeovers in an all-new 8-page color insert Free of technical jargon and brimming with pracTable of ContentsForeword xix Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Conventions Used in This Book 3 What You’re Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 4 How This Book is Organized 4 Part 1: Getting Started: Feng Shui Made Clear 4 Part 2: Energizing Your Home’s Exterior 5 Part 3: Feathering the Nest: Nurturing and Nourishing Indoor Spaces 5 Part 4: Going to the Next Level: Using Feng Shui for Life Change 5 Part 5: The Part of Tens 6 Icons Used in This Book 6 Where to Go from Here 7 Part 1: Getting Started: Feng Shui Made Clear 9 Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Feng Shui 11 Demystifying Feng Shui 12 The Meaning of the Term Feng Shui 13 Ancient Chinese Secrets: The Big-Picture View of Feng Shui 14 Unearthing Basic Feng Shui Principles 15 Understanding the Schools of Feng Shui 20 Looking at Feng Shui Factors That You Can Use to Your Advantage 24 Finding Life Solutions with Feng Shui 25 Getting Additional Help 30 Chapter 2: Mastering the Principles of Feng Shui 31 Chi: The Energy of Feng Shui 32 The Types of Chi 35 The Flows of Chi 36 Cultivating Chi 38 Positioning: Your Place in the Scheme of Things 39 Presenting the Three Life Pillars 42 The Psychology of Feng Shui 43 Basic Pointers for Feng Shui Success 45 Chapter 3: Unveiling the Secrets of the Octagon 47 Discovering the Magic of the Octagon 48 Orienting the Octagon 54 Troubleshooting Octagon Placement 60 Changing Your Life with the Octagon 62 Chapter 4: Picking Up Your Feng Shui Tools 63 So What is a Feng Shui Cure? 63 Using the Three Phases of Your Cures 66 Opening the Feng Shui Toolbox: Creating Your Cures 68 Making Minor Additions to Bring about Major Changes 70 Chapter 5: Harnessing the Energies of the Five Elements 87 The Energies of the Five Elements 88 Placing the Five Elements in Your Environment According to the Octagon 90 The Cycles of the Five Elements 90 Using the Five Elements in Different Cure Methods 93 Applying Five Elements Cures for Life Change 96 Chapter 6: Tapping the Inner Power of Feng Shui 97 Introducing the Outer and Inner Aspects of Feng Shui 98 Discovering the Magic of Intention 98 Applying the Power of Intention to Cures 99 Revealing the Secrets of the Three Secrets Reinforcement 103 Frequently Asked Questions about the Three Secrets Reinforcement 109 Part 2: Energizing Your Home’s Exterior 113 Chapter 7: Harnessing Nature’s Power to Enhance Your Outdoor Spaces 115 Looking around the Neighborhood 116 Investigating and Curing Potential Nearby Negatives 122 Eliminating Home and Lot Problems 125 Sitting Pretty: Ideal and Not-So-Ideal Home Positioning 128 Enlivening Your Lot with Healthy Trees and Plants 134 Using Color to Empower the Life Areas of Your Property 138 Engaging the Power of Water 138 Positioning Outbuildings 140 Chapter 8: Making the Most of Your Lot and Home Shape 143 Discovering What Shapes Mean to You 144 Enjoying Balance: The Positive Effects of Symmetrical Shapes 144 Defining Projections and Missing Areas 146 Locating Projections and Missing Areas 146 Enhancing the Benefits of Projections 151 Curing Missing Areas 151 Fixing Irregular Home and Lot Shapes 155 Chapter 9: Open Sesame! Creating a Welcoming Entry 161 Recognizing the Importance of the Front Door and Foyer 161 Dealing with Driveway Issues 163 Clearing the Way to the Front Door for Natural Chi 166 Making the Most of the Mouth of Chi 173 Moving On In: Mastering Interior Entryway Problems and Solutions 177 Being Aware of Continual First Impressions 180 Part 3: Feathering the Nest: Nurturing and Nourishing Indoor Spaces 185 Chapter 10: Reinventing Your Home’s Layout 187 Looking at Your Home: Front and Back 187 Finding the Center of Your Home 191 Addressing Neighboring Rooms 194 Curing Opposing Doors 196 Chapter 11: Maximizing Results in the Bedroom 199 Putting Your Bed in the Commanding Position with Four Important Principles 200 Exploring Additional Bed Positioning Secrets 203 Recognizing the Critical Importance of a Good Bed 207 Improving the Power of Your Bed 210 Placing Your Master Bedroom in a Powerful Position 211 Considering Your Bedroom’s Shape and Layout 213 Enlivening the Entryway into the Bedroom 221 Remembering the Purpose of the Bedroom 222 Chapter 12: Now You’re Cookin’: Feng Shui for Your Kitchen 225 Understanding the Energy of Food 226 Maximizing Kitchen Location, Layout, and Stove Placement 226 Looking at the Stove: Your Home’s Energy Generator 232 Solving Miscellaneous Kitchen Problems 236 Chapter 13: Home is Where the “Shui” is: Enhancing Your Family Areas 239 The Living Room, Family Room, and Den 239 The Dining Room 241 Kids’ Bedrooms 241 The Bathroom 245 The Garage 249 The Basement 250 Utility Rooms 252 Chapter 14: Sprucing Up the Bits and Pieces 253 Doors and Doorways 253 Windows: The Eyes of Your Home 258 Angled Walls 261 Ceilings 262 Beams 264 Hallways: A Home’s Main Energy Arteries 266 Stairs 267 Pillars, Columns, and Posts 269 Fireplaces 269 Chapter 15: Power-Boosting Your Home’s Energy 271 Lighting Up Your Life to See Positive Results 271 Adding Life with a Splash of Color 274 Keeping Things Shipshape and in Working Order 277 Chapter 16: Improving Your Apartment with Feng Shui 281 Addressing the Common Fate Principle 282 Examining Your Building’s Structure 282 Optimizing Your Living Space 284 Delving into Details That Make a Big Difference 287 Chapter 17: Using Feng Shui in Your Office to Enhance Your Career 291 Using the Feng Shui Octagon and the Five Elements in Your Office 292 Working with Your Office Layout and Floor Plan 296 Putting Yourself in the Commanding Position at Work 301 Making Sure You Have a High-Quality Desk 304 Part 4: Going to the Next Level: Using Feng Shui for Life Change 307 Chapter 18: Hitting the Ground Running: Your Fabulous Feng Shui Action Plan 309 Avoiding the Road to Confusionville 310 Gathering the Information You Need for Success 311 Honoring the Importance of Focus 312 Addressing the Three Life Pillars 313 Analyzing the Energy of Your Lot and Home 316 Chapter 19: Taking Care of the Big Three: Your Money, Honey, and Health 317 Generating Cash Flow 318 Putting Pizazz Back into Your Partnership 319 Maximizing Health and Vitality 321 Enhancing Wealth, Relationships, and Health All at Once 324 Chapter 20: Looking Before You Leap: Selecting Your Next Home with Feng Shui 327 Understanding How Feng Shui Can Help You during the Home-Selection Process 328 Starting Off the Feng Shui Home-Selection Process on the Right Foot 330 Evaluating a Home’s Feng Shui Features 332 Assessing and Addressing Predecessor Energies 334 Chapter 21: Creating New Energy with Feng Shui Blessing Ceremonies 339 Dealing with Unseen Occupants in Your Home 340 The Advantages of Feng Shui Blessing Ceremonies 340 Frequently Asked Questions about Feng Shui Blessing Ceremonies 343 Tips for Performing Feng Shui Blessing Ceremonies 344 Out with the Old, In with the New: The Rice Blessing 345 The Citrus Water Blessing 352 Chapter 22: Unleashing the Genie: Personal Feng Shui Empowerment 357 Putting Bad Luck to Bed 358 Getting Personal with Feng Shui 360 Letting the Sun Shine In 363 Feeling Clean, Clear, and Refreshed with Meditations 366 Part 5: The Part of Tens 373 Chapter 23: Ten Principles for Success with Your Feng Shui 375 Retain Your Energy 376 Pay Attention to Life’s Feedback 376 Follow Your Intuition and Act with Urgency 376 Fine-Tune Your Feng Shui 377 Keep on Keeping On 377 Work on the Mundane as Well 378 Continue to Increase Your Knowledge 378 Keep the Faith 378 Enlarge the Team 379 Employ Special Timing for Stronger Cures 379 Chapter 24: Ten Tips for Finding the Right Consultant and Sticking with the Plan 381 Gauge Your Commitment Level 382 Set a Working Budget 382 Nail Down Your Intentions 382 Find a Real (Professional) Consultant 383 Discover What’s Involved in a Consultation 384 Make Sure the Vibe is Right 384 Get Specific Action Items 384 Just Do it — All of It! 385 Track Your Cures and Keep Your Eyes Peeled: Change is A-Comin’ 385 Document Your Life Changes 386 Chapter 25: Ten Tips for Selling a Home with the Help of Feng Shui 387 First Things First: Taking Care of Business 388 Activating Your Helpful People and Money Energies 388 Enter Buyer, Stage Right 389 Sending Out Your Message with Sound 389 Enhancing the Visibility of Your Entrance 390 Removing Obstacles from Your Entryway 390 Letting the Good Times Flow with Fountains 390 Cleaning Like Your Sale Depends on it — ’Cause it Does 391 Start Moving Now 391 A Little Birdie Told Me: The Birdseed Cure 392 Chapter 26: Ten Unique Calligraphies to Bless Your Life 393 Appendix: Feng Shui Resources 405 Index 407

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Book SynopsisAre you tired of formulaic interiors and following trends? Do you long for a home that expresses who you truly are, that's a sanctuary from our 24/7 lifestyles dominated by technology?  The Healing Home & Garden will help you to: - Take an objective look at your home  - Examine whether it's supporting your mental and physical wellbeing  - Identify how it may be perpetuating unhealthy habits like: working all hours, eating on the run, poor sleep and spending too much time indoors  - Tap into your intuition to create a healing environment that will ultimately make you happier, less stressed and       healthier  - Reconnect with the restorative power of nature      The Healing Home & Garden is for everyone - no matter your budget, whether you rent or own, live in a bedsit or a mansion. No major building works are involved, just a call to follow your own i

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Book SynopsisBest-selling author and originator of the term space clearing, Denise Linn offers a comprehensive and practical guide to transforming the energy in any environment through both modern and traditional methods such as feng shui, clearing clutter (whether physical, emotional, or spiritual), essential oils, crystals, and more. Space clearing is the art of cleansing and harmonizing the energy within an environment. This practice has the power to not only make your home feel good but also help those within to feel more positive and energetic, to bring balance to relationships, and to remove blocks for increased abundance, creativity, and well-being. In this comprehensive guide to space clearing, internationally best-selling author Denise Linn distills more than 45 years of experience as a leading authority in energy healing to guide you through ancient rituals and modern techniques for regaining control of the energy in any environment, including your home and your body. You'll learn how t

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to the art of feng shui.Filled with easy-to-use tips and techniques for improving the energy in your life, this book will teach you to harmonize and lay out spaces in your home to enhance your personal energy, improve your overall wellbeing, and bring good fortune and balance into your life.Includes information on how to:Declutter to clear the energy in your homeUse the Chinese bagua (number square) to map out rooms to enhance energyEmploy the five elements to harmonize the energy of your homeUse feng shui for the exterior of your home and outside landscapingThis wonderful primer will be hailed by anyone interested in interior design, Chinese legend and lore, and the creation of healing and harmonious living spaces.

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Book SynopsisRemedies, enrichments, elements & principles for creating harmony & balance in everyday life.

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Book SynopsisThis accessible introduction to the art of Feng Shui will help you understand how to use its teachings to optimise the energies of your space.

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Book SynopsisA room-by-room approach to increasing the positive vibes in your home?creativity, energy, inspiration, clarity?with a toolkit of techniques that will give you plenty of ideas for improving your living and working spaces. Everyone wants a home that fills them with an all-encompassing feeling of peace: a home that fills the soul with clarity, energy, love, and safety, and supports our perfect experience here on earth. The Healing Home is a guide to designing and living that isn't just about choosing the right throw pillows or organising your stuff. Its bounty of energetic techniques?including Feng Shui, space clearing, crystal healing, meditation, and mindfulness?emphasizes the connection between body, mind, and spirit in the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and more.Trade ReviewEndorsements for The Healing Home book - testimonials "Amy Leigh Mercree teaches you how to live holistically and cultivate beauty in your life in an easy way. Check out her book to turn your home into a healing oasis.” –Rebecca Campbell, bestselling author of Light is the New Black, Rise Sister Rise, and Letter to a Starseed“Amy’s book fizzes with joy and healing. Pick it up and let her reveal easy ways to transform your home. Amy brings healing to the real world.” –Nicole Jardim, Certified Women's Health Coach and author of Fix Your Period“If there’s anything we’ve learned over the past couple of years it’s that our home is a haven. Amy’s book is a go-to guide for transforming your space into a sanctuary for your soul.”–Shannon Kaiser, author of The Self-Love Experiment “Front door, bed, and this book, 'The Healing Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to Positive Vibes' are essentials for anyone who lives, you know, in a house! Amy's books never fail to inspire.”–Emma Mildon, bestselling author of The Soul Searcher's Handbook and Evolution of Goddess "This book will teach you countless ways you can transform your home into a healing space, today!" –Nick Pineault, author of The Non-Tinfoil Guide to EMFs"A powerful guide to enhancing every room within your home. This book is full of fantastic tools and techniques that will help you create the sanctuary and environment you truly desire." –Emma Mumford, bestselling author of Positively Wealthy

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Book SynopsisRule the world and take control of your emotional and mental health from where you sit, stand, and sleep. Chapter by chapter, learn how to tackle it all—relationships, clutter, health, communities, inner balance, and more—by looking within your immediate environment to make direct connections in your life.The Holistic Home is based on an original lifestyle concept focused on creating a dynamic, healthy, and thoughtful space within yourself and your home by combining three planes of action—mind, body, and spirit—that result in profound change. The condition of the mind affects the psychology of how you dwell: subconscious influences, decorating with intention, and allowing your emotional issues and challenges to manifest in your space. The physical aspects of your design space, such as furniture positioning, design elements, sustainability, wellness, and organization, are representative of your relationship with your body. And final

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Book SynopsisThis text presents a modern window into Feng Shui, the ancient practices for greater health and prosperity.

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Book SynopsisPromote positive energy and improve your productivity. Angi Ma Wong presents 400 feng shui techniques that will help you reach your life’s goals and gain inner peace. You’ll learn simple strategies for decor and organization that can develop your career, strengthen your family, encourage total body health, and free your mind. Organized alphabetically for easy reference, this guide will inspire you to explore how the spaces you inhabit are an integral aspect of a successful and enriching life.

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Book SynopsisThe First Sixteen Secrets of Chi offers a series of vitalizing and healing exercises that are at once astonishing in their simplicity and profound in their effects. Moreover, the exercises are prescriptive, acting like a 'medicine of movement.' Master Bond has developed a keen understanding of the similarities between the way chi moves in our external world and through our internal system.

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Book SynopsisPush Hands is the “other” part of tai chi that makes your practice a true living art Tai chi push hands practice is a necessary next step for tai chi practitioners who wish to make their art come alive. Push hands practice requires two people to engage in a variety of “light touch” moving and walking routines. By practicing these movements, practitioners begin to develop tai chi’s sensing, listening, and yielding skills. Combined, these skills are the first step for developing your tai chi as a martial art. The Dao De Jing classic reminds us that knowing others (an opponent) is important for knowing ourselves. By develop tai chi push hand skills, one begins to obtain a profound sense of feeling of your own body and mind. This ability aids greatly in regulating and controlling body, balance, health, perseverance, compassion, and overall spirit. It is no mistake that tai chi offers a lifetime of continued learning and progress; the goal is a deep understanding of yourself and your role in nature. In this book, you will learn The theory of tai chi pushing hands Tai chi qigong foundation practice Tai chi jing (power) practice Two-person stationary push hands practice Two-person moving push hands practice Tai chi rollback and press push hands practice International standard push hands routine Two-person free style push hands Martial art applications in tai chi push hands practice Dr. Yang reminds us “tai chi chuan was created based on the martial applications which were used for self-defense. Every movement of tai chi chuan has its unique martial purpose. Without this martial root, tai chi chuan practice will limited to a dance, lacking a deeper meaning or a deeper feeling.” This book is complemented by two companion videos sold separately. Tai Chi Pushing Hands 1 - Yang Style Single and Double Pushing Hands Tai Chi Pushing Hands 2 - Yang Style Single and Double Pushing Hands Available wherever DVD and Streaming videos are sold.Trade ReviewAfter reading the book, I realize the brilliance of the authors and highly recommend this book to anyone who either wants to learn Tai Chi Push Hands or deepen their knowledge of their practice of Tai Chi Chuan. —VioletLeeTaiChi.comTable of ContentsChapter 1: Theory of Taiji Pushing Hands Introduction About Pushing Hands Taiji Pushing Hands Training Contents Rooting, Uprooting and Centering Yin and Yang, Insubstantial and Substantial Six Turning Secrets of Taijiquan Chapter 2. Taiji Qigong Practice – Foundation Introduction Rooting Centering (Central Equilibrium) Heng and Ha Sounds Qigong Martial Grand Qi Circulation Taiji Ball Qigong Taiji Yin/Yang Symbol Sticking Hands Training Chapter 3. Taiji Jing Practice Introduction Injury Prevention Basic Jings for Taijiquan Pushing Training Coiling and Spiraling Training Listening and Following Training Controlling Jing Training Borrowing Jing Training Chapter 4. Single/Double Pushing Hands Training Introduction Stationary Single Pushing Hands Moving Single Pushing Hands Stationary Double Pushing Hands Moving Double Pushing Hands Peng/Lü/Ji/An International Double Pushing Hands Chapter 5. Taiji Rollback/Press Pushing Hands Training Introduction Small Rollback and Press Large Rollback and Press Mixed Rollback and Press Training Cai/Lie/Zhou/Kao International Routine Free Style Moving Pushing Hands Chapter 6. Examples of Martial Applications in Taiji Pushing Hands Introduction Kicking in Taiji Pushing Hands Striking in Taiji Pushing Hands Wrestling in Taiji Pushing Hands Controlling in Taiji Pushing Hands Chapter 7. Conclusion Appendix Translations and Glossary of Chinese Terms Index

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Book SynopsisGet organized, declutter, and find more calm in your days with this accessible, step-by-step guide to lasting order in your home sweet home. Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious about the clutter in your home? Have you spent countless hours organizing your home only to find it all destroyed in a matter of seconds? Does it seem like you will never get organized enough? Keeping order in your home can feel like a daunting and never-ending task, especially when you have little ones, but with Home Sweet Organized Home, you will be able to declutter your home easily and maintain lasting order in your sacred space. Jessica Litman, the mama, organizing expert, and creator behind The Organized Mama will help you optimize and maintain order in your home, so you can find more calm in your everyday life. Her practical organizing and decorating advice will make it simpler for you to keep your space exactly how you like it. Each chapter offers a step-by-step guide to organize a single room in your home—from your bedroom closet to your junk drawer to your kids’ rooms and toys—you will learn how to keep it all tidy. Have a stress-free and clutter-free home. In Home Sweet Organized Home, you will: Learn how to easily keep lasting order in your home. Tackle toy clutter and kid spaces. Use realistic tips to create a home that is welcoming. Beautify your space so it always feels fresh and calm. Find ways to keep yourself motivated and tricks to help you feel more at ease. Transform your space and your life with this guide to a cozy and peaceful home. Now more than ever, the idea of “home” is incredibly important. Home is not only where the heart is, but it has also transformed into a school, workplace, and self-care sanctuary. The Inspiring Home series explores how to expertly feather your nest and create spaces for you and your family that are both purposeful and cozy. Learn how to get every family member organized even when everyone is on different schedules, find the balance between great design and helpful function in every room of the house, and update and upgrade your spaces to the latest trends without breaking the bank. With amazing style suggestions and spot-on tips from experts in the home design and organization fields, the Inspiring Home series will have you living the luxe life faster than you can say “accent wall.” Also in this series: Blissful Nest and Simply Spaced.Table of ContentsContents Introduction What Does Being Organized Mean to You? Creating Lasting Organizing Habits Age-Based Organizing Overcoming Perfectionism Letting Go of Overwhelm Mental Clutter To Bin or Not to Bin Labels Bedrooms Kitchen Shared Spaces Office Bathrooms Kids' Rooms Toys Paper Clutter Holiday Decor Cherished Items Bringing It All Together with Decoration Where To Go From Here Thank You References Further Resources About the Author

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Book SynopsisBringing ancient wisdom into 21st-century lives, this is the ultimate easy-to-follow handbook on Feng Shui. Packed with practical advice, creative solutions and inventive suggestions for every sized budget. Discover how to declutter and cleanse your home through reordering and designing the space along the principles of chi (the subtle spiritual energy that flows through everything in the universe). The Energizing Art of Feng Shui is designed to help you work with what you already have. You don't need to take extreme measures like moving entrance ways or knocking down walls. Covering every room in your home or apartment, this book will teach you how to boost beneficial chi and control harmful chi through rearranging objects and clearing clutter. You can improve chi through small changes such as removing mirrors or TVs from the bedroom, or maybe you'll try a bigger project like rearranging your living room to avoid the "poison arrows" of sharp corners that can create tension in a room. This invaluable guide will help you bring real balance and happiness into your home.

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Book SynopsisPick up The Ultimate I-Ching and you will be able to start working with the hexagrams straightaway, guided by the easy-to-follow bite-size teachings, unique explanatory graphics and clear, non-mystical hexagram readings. This is the only book to compare and contrast the different theories and traditions and dig down to the essence of this incredibly profound and ancient Chinese divinatory practice so that anyone can use it to receive advice from the universe. Learn: * how to cast a reading with coins or with stalks * how to interpret each of the 64 hexagrams, drawing in wisdom from a huge range of scholarly sources * how to use the readings as a practical life guide * all about the I-Ching – from its history to its theory to its practice. There are many huge volumes of I-Ching theory, but all you need to know is contained in The Ultimate I-Ching. It is written in the spirit of Confucius, who said that the I-Ching – the Book of Changes – is a book that should be carried with you everywhere, because life itself is full of changes.Trade Review"Many books have been written on the I-ching but Antony Cummins manages to modernize the information and write it all up in a readable and easy-to-understand handbook or companion." —NetGalley, 5-star review "Admirably explains a complex subject." — NetGalley, 5-star review "This is truly the ultimate guide to the I Ching and one I will use for reference. It is full of details on how to cast the hexagrams and read them straight away." — NetGalley, 5-star review "An illustrated step-by-step guide to the Book of Changes . . . overall an excellent reference book." —NetGalley, 4-star review

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Book SynopsisLearn the simple yet powerful art of improving the energy of your home to create positive change in all areas of your life.Feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of creating energetic balance in our living and working spaces to make desired transformations in our life. In this book, Davina MacKail, a feng shui expert with over 20 years' experience, explains how the design of our home and the objects we own have a direct and profound impact on every aspect ofour life. She shows how you can make subtle changes to your living space to create significant shifts in your health, wealth and happiness.You will learn how to:- organize your home to heal problems in your career, relationships and finances- create more free time for your dreams by letting go of clutter once and for all- arrange your working and living spaces to thrive in your professional projects and personal life- identify and remove hidden stressors to your wellbeing- find and buy a home that makes you feel happy, healthy and safeThis book was previously published under the title Feng Shui (Hay House Basics series).

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Book SynopsisBe present and connected in your home with feng shui and mindfulness techniques. Feng shui teaches that we are interconnected and interdependent. This includes the spaces that we live in and engage with every day. We are not separate from our homes, our spaces or the objects and people that surround us. How can we begin to connect to and appreciate our world, and see the beauty in each moment? In Mindful Homes, Anjie Cho explains how we can start by paying attention to the details around us. Feng shui and mindfulness can help us to slow down, be more aware and create spaciousness to give birth to more joy, creativity and community. Learn simple practices to cultivate a healing living space, including creating sacred areas for rituals, incorporating crystals, mindful meditation and offering gratitude to deities and to your home itself. With stunning photography throughout, Mindful Homes will inspire you to look at your environment with fresh eyes and create a space that enhances happiness and wellbeing.Trade ReviewMindful Homes invites us into heightened awareness of our living spaces to discover natural arrangements of elegance and beauty. Anjie Cho is a gentle guide, skillfully leading us on a path of simplicity and mindfulness in our homes and workspaces. This is a joyful celebration of home, community, and world. – Gaylon Ferguson, Ph.D., author of Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Are Born WithThis book is a jewel. Both beautiful to look at and soothing to read. Taking the time to read through this book is an act of self-care. Mindful Homes offers simple and graceful feng shui teachings through a meditative lens. – Laura Morris, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School and the co-host of the Holistic Spaces podcast When it comes to creating space that heals, Anjie is one of the most considerate, grounded and contemplative people I have ever met. Her book Holistic Spaces was a gem that I was grateful to be able to introduce to my community who received with resounding praise. I am looking forward to doing the same with Mindful Homes and am so happy that Anjie is sharing more of her wisdom and light with the world! – Deborah Hanekamp, "Mama Medicine" and author of Ritual Baths: Be Your Own HealerThis book is a fascinating journey through the symbolic language of feng shui and will forever influence the choices you make in creating your environments. With a compelling voice of warmth and compassion, Anjie Cho invites us into a deeper relationship with our living and working spaces as she takes us into the heart and spiritual essence of form. Her visualizations and contemplations further attune us to body sensations and energy flow; and through the many color photographs of kitchens, bedrooms, offices and more we see new meaning beneath every color, texture and shape. – Joan D. Stamm, author of The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID, and Heaven and Earth are Flowers: Reflections on Ikebana and Buddhism.Anjie Cho’s new book is a beautiful invitation to explore the senses within ourselves and our space. She provides simple ways to create harmonious spaces while gently guiding the reader to align with mindful curiosity. This book is a powerful reminder of the interconnection we have to the spaces we live in, and the ability to heal from within. – Dr. Tamsin Lee, founder of Elemental Archetypes, a space sharing Daoist living to deepen the practice of healingWith impeccable timing in a chaotic world, Anjie nudges us to alter the space around us, to risk the uncommon and allow change to happen naturally. She moves beyond the rules and prescriptions of current feng shui offerings, and her golden threads of compassion and wisdom encourage us to be wholly ourselves. The guidance is gentle, simple, and easy—a gracious invitation to practice. – From the Introduction to Mindful Homes by Katherine Metz, founder of Feng Shui Storyboard, an archive of the teachings of His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Lin YunAnjie Cho is a rare gem. Her grounded and gentle approach shows us how to improve our spaces and lives by moving furniture, as well as the impact of understanding light, color, and space. Her work in creating holistic spaces is incredibly important to me and I’m stoked about all the new wisdom she’s put into Mindful Homes. Reading it will support you in all parts of your life, not just your home. – Katie Dalebout, author of Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling and host of Let It Out PodcastIf you're curious about how mindfulness can be applied to your home, Anjie Cho's delightful book guides you through mindfulness practices that include our physical spaces. Mindful Homes applies the Buddhist teachings of how we are interconnected and interdependent with our inner and outer spaces. – Ethan Nichtern, author of The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path

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Book Synopsis"The Feng Shui Diaries" are an account of the activities of Richard Ashworth, one of Britain's very few feng shui men: touching, informative, and very funny. They cover the human stories of why people call him in and what changes as a result. In his own words; "Sometimes I move a mirror, sometimes furniture. Usually I place water very precisely. Generally, I talk a lot. Stuckness, depression, addiction, ovarian cysts, infertility, lack of success are all grist to the mill, but above all, relationships: Moira wanted to be free of her ex-husband. I suggested the first step might be to stop sleeping with him. The house was full of shields and discs, yang metal symbols that in Chinese terms mean "mature man". Simply putting these on e-bay would move mountains." "The Feng Shui Diaries" shows how feng shui works for ordinary people in ordinary situations. There is nothing intimidating or inexplicable about it. And even if you don't follow the practice, they're a good laugh.Trade Review'I gave Richard Ashworth six numbers (my date of birth)and he gave me back the most astonishing picture of my life - both how it was then and, - with a clarity that still takes my breath away, - how it could be. Richard's brand of Feng Shui is not about your cushions; this guy tackles your most personal issues in a way that inspires both confidence and awe in equal measure. He partners you through this process of self-exploration and growth and leads you out the other side with demons conquered, life issues resolved. He says that our houses are metaphors for ourselves; sometimes he moves the furniture around. WARNING: he may make you cry.' Gillian Anderson, star of the X-Files 'Some people stand out among their peers. Richard is a scholar with a thirst for knowledge, superb consultant and healer who genuinely cares about his clients, successful media presenter and exemplary parent, all of which he manages with unassuming modesty and a wicked sense of fun.' Gill Hale, author of The Feng Shui Encyclopedia 'This is a valuable addition to the available literature on the complex and sometimes elusive study of the fascinating world of the Ba Zi, the Eight Characters which govern our destinies.' Derek Walters, author of The Complete Guide to Chinese Astrology, The Feng Shui Handbook 'I love his wit, wisdom and insights which combine with his amazing knowledge to provide entertaining and resourceful information.' Jon Sandifer, author of Feng Shui Astrology 'There is something about him that makes you feel he could be looking into your soul, never mind your kitchen cupboards.' Surrey Advertiser

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