Following The Little Book of Hygge, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and other bestsellers, Shikake introduces the latest example of practical wisdom from abroad: shikakeology, a phenomenon sweeping Japan. Naohiro Matsumura-renowned as the founder of the study of shikake, the Japanese word for "device"-has devised a new approach to design as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. For example: * a staircase painted like piano keys prompts people to exercise * a symbol of a shrine placed in a public square discourages vandalism Combining traditional Japanese aesthetics with the lessons of behavioural economics, Matsumura presents a tool kit for literally anyone who wants to create their own mindful designs-and reveals how shikakes can help us address big challenges, including even climate change. Mind-bending yet elegant, Shikake will inspire readers to appreciate-and transform-the analogue world around them.

This 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 deduction made by Wang Chen-To in 1946 (and later reluctantly repeated by Needham) was completely discredited by several researchers in the 1990s. This book has been meticulously researched, from authoritative Chinese texts and the analysis of many antique lo p'ans, and gives the real history of feng shui. It contains the biographical details of many masters, and tracks the developments and people involved in propagating feng shui in the US, UK, Europe and China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, in the 20th and 21st century, right up to date in 2012. It clearly shows the different feng shui methods and masters, and how they relate to each other.

Get rid of clutter, reorganize your home, and revitalize your life with this simple guide to feng shui.

What does the stuff in your home say about your life? Do your closets overflow? Is the area under your bed permanent storage space for junk? An ancient Chinese proverb says that if you want to change your life, you must move things in your home. In Feng Shui Your Life, Tisha Morris provides quick, easy, and practical feng shui techniques to help you get rid of clutter and rearrange your home. By following her simple steps and checklists, you can create an inviting, personal atmosphere in your home, ultimately renovating your life. Discover how to:

Manageably clear clutter to optimize space

Use lighting, color, and simple objects to create good energy flow

Space clear to promote good health

Integrate natural elements into your home to create harmony, prosperity, and happiness

This title includes tips for finding inner peace in today's technology-saturated world. In this new and updated edition of a classic in feng shui and interior design, Jayme Barrett reveals how to transform your home so that it enriches, nourishes and changes your life by bringing mind, body and spirit into balance. New information 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.

Conjure calm and summon serenity with Calming Magic, a soothing introduction to the healing energy of mystical practices, aromatherapy blends, crystal rituals, and more. Use the power of intention, ritual, and spellwork to craft a more peaceful, connected life with Calming Magic. Harnessing ancient wisdom and profound magic, this enchanted guide pairs mindfulness with mysticism to help readers support the body, mind, and heart in times of stress. Organized into three sections -- Peace, Clarity and Creativity -- Calming Magic offers a pathway to tranquility, from quieting anxious thoughts and focusing the mind to cultivating the imagination. Each section incorporates magical practice that fortify the body (with teas, yoga practices and home remedies), the mind (with meditations, spells and feng shui), and the heart (with crystals, tarot readings and rituals). With primers on the foundations of mystical practices, and creative DIYs to customize rituals and spells, this beautiful volume brings magic and harmony into today's hectic world.

Get rid of clutter, reorganize your home, and revitalize your life with this simple guide to feng shui.

What does the stuff in your home say about your life? Do your closets overflow? Is the area under your bed permanent storage space for junk? An ancient Chinese proverb says that if you want to change your life, you must move things in your home. In Feng Shui Your Life, Tisha Morris provides quick, easy, and practical feng shui techniques to help you get rid of clutter and rearrange your home. By following her simple steps and checklists, you can create an inviting, personal atmosphere in your home, ultimately renovating your life. Discover how to:

Manageably clear clutter to optimize space

Use lighting, color, and simple objects to create good energy flow

Space clear to promote good health

Integrate natural elements into your home to create harmony, prosperity, and happiness

After completing the ambitious task of transliterating the four titles under the "Four Celebrated Poems of Xuan Kong", Joey Yap's accomplished student, Hung Hin Cheong returns with another immense effort focusing on the San He branch of Classical Feng Shui called Yin House Feng Shui. Much older than any other Feng Shui system, San He holds its own ground to this day, especially in regards to Burial Feng Shui, or better known as Yin House Feng Shui. Whereas the commonly practised Feng Shui for the living or Yang House Feng Shui, which affects only the occupants living in the property, Yin House Feng Shui brings on more far-reaching effects. A burial, good or bad, can impact several generations down the line. With this handbook Hung provides a practical guide on tomb-setting using San He techniques, where many of the age-old techniques have been reassessed and adapted to match the modern environment without breaking loose from its underlying classical theory. In addition, the author has also shared his own experience gained over many years of practical Yin House work. This book - with a Foreword by Joey Yap -- is the first of its kind written in English to deliver a comprehensive look at Yin House Feng Shui study. It is recommended for serious Feng Shui practitioners and students, who wish to deepen their knowledge in seeking insights into the Yin House Feng Shui and bringing their understanding and practice of Yin House Feng Shui to the next level.

Learn how to combine practical techniques with ancient rituals to transform, cleanse and balance the energy in your environment through feng shui, crystals and more. Space clearing is the art of cleansing and harmonizing the energy within an environment. This practice not only has the power to 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 wellbeing. In this comprehensive guide, internationally bestselling author and originator of the term 'space clearing', Denise Linn, distils 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 body. Denise channels the wisdom of her Native American lineage to teach you how to to transform any space using feng shui, clutter clearing, prayer, crystals, essential oils, mystic mudras, holy water, pendulums and more.

In this new 2020 edition, this unique volume reveals how the vital energies of nature can be harnessed to enhance your emotional peace of mind, your physical health, happiness, well-being, and even living environment. The first part of the book explores the innate power of crystals, with in-depth analysis of the power and qualities of over 60 individual crystals, and guidance on which stones to use. There is advice on how to use the vibrational energies of light and colour, and how to harness the power of the chakras. The second part looks at the home and how to banish negative forces and welcome pro-active energies. Utilise the ancient principles of feng shui and space clearing to reduce psychic clutter, disperse negative energy and enhance your living environment. Nurture the spiritual aspect of your home with altars and shrines, and with rituals, meditations and visualisation routines for releasing health, peace and well-being. Use this book to bring mental, spiritual and emotional harmony into your life.

Start 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.

Originally valued for its design principles which can have a profound impact on all apsects of life ranging from relationships to financial issues, Feng Shui is now being recognized as a complementary system to help diagnose, assess and treat disease as well as support the healing process.

"Feng Shui and Health" presents the energetics of health from a Feng Shui perspective. SantoPietro's innovative theories about Feng Shui and health take the reader through a series of simple methods to diagnose health problems and writing exercises to help them delve deeper into their illness. Readers will learn how they subconsciously recreate illness patterns in their homes through the placement and design, and how they are often drawn to rent and purchase homes that reflect all the emotional, spiritual, and physical underpinnings of their illness.

"Feng Shui and Health" will include an introduction to the basic principles of Feng Shui as well more advanced information on the connection between Feng Shui and our internal energy system, the Chakras. An example is The 9 Crucial Feng Shui Health principles: no backs to the door; repair all leaks; fix all doors; clear all clutter; check your electrical outlets; lighten dark areas; reduce/remove all electrical items from the bedroom; clear all sewers, plumbing, vents, & waterworks; and properly maintain your home. The book will also include information on common room layouts that can lead to illness & how to correct them; the role of color in health; and a multi-level approach to alleviating 18 common illnesses.

Benefit 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 practical tips and advice, Feng Shui For Dummies shows you how to feel and access the energy of your environment and create harmony and happiness in your life. P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you re probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Feng Shui For Dummies (9780470769324). The book you see here shouldn t be considered a new or updated product. But if you re in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We re always writing about new topics! .

Get 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.

Change Your Look, Change Your Life

Feng shui master Carole Swann Meltzer and David Andrusia present feng shui in a new way: Instead of feng shui-ing the space around you, you feng shui your body. Learn how to use color, cut, fabric, and style -- even your accessories and hair color -- to:

• jump-start your career
  
• inspire your creativity
  
• ensure your health
  

You'll also learn effective meditation techniques to gain focus in all that you do, plus easy exercises for greater energy than ever before. Feng Shui Chic will help you achieve your greatest goals...and prosper in every part of your life -- today, tomorrow, and in the time to come.

A quick primer on the ancient Chinese art of optimizing energy flow

Whether people want to correct problem chi (energy) areas in their home or use feng shui to improve health, increase wealth, or improve relationships, this book delivers the answers–all in a single evening’s read! Learning Annex instructor and feng shui expert Meihwa Lin offers dozens of quick fixes and practical tips that people can use right away to increase harmony, boost energy, and achieve their goals.

Meihwa Lin (Garden City, NY) is an experienced feng shui practitioner and educator. Trained in the Black Sect tradition and certified by the BTP Professional Feng Shui Organization, she has taught and lectured widely and has been featured in Fortune magazine.

Literally translated as ""wind-water,"" feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of working with the natural flow of an environment to create harmony in space. It is also a phenomenon across the United States, rapidly shedding its New Age, incense-and-candles image to become a generally accepted way of designing home and work areas for health, wealth, and prosperity. Yet, with all the expensive consultants and self-styled gurus out there, how do you find plain, reliable information on this exciting practice?
Look no further. The Learning Annex Presents Feng Shui packs all the knowledge, tools, and special tips of a Learning Annex seminar into a book with answers to questions like:
* What is feng shui?
* What are its basic principles?
* How can I analyze my home for good chi and correct problem areas?
* How can I enhance specific life areas?

Full of sidebars and other special features, The Learning Annex Presents Feng Shui gives you the tools and knowledge you need to create spaces that will enhance and improve your life-and all in a single night's reading

The study of BaZi (Chinese Astrology) is a sophisticated and multi-faceted exploration into how the simplest information - a person's birth date and time - can reveal a wealth of knowledge about that particular person's character, temperament, behavioural attributes, luck outcome and fortune. This BaZi Hour Pillar Useful Gods Reference Series is designed to supplement the studies and practice of BaZi students and practitioners in helping them understand how each Hour Pillar defines a BaZi Structure, how to select the Useful Gods and Favourable Elements of a chart and how to analyse and interpret these Structures. The information in this series is based on classical methods and techniques that are derived from traditional Chinese BaZi texts and material. It presents the transliterated version of these traditional texts for the modern, English-speaking practitioner and student without losing the essence of the original. This book focuses on Wood Day Masters. It serves as a functional and helpful reference guide and includes: The Hour Pillar attributes of Jia and Yi Wood respectively in each of the 12 months. Useful Gods selection reference guide based on the Hour of Birth for each of the 12 months. Learn how to select the Useful Gods and Favourable Elements of a BaZi chart for the Wood Day Masters in all 12 months of the year based on its Hour of Birth. Detailed classical commentary on the factors affecting the overall strength of the Day Master and the Hour Pillar in 12 different months. Additional Hour Attributes that may affect the Day Master depending on different Structures and Useful Gods.