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.

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

Life is full of decisions and we are constantly striving to find new ways and new tools to help us make better decisions. That is what BaZi is all about learning about how to understand your own Destiny in order to make better, informed decisions. We all want answers: answers to life's personal, family and career challenges, answers to what life holds in store for us, and answers about our true potential, about the extent of our abilities. These answers all lie within our "BaZi our Destiny Code". Decode your BaZi and decipher what Destiny holds in store for you. Life's challenges are never ending. But if you understand and know what lies ahead, see the obstacles and opportunities, strategise and plan your actions accordingly, life's challenges are more manageable. Your birth data (year, month, day and time of birth) is an intricate code that contains information on your Destiny your talents, your hidden abilities, your character, strengths, weaknesses, challenges in life, achievements, and your luck cycle. That is why understanding your Destiny Code is tremendously empowering. This is Joey Yap's introductory book on BaZi or Four Pillars of Destiny, written in an easy-to-read style with helpful illustrations. BaZi is one of the foremost forms of Chinese Astrology and is utilised by Asia's leading business tycoons, film stars, pop stars and even politicians. In this comprehensive book, Joey Yap delves deeper into BaZi, beyond the conventional Chinese Astrology readings that focus on the year of birth. You can learn about the 10 Heavenly Stems, 12 Earthly Branches, special relationships between the Five Elements, the technique of plotting a BaZi chart and simple, quick analysis techniques for deciphering your Destiny Code.

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.

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.

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.

In today's modern world, it is not good enough to just do things effectively - we need to do them efficiently, as well. From the signing of business contract and moving into new home, to launching a product or even tying the knot; everything has to move, and move very quickly too. There is a premium on Time, where mistakes can be indeed costly. The notion of doing the Right Thing, at the Right Time and in the Right place is the very backbone of the Date Selection. Because by selecting a suitable date specially tailored to a specific activity or endeavour, we infuse it with the most positive energies prevalent in our environment during that particular point in rime; and that could well make the difference between 'make-and-break'! With this book learn simple, practical methods you can employ to select not just good dates, but personalised good dates. Whether it's a personal activity such as a marriage or professional endeavour such a launching a business, signing a contract or even acquiring assets, this book will show you how to pick the good dates and tailor them to suit the activity in question, as well as avoid the negatives ones too!

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

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.

Clearing 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 tips

What is the mysterious Qi of ancient Chinese science? How can the position of your front door affect your fortune? Are there really Dragons all around us? How do you use the enigmatic Luopan? In this concise and beautifully illustrated book, world-renowned Feng Shui Master Richard Creightmore uses a lifetime of experience to explain in clear and simple terms that most ancient and complex of Earth sciences and most magical of traditional arts ...Feng Shui. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

The idea behind feng shui is simple: to improve any aspect of your life, create the right atmosphere to support it. All the strands of this ancient practice come together in this intelligently organized, visual reference that emphasizes feng shui's practical benefits. Real life applications and examples enhance lucid explanations of the fundamental concepts: chi energy, yin and yang, the five elements, and eight trigrams. All the essential tools are laid out, too--everyday objects like mirrors, plants, and fountains that keep the energy flowing smoothly. A comprehensive directory shows how these principles can enhance relationships, finances, creativity, career, health, and spiritual connections.

Many books have been written on the subject of Flying Stars, a Classical Feng Shui sub-system popular amongst Feng Shui practitioners in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. In this book Joey Yap shows you how to apply Xuan Kong Flying Stars in the course of just eight chapters. Many Flying Stars books are heavy on theory or are orientated on giving the reader the technical skills required to plot a Flying Stars chart. Some books advocate the use of objects as cures or do not focus on the skills needed to interpret a Flying Stars chart. Forms is also frequently ignored in many books on Flying Stars. Xuan Kong Feng Shui combines all the key technical and theoretical skills you need to have, with the all-important practical components of interpretation and application. This book is written in the easy-to-read style that has become the hallmark of Joey Yap books. Joey shares with you techniques and tips on not just how to unlock the potential of the Flying Stars in a property using methods and techniques, practised in the field by professional Feng Shui consultants. Most importantly, Joey shows you how this can be done without the use of any symbolic objects or without the placement of 'good luck' cures. With this book: Understand the key basic theories of Classical Feng Shui; Learn how to plot a Flying Stars chart and super-impose a Flying Stars chart onto any property; Learn how to apply Flying Stars in any period, in any property, to activate Wealth Luck and People Luck; Understand how Forms work with Flying Stars Feng Shui, practical tips and techniques on dealing with common problems like the 5 Yellow Star and how to unlock the Qi in auspicious stars.

What if you could always have a sparkling clean and organised home by just spending 15 minutes per day on your housework? The 15-Minute Clean will teach you how to do just that.

Cleaning has never been easier than with TV's Queen of Clean, Lynsey Crombie, and her guide to your new daily cleaning routine. No more mess, no more hours of chores on the weekend - just one 15-minute session per day that you will power through in a flash - leaving you to enjoy the rest of your day. Once you adopt your daily 15-Minute Clean, you'll never look back.

• Create your own quick and easy daily routine
• Declutter and organise your home without a fuss
• Create more time for loved ones
• Soothe your soul with a tidy and calming environment
• Never spend a weekend on chores again

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! .