HAPPY NEW YEAR, again! Well, officially The Chinese Year of The Fire Rooster begins on January 28th, which is only a couple of days away. I love the chance to have a do-over for a fresh new year, and observing the Chinese New Year ( a 14-day celebration) fits more in line with the natural […]
Month one of 2016 is over. So, how are your New Year’s resolutions going? Whether you’ve committed to eating healthier, losing weight or getting organized, are you still motivated or have you lost your inspiration? If you’re off track with your well-intentioned plans already, no worries! You officially have a resolution reboot when The Year of […]
We are already at the end of January 2015, but it feels like just a week ago we were celebrating New Year’s Eve. Now we are on the verge of celebrating another new year milestone. The Chinese New Year celebration begins February 19th, which welcomes in The Year of The Wood Sheep. The yin energy of […]
While enjoying his morning coffee recently, my husband was channel surfing on TV, moving through repetitive news reports, shopping channels and infomercials. He paused shortly on a hoarding program. I was half-listening but what I heard, during the snippet of the conversation between the professional consultant and homeowner, made my hair stand on end. Here […]
The upcoming Chinese New Year begins January 31, 2014. This traditional 15-day celebration welcomes in the new energy for the coming year – and this year promises to be a very different energy from the last few. We are entering The Year of the Wood Horse. The horse represents the Fire element and symbolizes […]
As we finish up the last few days of 2013, what is the perfect time to prepare for the active energy of 2014! January 2014 will be an extremely rare energy month – and in a Very Good way! We will have two New Moons, and each one is on a New Year celebration […]
Two weeks ago, our daughter, Kim, returned to college to begin her junior year. She was excited to get back, and enjoy the experience of sharing her campus apartment with three new roommates. Although her apartment looks identical to the one she had last year, it does have different energy. It is in the same […]
Color Does Matter! I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but here, in the United States, we tend to identify strongly with the vehicles we drive. They have become an extension of our own personalities,or personalities we wish to show others. The color of your vehicle does have an impact on the […]
You can improve the energy flow of any space using Feng Shui principles, and that includes the vehicles you drive. Now that summertime travel is upon us, I thought it would be appropriate to address a space where we spend a lot of time – our motor vehicles. I have lived, and driven, in […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR (Again)! February 10th marks the official beginning of the Chinese New Year (the second new moon after the Winter Solstice). We are getting ready to enter the Year of the Water Snake – another year of changes and transitions. In the Chinese culture, the snake represents wisdom and knowledge – not […]
What I love about celebrating a New Year is that we can celebrate it twice! There is January 1st, from the Gregorian calendar, which we use here in the West. Then there is the Chinese New Year, the first New Moon of the year, which will be February 10th in 2013. I especially love celebrating […]
Bamboo is being used more and more in our western society in building products, such as flooring and cabinets. We are also seeing sheets and clothing made out of this readily renewable resource. To welcome in Spring, I wanted to talk about the benefits of using Lucky Bamboo in your home, as a way of […]