Feng Shui your Life

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Feng Shui your Life

• by Sonia Quiroga Thomas

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Feng Shui Pronounced phone shway

• "We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our
  dwellings shape us" Winston Churchill

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What does it mean?

• Feng shui literally means wind (feng) and water
  (shui). In this respect, wind is the flow of
  chi (energy) and water is the containment of chi.
• When a home or office has good feng shui, chi
• flows thru the home easily bringing
• good feelings of balance and harmony.
• If chi is interrupted, stagnant pools of
• energy form, stopping chi and creating
  imbalance.
• The art of feng shui is not a religion or
  superstition

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The purpose

• Is to bring together heaven and earth to bring
  closer God to our lives.
• It is led by the belief that the universe was put
  together with intention not just thrown
  together.
• By learning about Feng Shui, we should be able to
  get to know ourselves, respect our surrounding
  more and understand our mission.

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What does Feng Shui for my business?

• Create a healthy, peaceful and dynamic flow of
  energy relaxes the nervous system, inspires the
  mind and calms the emotions. In business, this
  equates to higher productivity, improved health,
  better relations, less stress, a more prosperity
  and financial situation.

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How does it make you feel?
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How does it make you feel?
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How does it make you feel?
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How does it make you feel?
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How does it make you feel?
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Bedroom that has been designed with Feng Shui in
mind.
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This could be your Office Space
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We should ask ourselves

• How do you feel when you step into your home,
  office or a particular space?
• What is the mood or atmosphere you would like to
  create in this room (s)?

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For Businesses

• What are my business goals?
• Where is my business going?
• How those goals are represented in your
  surroundings?

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Feng Shui Equation

• Feng shui, knowledge
• chI, energy
• yin yang your intentions
• the five elements, your element
• eight directions

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The Yin Yang

• We have all heard of Yin and Yang Yin is the
  visible, tangible world and Yang is the
  invisible, unseen, spiritual, vibrational world
  (what we feel).
• The Yin Yang is an integral part of feng shui and
  stands at the heart of the ba gua.

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The foundation of Feng Shui

• Five elements exist in nature wood, fire, earth,
  metal, and water.
• These elements work together to help us balance
  our lives, physically and spiritually.

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Foundations Continued

• Each of the five elements can affect the other
  elements positively or negatively depending on
  how they are used with each other.

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More on Foundations

• The nourishing cycle shows us how each element
  feeds or sustains the others.
• Sustaining each other creates perfect harmony.
• When all five elements are present, a natural
  balance is achieved.

• The controlling cycle represents how the elements
  dominate or control each other.
• The controlling cycle is not necessarily a
  negative influence it can help us to achieve
  elemental harmony.
• We find the controlling cycle in many places that
  are considered to be very beautiful.

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Fire

• Expresses excitement, fullness, warmth, and
  expression.
• The energy of passion.
• Colors are red and orange
• Represents fame on the ba gua
• Direction is south
• Shapes are triangular, sharp and jagged.

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Earth

• It surrounds, stabilizes and reassures to create
  nurturing and support energy.
• Is a peacemaker and views change as dangerous.
• Colors are yellow, gold, brown, and earth tones.
• Ba gua sectors are relationships, self-knowledge,
  and health.
• Shapes are square, broad and flat.

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Metal

• Is the organizing energy in creating meaning and
  is life-giving.
• Metal organizes randomness and chaos into
  structure.
• Colors are white, silver, and gray black and
  white.
• Sectors on the ba gua are helpful people and
  creativity.
• Direction is west.
• Shapes are round and oval.

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Water

• Is the quiet energy flowing with patience while
  enduring and watchful.
• Is fluid and changing and takes what ever shape
  you give it.
• Colors are black, deep blue, an deep violet.
• Ba gua sectors are career and life path.
• Direction is north.
• Shapes are wave-like.

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Wood

• Represents expansion and growth and looks for a
  new approach.
• Confident and risk taking.
• Colors are jewel tones, greens and purples.
• Represents Family relationships and abundance on
  the ba gua.
• Direction is east.
• Shapes are rectangular and upright.

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A few examples

• If your element is Fire and you have a lot of
  fire elements in your office, could
• Increase your feelings of anger
• Intense reactions
• Start to act rashly

• Your element is Earth and you have to much earth
  element
• Smothering and stifling
• Feeling stuck or worried and you will loose
  support
• Difficult time dealing with change

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Getting balance back!

• To subdue fire-add water or earth. Water subdues
  fire and earth drains it
• To subdue earth-add wood or metal elements. Wood
  subdues earth and metal drains it

• To subdue metal-add fire or water elements. Fire
  subdues metal and water drains it.
• To subdue water-add earth or wood element. Earth
  subdues water and wood drains it.
• To subdue wood-add metal or fire elements. Metal
  subdues wood and fire drains it.

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How can I find out what my element is?

• Its very simple by answering a 20 minutes
  questionnaire

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A Few Tips to start 2008

• Clutter is low, negative and confusing energy
  that drains energy from you. Have your home and
  business free of clutter
• If you dont love it, need it, or use it, get rid
  of itfrom your clothes closet to your mind to
  your computer. Give everything thats left a
  home, putting like items together. Starting a new
  year and every 3 months.

• Spending long hours in an unnatural environment
  can be hazardous to your health. Bring in Nature
  water, natural sunlight, Consider nature photos
  to make your home office a more pleasurable
  place. Add real plants to have fresh oxygen in
  your workspace. Attracts abundance and real life.

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A few more

• A comfortable, ergonomic desk chair is a key
  element in any pleasant office space. You cant
  be happy and productive at work if your chair
  doesnt support your body properly.
• Position your desk in angle, dont turn away from
  the door, it reaffirms your readiness and
  willingness to receive business opportunities.
• An area rug under your desk designates personal
  space, which will create a feeling of security
  and ownership

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The Ba Gua

• The ba gua contains representations of each of
  the five elements and is used to help us
  determine the flow of chi in our homes/rooms.
• It also represents a journey or life path.

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9 Areas to improve, start with 1, affect others

• 1 Blessings, Prosperity. wealth not money but
  many other areas.
• 2 Reputation, respect
• 3 Relationships and Love
• 4 Creativity, Children
• 5 Helpful People, Community Travel (bring the
  world and people)

• 6 Career, Life Path
• 7 Skills, Knowledge
• 8 Family Ancestors
• 9 Health

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Family, work, ancestors, health, service
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Love, traveling, health..
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• Start working in one area..

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Assessing homes/office for feng shui

• Use the coordinates with a floor map

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Keys to using Feng Shui

• Keep it simple.
• Change one area at a time.
• Learn to recognize positive and negative energy.
• Keep an open mind!

• Go with your intuition and goals.
• Learn your main element.
• Pick one area.
• Pray about it.

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To learn more

• http//soniathomas.com/fengshui.html (English)
• http//soniathomas.com/fengshui1.html (Spanish)
• Call a design consultant.

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THANKS for Coming, You are ready to apply some
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• Sonia Quiroga Thomas