Feng Shui Workshop Series
F E N G S H U I Workshop Series
is Back!!
Beginning Tuesdays, August 10nd , 6:00-7:15p @ Center of Symmetry in Nashville
presented by Tisha Morris, author of “27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home”
DROP IN FOR $10 OR ATTEND ALL 4 FOR $30!
August 10th Feng Shui for the Workplace
Want to boost your business, get a promotion, or maybe even a new job? Or perhaps you keep getting passed over for a promotion. If so, then this is the workshop for you! Learn the best way to position your desk so that you will be in your power spot. Discover what may be blocking you and affirm a new sense of abundance. You will leave seeing your office in a whole new light.
August 17th Integrating the Five Elements of Feng Shui
The Five Elements of Feng Shui – Earth, Water, Fire, Metal, and Wood – are the cornerstones of Feng Shui. Learn how to integrate these elements in your home and find out which Elements you do and don’t want in each room. With the Five Elements you will bring a natural balance and harmony into your living spaces as well as an aesthetically pleasing environment!
August 24th Feng Shui Astrology & Numerology for Your Home
Join me for this fun and informative session! Feng Shui Astrology, known as Nine Star Ki Astrology, originated in Japan with influences from Chinese and Tibetan astrology. In this workshop, you will discover your Personal Element, Color, and auspicious Directions. Also learn the Numerology for your home to discover what energy and medicine it holds for you. You will definitely not want to miss this one!
August 31st Decluttering Your Life to Uncover Your Soul
If you missed this session earlier in the Summer or just need to hear it again, then you won’t want to miss it! Do you feel like clutter is overtaking your home or feel like stuff is weighing you down? In this workshop, you will learn the energetic components of clutter as well as just how powerful clearing clutter can be in creating change in your life. Learn the root cause of holding on to certain items, such as unwanted gifts, just-in-case items, and old pictures. You will leave with the tools and inspiration you need to declutter your life so that you can uncover your soul.
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Tisha Morris is a certified life coach, feng shui consultant, energy healer, yoga instructor, and author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing). For more information, visit www.mindbodyom.com.
Should You Feng Shui Your Garage?
One of the things I love about living in a historical neighborhood is that no one has garages, or at least attached garages. For the most part, everyone parks on the street or in a short driveway and walks in their front door. You wave to your neighbors sitting on the front porch or walking by with their dog and/or child in tote. There is a sense of connection (albeit sometimes too much connection!). In the suburbs, people disappear through their battery-powered garage doors never to be seen again until they zip off the next morning.
From a feng shui perspective, garages can be a real problem area. First of all, they take up a valuable part of the Bagua Map – usually one of the four corners. (To see where your garage falls on the Bagua Map, download my iphone App or sign up on my Newsletter list on the sidebar to receive a Free Bagua Map.)
It is best if the garage is placed at the back of the house instead of overshadowing the front entrance. But even then, you end up with your Love or Wealth corner in your garage. This wouldn’t be the end of the world but for the fact that our garages usually end up being huge clutter magnets.
Ideally, your garage should be treated with as much love and care as any room in the house. And, yes, the garage is included in the Bagua Map – anything that is connected to the house and has a roof. I inevitably get this question every workshop when someone realizes their Love corner is buried somewhere in the corner of their garage or their Wealth is stashed away behind the inherited furniture collecting dust in the garage.
The garage is just important as any room in the house. After all it is an aspect of yourself as are all parts of your home. Unfortunately, however, the garage ends up being a giant catch-all closet for clutter.
When I tell people that their garage should be feng shui-ed as well, I often get looks as if I am crazy. So when I came across this client’s feng shui-ed garage, I was overjoyed. While these art pieces may not be her favorite in the house, she at least drives in to a welcoming space. And that’s exactly why feng shui-ing your garage is so important – it is your welcome home. It is your subconscious mind’s first impression of your home and the state of your life. Make it a good one!
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Tisha Morris is a certified life coach, feng shui consultant, energy healer, yoga instructor, and author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing). For more information, visit www.mindbodyom.com.
8 Ways to Bring in Abundance (Without Spending a Dime!)
(This is a repost from one year ago and thought it was worth reposting.)
With so much uncertainty in our economy, many people are turning to alternative ways to make money. Many are embracing their creative talents, while others are trying new marketing techniques. Ultimately, we are all being asked to change the way we do things and to become more creative in how we work and relate to others. If you look around at businesses right now – from restaurants to personal services — they are either failing or thriving. What is the secret behind those that are thriving?
I recently read the book, Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill where he reports his findings of the secret behind the 500 most successful people, including Andrew Carnegie. Keep in mind: This book was written in 1937 during a similar economic downturn. What he found to be the commonality in all of their success was nothing that you would read in a business manual. Instead, it was the mental and emotional energy that each of these successful projected out.
Whether you are conscious of it or not, you are projecting your future through your conscious and subconscious thoughts. Thus, the best way to bring in abundance is exactly this way. Here are eight ways to use your energy positively to bring about wealth and properity:
1. Helping Others
If you have ever been around really successful people (and by “successful” I mean prosperous in wealth and happiness), then you will quickly notice that they are always willing to help others with their business. Many people think that to succeed, you must be competitive when, in fact, the opposite is true (even towards your “competitors”). Someone who is competitive and cut-throat is simply saying that they don’t trust in their own skills and talents.
If you are willing to help someone promote their business, they will do the same for you. In other words, what you put out you will get back in return. This principle has really been put to use in the world of social media. It is an example of the more you help others, the more you will receive in return.
There are so many ways in which we can help and encourage others. Here are some examples: a simple compliment, such as “Your ad in the paper looked great” or “I love your website”, making positive comments on others’ blog posts, offering others resources that were helpful to you, volunteering your services for free to a good cause, referring people, and being a patron of other people’s services. Helping others says that you are confident in yourself…and not to mention nice!
2. Gratitude
Being grateful for what you already have is the Number One way to bring in more of it. Say “Thank You” to yourself, others, mentors, angels, God, Universe, Source, and/or whoever you believe is a part of what has helped you to get and achieve what you have thus far. By doing so, more will come your way. This is essentially a high vibration affirmation.
3. Being Present
Living in the present moment is a phrase often used by those seeking a more zen way of life and/or enlightenment. But it is also a really great business practice. Your power is always in the present moment. When you align yourself with the present moment you have complete and total access to your own power. By “power” I mean your best skills, talents, and creativity. It is only when we look into the future that we become stressed, anxious, and fearful. For all that is meant for us to deal with in the present moment is just that…the present moment.
Because it is each small step (or moment) along our journey that makes up our life, the destination will only be as good as each of the moments that it encompasses. Eckhart Tolle profoundly describes this concept in A New Earth as follows:
“Everybody’s life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the foundation for greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness. The present moment is always small in the sense that it is always simple, but concealed within it lies the greatest power.”
So, try being present in each moment of your day, from sending emails to talking to prospective clients. You will be amazed at how much better your focus and productivity is.
4. Use Feng Shui
Many may think that the ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui is only used in Eastern cultures, but major U.S. businesses and business executives such Donald Trump are applying its 3,000-year-old principles in their daily business dealings.
By simply rearranging your office space, you are energizing your business in a new way. The shifts of earth energy in conjunction with your own mental intention can change your business quickly and dramatically. The position and arrangement of your desk can make a profound impact. Read my article, Feng Shui Your Desk, for more information.
5. Affirmations
An affirmation is a set of positive words or phrases repeated out loud, to yourself, or just set out in visual sight. The more the affirmation is repeated consecutively and over time, the more the subconscious is being programmed to believe it. For example, if you repeat an affirmation such as, “I attract abundance in all areas of my life,” your subconscious mind will take it as truth (as it has no filter) and the law of attraction will begin to bring you abundance.
You could consciously want more money, but your subconscious mind may be working on a different agenda, potentially sabotaged by old belief systems, implanted societal fear, or simple unworthiness. This is why it is so important to be conscious of our subconscious.
Using affirmations is a great way to re-program the subconscious mind to be more in alignment with what you consciously want in your life. The amount of time it takes will depend on how engrained the current belief system being re-programmed is in your subconscious.
For specific affirmations for abundance, read my article, 8 Affirmations for Abundance.
6. Being Receptive
We are often our own worst enemy. As much as we would like to blame others or the economy, the truth is we oftentimes just get in our own way. Many of us have belief systems that prevent us from abundance. For example, some believe that they don’t deserve abundance, that wealth is only reserved for certain people, or that money is the root of all evil. If you consciously choose to have any of these belief systems, then so be it. But some of you may unconsciously have these thoughts while, at the same time, confused as to why money isn’t coming your way.
So explore to see what belief systems you have surrounding money. You may be surprised. In order to receive, your must be open. For a clinched fist will never be able to receive anything. And don’t forget to be present… for something to fall into your lap, you must be still.
Also be open to where the sources of abundance may come. While your energies may be in one direction, the fruits of your labor may return to you from another direction. Be open. Be receptive. And, again, be present.
7. Make a Vision Board
A vision board is a powerful visualization tool that activates the Law of Attraction to begin manifesting your dreams into reality. The concept of the vision board, also known as a goal board or treasure map, has been around for generations, but has gained a renewed interest and popularity from the documentary, The Secret.
A vision board is a visual collage of the things that you want to have, be, or do in your life. To make one, simply get a poster, cardboard, or foam board, magazines, glue and/or tape, scissors, and a desire. Cut out images either exact or symbolic representations of the things that you want in your life or the things that you want to become. Paste them on your board and display it, preferably somewhere visible to you. In no time, you will be amazed at what you will attract into your life!
8. Use the Number “8″
It is no coincidence that I used the number “8″ for this article. Numbers are one of the oldest symbols in our collective conscious. Each number carries its own meaning, frequency, and energy. The number “8″ is the number for abundance.
In Numerology, anytime you have double or triple digits, add them up until you come to a single digit. For example, 107 = 8; 44 = 8, and 800 = 8. So take advantage of this built-in power. Incorporate it into your life. For example, price your services or products using this auspicious number. I even once lived in an 8-house that made me lots of money when I sold it. Be creative with it!
Conclusion
If you are not bringing in as much wealth and prosperity as you would like, then try incorporating some of these concepts into your daily practice. Sometimes there is no need to spend a fortune on advertising or expensive classes. Invest in your own personal power first. Afterall, you are your most important asset.
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Tisha Morris is a certified life coach, feng shui consultant, energy healer, yoga instructor, and author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing). For more information, visit www.mindbodyom.com.
Why the Word “Selfish” Should Be Abolished?
What if there was no such thing as “being selfish”?
I recently started really thinking about the word “selfish” after watching a discussion between entrepreneur guru Danielle LaPorte and Dyana Valentine in Danielle’s brilliant virtual video/book entrepreneurial rock-star experience, The Fire Starter Sessions. The two were discussing “when do you feel selfish” and “should you feel selfish” in regards to business and family. This got me thinking…
After all, I have had my own internal battle with selfishness. When you go from being a people pleaser for the first 29 years of your life and suddenly start living life for yourself, you get labeled “selfish.” By whom? Those people who benefited from your pleasing, of course. But, doesn’t that make them selfish for calling me selfish? (Oh wait, I’m not going to use that label anymore.)
How did the word “selfish” gain so much power? In the English language, this word has really become a big deal and gets a bad rap. What is so bad about focusing on yourself? In our society, it is a really bad thing to be selfish. It breeds the word “should” (which according to Louise Hay, should be abolished). And the worst part is that it turns into the most powerful and damaging emotion in our current psyche: guilt.
Down here in the Bible belt, guilt is an emotion that is second nature. I thought I had worked through all of my guilt issues until the recent flood in Nashville. For those of us who were not victimized by the flood, we were instead left sitting in a big pool of guilt. There were so many people in need of emotional and physical support.
Finding a balance between helping folks and keeping my own life in check was difficult. I would feel guilty when I would sit down at a computer to do some work. But then again, I knew the best thing that I could offer was that which I do best – and it’s not pulling out insulation and mold. After about two weeks of this, I finally found some peace by finding a balance of doing light physical labor and deep energy healing for the city.
So what if the word “selfish” simply didn’t exist in our language?
Would we turn into a self-centered society never reaching out and helping our friends, family, neighbors, and strangers? Do we need to judge ourselves or others as being selfish to wake us up to the plight of others. Of course not! Instead, we could just be ourself. That’s right, we could just be our Self! Wouldn’t that be nice. And when we are our Self (with a capital “S”) we naturally do what’s right for ourself and the rest of the world. The word “selfish” implies that we are not good enough. And I just don’t believe that.
There are of course extreme cases in which people are just plain rude acting out of the plight of their suffering ego. But that is a mental illness and there is a word for that: Narcissism. In fact, according to Websters, Narcissism is defined as “the personality trait of egotism denoting vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness.” So from now on I am abolishing the word “selfish” from my vocabulary. And I hope you will join me. After all, at the end of the day, we are all just trying to get through the day the best we can, making the best decisions we can, and being the best we can be.
This reminds me of my favorite quote by Ghandi of course, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” This implies if we take care of ourself and be the best person we can be, that is the best thing we can do for our World.
Now go be Selfish… the World needs you!
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Tisha Morris is a certified life coach, feng shui consultant, energy healer, yoga instructor, and author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing). For more information, visit www.mindbodyom.com.
Protected: Feng Shui Your Life Bagua Map
The Yoga of Feng Shui Workshop
To register, click below to pay by credit card. To pay by check, email me at tisha@mindbodyom.com for my mailing address. See you at the studio!
Nature by Numbers
Amazing video!
Review of The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte
I have been a fan of www.whitehottruth.com a.k.a. Danielle LaPorte for about a year. Her perfect mix of fire power, business acumen, and divine femininity captured my attention. I often think of Danielle LaPorte as my shadow side (that side of me that I’m trying to get in touch with). Lol! So when she released THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS my interest was piqued. It was time to tap into my inner soul!
That being said, I kept putting it off until I had hit my creative rock bottom, also referred to as burnout. In other words, instead of taking preventive care of myself I waited until I needed to go the emergency room (not literally), which admittedly is against everything I believe in as a holistic practitioner. So I ordered the Fire Starter Sessions searching for anything that would, well, light my fire.
The best way I can describe what transcribed over the next 24 hours is by analogy. In the way that just holding The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle brings about awareness or reading about Reconnective Healing makes my hands warm and tingly, just starting THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS by Danielle LaPorte will spark your creative juices. The energy of ‘lighting your fire’ is simply embedded within the essence of the material. And so before I had even finished the first chapter or session, I had a journal-page full of ideas.
I really can’t explain how or why. As there was no one question or statement that sparked me. It did remind me or help me remember why I do what I do. And to me that is everything. From there, ideas, inspiration, motivation, and energy can flow freely.
So what exactly is the THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS ? I call it a life coach/business advisor in a box. But it’s actually an e-book meets video transmission. It includes worksheets that help you draw conclusions, quick videos with motivational punch, connections to current thinkers, practical smarts, and frank wisdom.
Danielle has worked with 462+ entrepreneurs in her 1-on-1 Fire Starter consults (which are $500 and booked six weeks in advance.) For CEOs, coaches, artists, retailers, bestselling authors — from site design to big dreams — Danielle’s strategies combine passion with pragmatism to get to fulfillment and cash. Each chapter is it’s own “Fire Starter Session” that includes: e-book components, video inspiration or interviews, and worksheets.
Some of the sessions are: True Strengths & The Metrics of Ease; Branding: Clarifying the Diamond of You; Products & Services: Making Stuff That Feels Good to Make; Money: More is More, Enough is Plenty; Web Design & SEO: Your Virtual Real-Estate…and dozens of tips and motivating perspectives.
In addition to getting Danielle’s deep and detailed knowledge, THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS brings you contributions from some A-league marketing strategists, pro-bloggers, branding experts, and creativity coaches. Whether you’re in the early idea phase or a well-established rut, Danielle’s thorough, witty, and experience-based advice will most certainly light a fire under your…aspirations.
Space Clearing Workshop
Learn to Space Clear Your Home Workshop
Become Your Own Feng Shui expert!
Want to rid your home of negative and stagnant energy? There is a whole world of invisible energies in our spaces that affect all of us on some level. Learn the importance of space clearing AND how to use space clearing techniques to instantly shift the energy in your home or office. A variety of methods will be discussed and practiced so that you will leave being your own feng shui expert.
When: Thursday, June 24th 5:30pm-8:30pm
Location: East Nashville
Registration:
ADVANCE REGISTRATION ONLY $40
To register,pay by credit card below or contact me for other arrangements at Tisha@mindbodyom.com.
5 Things to Feng Shui in the Digital Age
I love being paperless. Not only does it save trees, time, and space, it keeps my visual environment clear of clutter. Overall, being paperless lends itself to a better feng shui-ed space.
Or does it?
We still have the same amount of ‘information’ (arguably much more than ever before) filed and stored as before our Digital Age. It’s just floating around instead of stacked in file folders, cabinets, closets, desks, and so on. Information – which is really just energy – has essentially become less dense, but nevertheless it’s still energy. Instead of manila file folders in a filing cabinet, we can store the same information in a digital file folder on a computer and perhaps even on our smart phone. And so is the case with photos, addresses, phone numbers, tax returns, money, and virtually any piece of information you can think of.
In fact, the Digital Age is even turning physical objects into etherical energy. After all, my iPhone can morph into an alarm clock, a zen garden, a newspaper, a camera, a voice recorder, a board game, a Bagua Map, a flashlight and much more. Amazing! Before long, it might just become my nightstand.
As we have become less dense with this digital revolution, we still have to be mindful of the energy that floats around us. While we may have less physical objects around us, we are still overwhelmed with information. And so we must be conscious of what ‘information energy’ we have hanging around us that might in fact be clutter. (Clutter being anything that is no longer in our highest and best interest to keep.) Here are five places where digital clutter may be lurking in the ethers near you:
- Phone contacts – When was the last time you updated your phone contacts? Chances are, there are people in your contacts that you no longer socialize with, do business with, or want to talk to. Clear them out. Although your phone may be able to hold a 1000 more contacts, you still need to make space for new people to come into your life. This is a great way to bring new people into your life – business, friends, or romance.
- Computer file folders – If your computer file folders were in a filing cabinet, would it be bulging over by now? Probably so. Clean them out. Better yet, organize them while you’re cleaning them out if you haven’t already. And still while you’re at it, take the time to back up your important documents. Store any documents that you would be lost without if your computer crashed on a zip drive, or email them to yourself, or upload to Google docs so that they are stored somewhere else besides your hard drive.
- Photos – Staying on top of photos seems just as difficult digitally as it was back when we had negatives. They at least don’t take up as much space, but that’s because we never get them printed! Are your digital photos strewn all around your computer, along with various online companies depending on who has the best deal? If so, take the time to store them all in one place on your computer in labeled folders. Commit to one online photo company so that all of your photos to be printed are in one place. And then have the ones you want to keep printed. The photo book option that most companies have is great for those of who don’t do scapbooking as a hobby.
- Desktop icons/Phone apps – Is your computer desktop full of icons that you rarely, if ever, use? These can cause some serious visual clutter that can lead to a cluttered mind. Sift through your icons to see if there are some you can remove. Removing the icon doesn’t remove the software, so you can still access the Program if later desired. Of course, this isn’t the case with phone apps. Periodically, go through your phone apps and delete the ones that didn’t live up to their hype or that you’ve lost interest in. It will just highlight the ones that you do use and love.
- Bookmarks – Has your list of bookmarks become so lengthy that you feel like you are surfing the entire web trying to find something. Go through your bookmarks and delete the ones that are no longer of interest to you. For bookmarks you want to keep but don’t use that often, categorize them into folders, such as Recipes, Travel, and Good Ideas. In doing so, you may come across some great bookmark sites you’ve forgotten about. This is what clutter does – it hides the good stuff.
Where else do you have digital clutter?
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Tisha Morris is a certified life coach, feng shui consultant, energy healer, yoga instructor, and author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing). For more information, visit www.mindbodyom.com.
Feng Shui Your Life Workshop
Feng Shui Your Life in 27 Days
**Combine the power of your mind with the energy in your home to change your life**
We will be incorporating life coaching, feng shui, and energy techniques to help you bring about desired changes in your life.
In Feng Shui Your Life, you will:
-Identify specific areas of your life you want to change.
-Identify the areas of your home that correlate with the changes you want to make.
-Use the power of the Bagua Map to bring about change in your life.
-Implement the mystic Red Envelope Ritual used in Feng Shui to manifest your desires.
-Identify your mental blocks and unlock the correlating physical blocks in your home.
-Leave with a ridiculously simple 27-day Plan to implement change.
Feng Shui Your Life Will Benefit Anyone Who Wants To:
-Become aware of their mental blocks.
-Prioritize their life.
-Make conscious and well-intentioned change in their life.
-Bring about balance in your home and life.
-Use Feng Shui in their home to bring about balance and harmony in all areas of their life.
“I want to thank you for everything you taught us in your workshop. There is a new sense of clarity. I am becoming more conscious, able to detach, and stay present. I am using my attention/intentions to shape my life and receiving guidance during stillness and feeling the entirety of my being. I have always thought that peace was possible, and you’ve helped me to find it. I feel so blessed. Thanks again.”
BRING: pen and paper
When: Wednesday, June 16th 6:00pm-8:30pm
Location: 1601B Douglas Ave, Nashville 37206
Registration:
$25 by June 14th; $35 at door
To register, click below to pay by credit card or mail a check to me at the address above. Feel free to contact me at Tisha@mindbodyom.com or 615.519.9995 for any questions.
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