Last weekend,I held a workshop – The Feng Shui of Yoga – in which we explore the interrelationship of our home and our bodies. Each time I do this workshop I am amazed at how closely the two are related and elated when the participants experience this seemingly lofty concept. But we end up feeling parts of our home, or rooms, in our body. It really is cool. But the point is not to talk about this concept philosophically, but instead to...

photo credit Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote the article Why You May be Having a Sudden Urge to Declutter Your Home. Since then it has been so amazing to see how decluttering has become as commonplace and popular as shopping once was. I overhear conversations on Facebook and real life of people talking about how much stuff they have gotten rid of and, more importantly, how much better they feel. There is such a magic in releasing items...

The following is an excerpt from 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing): In my clutter clearing workshops, it is the “just in case” items that seem to garnish the most inner confusion and resistance. Why? Because it goes to the root of trust. Trust in the Universe? Trust in God? No. Trust in yourself! What exactly constitutes a “just in case” item? It is any item that you are keeping just in case of a...

The following is a partial excerpt from my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing 2010). Walk into a beautifully decorated model home or even your favorite room in the house. What you will find is a natural interplay of the Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The Five Elements are considered the basic building blocks of everything on Earth and within ourselves. It is only natural that we feel best in...

With the release of my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, I’ve been talking a lot about… well, feng shui. I kept hearing myself make comparisons with feng shui and yoga, such as, ” Feng Shui is just like yoga, but for the home. It is yoga for the home.” After saying this several times, I stopped and really thought about how true this is. Both yoga and feng shui ultimately have the same purpose: balancing and...