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.
Clearing Out Your Basement: Nashville style
You don’t have to drive very far in Nashville to see just how much STUFF we have. Like a mile-long yard sale, thousands of Nashville yards have been displaying the trash and treasures that have been stored away mostly in our basements. As a result of last week’s flood, the innards of Nashville basements have been thrown up as if the entire city just went through a bad detox.
And, in fact, the city and its inhabitants are going through a massive clearing.
In my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, Number 4 is “Clean Out Your Basement. I mention that the basement is symbolic of our subconscious mind, specifically those things that we have suppressed. If you want to know what you’re storing in your subconscious mind, then take a look at your basement. Or, in the case with Nashvillians, take a look at your yard. As I drive around and see the remnants of what people are throwing out, I notice a lot of people are getting rid of junk. Not good stuff that was flood-damaged (although there is plenty of that as well), but junk and clutter that had been stored in the basement for years, perhaps even from previous owners.
Nashvillians are cleaning out their basements, involuntarily and voluntarily. This is allowing for each of us to clear out the sludge, the trauma, the repressed emotions, and stagnant energy that has been stored in our basements and in our subconscious mind and body. This is also true for the city of Nashville as everything is connected. What the Planet experiences, so do countries, states, cities, neighborhoods and individuals on some level. And so as each Nashvillian clears their stuff, it is also benefitting the city, state, country and Planet.
Even many in Nashville who did not sustain flood damage are becoming inspired to clear out their STUFF. I have heard so many people, as they see the amount of stuff laid out, realize how little we really need and how so much stuff can just be a burden. The awareness of the weight (literally and figuratively) is at an all time high in Nashville and as the pictures float around the internet, it is affecting and inspiring people all over to clear out stuff.
Ultimately, it’s all about balance. Each of our homes, like our body, needs to maintain a healthy energetic balance. When our body is unbalanced we undergo illness or disease. This is similar to the Planet undergoing natural disasters to find balance. And when our home becomes stagnant with stuff, we must purge it. In my article The Art of Detaching From Our Stuff, I mention how our addiction to stuff began and how to get past it.
You can also read more and implement your own plan to clear out stuff in my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, where I talk about the first step to feng shu-ing your home is to clear out clutter.
The benefits of each individual who has had to clear out their stuff from the flood will reap the benefits in the years ahead as if undergoing a major detox program. And the city of Nashville as I have mentioned in previous articles will certainly rise from this flood to new heights and be an example for all cities in the future to come.
27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home
27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home
ISBN: 9781596525672
Price: $9.99
Description:
“If you want to change your life, move 27 things in your home.” This ancient Chinese proverb speaks of the powerful connection our homes have with our lives. In 27 Things To Feng Shui Your Home, Tisha Morris shows in creative, basic steps how to use the art of feng shui to create an inviting, personal atmosphere in your home that will renovate 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 the Five Elements into your home to create harmony
“27 Things provides readers with an easy-to-follow, knowledgeable guide to applying Feng Shui principles to your home. This guide is great for every homeowner, even if you’re a Feng Shui skeptic.” ~ At Home Tennessee
“[A] new resource for people who want the energy in their home to work for them, not against them, but perhaps feel intimidated by feng shui, or the art of space planning to promote health and prosperity.” ~ Denver Post
About the Author:
Tisha Morris is a certified life coach, energy healer, feng shui consultant, and yoga instructor. After practicing law for five years, Tisha obtained a Fine Arts degree in Interior Design. She founded Mind Body Om in 2008 to help others align with their life purpose by transforming the mind, body, and home. Tisha resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
PRE-ORDER NOW! Available April 28th at:
40-Day Challenge: Sold!
My Vision Board
For anyone who has been following my 40 Day Challenge to Sell My Home, you may have noticed a drop-off in updates. This has partly been my sitting in and understanding the energy dynamics that were underway and partly to keep on the LD (low down) as to contractual negotiations. Last Thursday a contract was signed and set to close on May 31st. Yay!!
This last month has taught me so much about the energy of our homes – from making feng shui enhancements to looking at dozens of other homes to potentially purchase. Was there any one feng shui technique that sold my house? Was the trick using the St. Joseph statute? Yes and no.
All of the energy that was put into the house over the last couple of months has been crucial to selling the house. In fact, right before the open house the house looked and felt so amazing that I started to have second thoughts on selling the house. It was in that moment when I realized the missing piece. If I didn’t love the house, then no one else was going to. And so from that day on, I started up a new love affair with my home. It was as strong as the day we met! I remembered and felt all the reasons I had first fell in love with this house. Did that mean I needed to stay there? No. I know my time is up here and I have come full circle with this house. It is time to move on.
Within a couple of weeks of this love affair, showings picked up and I knew it was just a matter of time. And it was. I had solved the riddle of selling this house. It already looked like a showplace and was feng shui-ed to the hilt. It was a matter of getting my own energy right with this house. And as soon as I did it opened the doors and I am now able and ready to let it go and move on.
27 Things in 27 Days Giveaway
I am excited to announce the release of my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner
Publishing) and am offering my 27 Things in 27 Days Giveaway!
WHAT AM I GIVING AWAY?
One (1) FREE 2-hour Feng Shui Consultation
AND
Three (3) FREE copies of my book
HOW TO WIN?
It’s simple. SIMPLY COMMENT BELOW in 2-3 sentences what your biggest challenge is with your home OR what you would most like to change about your home. That’s it. The first three (3) people that leave their comment will receive a free copy of my book. I will simply email you requesting your mailing address.
At the end of the 27 Days, I will select the best Comment and that person will win a 2-hour Feng Shui Consultation with me. (If the winner does not reside in the Nashville area, then the consultation will be held over the phone in 2 one-hour sessions.)
CONTEST DATES?
April 21st through May 17th (Leave your comment anytime between these dates.)
Thanks for participating!
Due to an unusually large amount of SPAM comments I’m receiving, I have to close off the Comments. I am still taking Comments however through my email through May 17th. So please continue to enter!
Email me your comment at tisha (at) mindbodyom (dot) com.
ORDER Your Copy of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home Here!
Q&A: What To Do With ‘Missing’ Corners
40-Day Challenge: Energizing Stagnant Areas
It is Week 2 of my 40-Day Challenge to Sell My Home using feng shui techniques to improve then energy in my home. Over the weekend, I decided to tackle one particular corner of my home that has always, well, bothered me. This brings me to a good point… Most all of the techniques that you would use to sell your home are things that we should do anyway to improve the energy in our home and thus in our lives.
For me, I have been wanting to get a floor lamp for this particular corner since moving in. Because this space has no real function, it tends to get ignored (aside from the dogs using it). But as I mention in 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, turn your least favorite room or area into your favorite. In other words, make lemonade out of lemons.
You can see from the picture below that it is an extra deep corner that gets very little, if any, light thereby creating a bit of an energy vacuum.
Corners are usually fine so long as they are clear of clutter and periodically space cleared of any stagnant energy. It is rare that I would advise adding something to a corner, but this space needs some energy! Did I mention that it’s part of my Wealth corner?
So I’ve added a floor lamp to bring in light into the corner as well as a plant and some simple decorative items. Not only do I have an aesthetically pleasing new area, but all Five Elements are represented to harmonize the energy. The entire living room feels so much better even though this was only a corner of it. The uplighting from the floor lamp lends to a yin yang balance of the entire room. You can see how much cozier the space is as the light provides a depth to the space, unlike the one dimensional feel in the before photo.
This is definitely a change I should have made a long time ago, especially with only spending $59.99. And for purposes of selling the house, the better I feel about the house, the better potential buyers will feel about the house as I project my energy in the space.
40-Day Challenge: Create Welcoming Entrance
The Art of Detaching From Our Stuff
In the documentary film, The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard examines our national obsession with stuff and how it all began. She attributes our consumption addiction to the post-World War III economic policies that propagandized the notion of buying stuff. Our insatiable appetites haven’t been able to stop since. That is, until now.
With the decline of the economy – whether directly affected or not – we have all started to take pause before making a purchase. More importantly, we are beginning to take inventory of the stuff that we do have. Even more so, we are beginning to feel taken over by all the stuff that we have accumulated over the decades, which is why so many of us are having the urge to purge or declutter our homes.
But is it as easy as making some runs to Goodwill?
Of course not.
Why?
We have become addicted, or emotionally attached, to our stuff.
Buying and accumulating stuff is just another way to distract ourselves from our present lives. Like cigarettes or alcohol, it is a quick fix to feeling good. But when the high wears off, we are left with an icky feeling. But we need the icky feeling so that we can punish ourselves and perpetuate our guilt. And then we need the high again so that we don’t feel the pain, and the circle continues.
Is this an overreaction to buying a new toaster? Maybe. But consumption can be an addiction (or at the least an emotional attachment) that, unlike cigarettes and alcohol, is hard to recognize because it is so affirmed by our friends, family, media, and government.
So how do we detach from our stuff?
Knowledge is power. Knowing what and why we are attached to our stuff or certain items will oftentimes break the emotional attachment with our stuff. For some of us, having a lot of stuff is simply a distraction from our everyday life. A cluttered space results in a cluttered mind, which is exactly what some of us want, at least subconsciously. In the same way alcohol makes things fuzzy, having a lot of things in your space will do the same. And on some level, that is the desired outcome. If this resonates with you, then bring awareness to it. (If you are highly resistant to this idea, then you might want to take a second look.)
For many of us, it is certain items that are difficult to part with. It may be books and magazines for some or old pictures, clothes, gifts, collections, etc. for others. Either way, if you don’t love the item(s) or don’t use it, then it is time to part with it. If you are still having resistance, then it’s time to acknowledge an emotional attachment to the item….
Start asking yourself questions.
What am I feeling right now?
What memories does this item bring up?
Who gave it to me?
Why did I originally buy it?
Who does it remind me of?
Do I feel guilty getting rid of this item? If so, why?
Why?
Why?
And Why?
Be your own detective… or therapist. Get to the root of why you are hanging on to an item that you know would be in your best interest to get rid of. You may be surprised. What you thought was just an old hairbrush may actually be a reservoir of past emotions that you and your sister shared when she helped you get ready for prom. Or maybe the green gingham shirt with the price tag on it conjures up guilt for buying things that are on sale and never wearing them. Until acknowledged, the shirt will hang in your closet serving only to attract the pattern for more guilt.
Once you have awareness around an item, you will be amazed at how easy it will be to let go of it. If you have the awareness but still don’t want to get rid of the item, then it may simply be too early. See how you feel the next round of decluttering.
To start the process of decluttering, I recommend working in baby steps with attainable goals as I set out in 5 Steps to Clearing Clutter. You will build up the confidence that will keep you going through the long haul. Once you realize that life will go on with fewer items, you will not only want to clear out more stuff, but will start to feel free.
And when you feel this sense of freedom you know you have mastered the art of detaching from your stuff.
40-Day Challenge to Sell My Home
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