Feb232010

Welcoming Spring

 

Here in the northwest, our hearts are full with the promise of Spring.  Well, more than the promise…we are almost basking in blossoms and warm breezes. In this video, I explore the meaning of the Element of Wood and the season of Spring!

© Deborah Redfern 2010. All rights reserved.

Feb112010

30 Day Feng Shui Life Make-Over now available as Podcast

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If you are thinking of doing the 30 day Life Make-Over, there is a brand new opportunity! It is just beginning, and it is in an audio format. Go to Deborah Redfern to check it out!… Continue reading

Feb102010

The Gratitude Clicker

Hi there!

In Day 5 of the Feng Shui Life Make-Over program, I wrote about the woman in my workshop who counted gratitude with a ‘clicker’. The funniest thing just happened! I received an email from a buddy who reported that she ”shared my use of the GratOodle with a group of people at a Feng Shui workshop and one of the… Continue reading

Feb092010

Follow-Up – my 30 Day Feng Shui Life-Makeover

Hi there!

As I look around my house and see all the benefits of doing the 30 day program, I am filled with a sense of satisfaction. Things are moving forward nicely!

I have to admit the hardest part of my program has been my paper and files. I am still not finished even though I really didn’t have a lot to go through to begin with, but I knew… Continue reading

Feb032010

Day 30 Dreaming into the Future

Day 30 Feng Shui Life Make-Over

by Deborah Redfern, Feng Shui Studies

We have come to the last day of this program. In this 30 day Feng Shui Life Make-Over, we have dreamed. We have made plans, moved things, let things go, and come to realizations. 

Together we have celebrated, taken time for joy and nurturing activites. We’ve taken risks and shaken things up. We’ve created sacred space.

Everything we do, we do in the… Continue reading

Feb022010

Day 29 The Power of Style

Day 29 Feng Shui Life Make-Over

by Deborah Redfern, Feng Shui Studies

In my work as a feng shui consultant I am always struck by the individuality and unique expression in the homes I visit. Every home is actually a work of art – regardless of whether it is a simple cottage or a grand estate, how aesthetically beautiful it is or even how austere. Each one is… Continue reading

Feb012010

Day 28 Clutter Clear Storage Spaces (Basements, Garage and Attic)

Day 28 Feng Shui Life Make-Over

by Deborah Redfern, Feng Shui Studies

We need storage spaces in our lives, even places that are ‘I’ll just put this here for now” areas. We need to ‘allow’ ourselves places in our homes that are utilitarian and functional — the place where the pet supplies go, tools and recycling are stored, and the holiday decorations are kept.  And they WILL get messy from time to time… Continue reading

Jan312010

Day 27 Feng Shui your Bathroom

Day 27 Feng Shui Life Make-Over

by Deborah Redfern, Feng Shui Studies 

The bathroom, regardless of where it is located on the bagua map, is connected with the element of Water. There are at least two connotations for water: one is that water is connected to emotions (which we have already discussed) and the other is a connection to money: to take a bath is to take a financial loss; throwing… Continue reading

Jan302010

Day 26 Place Water Element Enhancements

Day 26 Feng Shui Life Make-Over

by Deborah Redfern, Feng Shui Studies 

Traditionally, the Water Element represents our emotional states. If you think about it, there are so many metaphors in the English language that concern water and the emotions:

  • We can have pent up emotions. The image here is that there is so much pressure from the held in emotions, they could burst at any moment. What analogy for
Jan292010

Day 25 Celebrating Water

Day 25 Feng Shui Life Make-Over

by Deborah Redfern, Feng Shui Studies 

This last six days we are connecting with the element of Water. 

What is the nature of water?

  • Change
  • Movement
  • Alchemy
  • Gentle
  • Healing
  • Purifying
  • Strength
  • Stimulating
  • Violent

Water evaporates, condenses, and freezes and yet retains its basic structure. Through the  forms water takes, it can be gentle… Continue reading