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A Good Feng Shui House...
for All Seasons

A home to unwind, savor, harmonize,
invigorate, connect, refresh, renew.

Since 2000, under the tutelage and with the guidance and advice of Larry Sang, Ph.D and his senior instructors, P.K. Odle and Chris Shaul at the American Feng Shui Institute and Sophia Shaul of 168 Feng Shui Advisors , we, Lei (aka Aunty D) and Pila (aka Uncle T), are designing and building a good Feng Shui (pronounced fung schway) house for all seasons, based wholly on traditional Feng Shui principles in 2003.

Larry Sang with Lei and Pila, 2003

I, Lei, am chronicling this experience on the Web.  We welcome our  family and friends, far flung and close, as well as anyone interested in traditional (classical) Feng Shui* in joining us, if they wish, in our Feng Shui house-building adventure.

For over four thousand years, Feng Shui has been the art and science of situating oneself and/or one's home in alignment with the Earth's positive energies. Although many New Agers have embraced it, there is nothing new about it. 

Given our increasingly hectic and stress-filled world, Feng Shui's present-day appeal  is understandable.  By situating ourselves and living in harmony with our environment, Feng Shui is the methodology that allows us to harness the beneficial energies that enhance and enrich our lives here on Earth.

Classical Feng Shui is not spiritual.  One does not have to be Taoist, Buddhist or whatever to practice it.  One does not need to compromise religious beliefs or principles because practicing Feng Shui does not call for any kind of worship, sacrifice or offering.  

While the art of Feng Shui may sound a little mystical to skeptics, true Feng Shui is actually steeped in the scientific realm, combining elements from astronomy, geology and mathematics, as well as philosophy. The practice also relies on the five natural elements - wood, fire, earth, metal and water - and the relationship between each element to create balanced Qi. ~ Source

Qi (pronounced "chee" and also known as Chi/Ch'i in China; Prana in India;  Ki in Japanese; Mana in Hawaiian) is the most important component in Feng Shui. Qi encompasses everything and holds together all the different aspects and factors involved in Feng Shui. Qi cannot be seen, heard or felt, it does not register upon any of our senses, yet it is an vital energy and force that flows all around us.  

For years, acupuncture was considered by most Westerners as "a pretty far-out thing."  It was just a matter of time when its beneficial results could not be denied. In a May 13, 1996 U.S. News & World Report feature article titled Nod to an Ancient Art, it reported that the Food and Drug Administration decreed that acupuncture needles are "as respectable a medical tool as a syringe or a scalpel."   Times have changed and now acupuncture -- which involves the balancing of Qi in the human body -- is now well accepted in the Western world, bringing relief to more than 12 million Americans. 

Feng Shui has been described as "acupuncture for the environment"  and the Western world is only just now awakening to its benefits. Just as acupuncture deals with patterns of energy, or Qi, flowing through the body and prevents disease by correcting energy-flow imbalances, Feng Shui does the same for the home.  Results are results.

High-profile figures and organizations throughout the corporate world - from the likes of Donald Trump, Virgin Airlines, Citibank and The Wall Street Journal - have decided to apply Feng Shui principles to create harmony, liberate energy, boost morale and improve productivity. 
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With convincing and provocative reports of traditional Feng Shui 's success in enhancing people's lives and well-being, this traditional Asian methodology may soon become as respectable and commonplace as a design and  building tool as an engineering survey, a blueprint, or a hammer. 

And so we begin...

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*Traditional Feng Shui as opposed to the faddish Feng Shui, "convenience on demand," "pablum for the masses"  versions, astutely and forthrightly exposed by Cate Bramble's superb "Ultimate Feng Shui" Web site.

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