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West Meets East© By Caroline Patrick
Creative Cuts Can Make Room for New Ideas
I feel like a makeover, do you? How do we start? First, decide what type of makeover you would like. Next, make a quick sketch of your current home. Draw the street, shape of the lot and then a likeness of the house. Don’t stress over the drawing, it is just a simple scribble to find where the makeover needs to start. Your home takes on the qualities of the people living in the house, and sometimes the lingering ideas and energy of the previous owners. When we become tired, angry, sick and lifeless, the house has become tired, sick and lifeless also.
Now look at the overall floor plan. What rooms need extra attention and a touch of loving care? What bugs you the most about this room or rooms? Does the floor need to be replaced, is the plumbing leaking, and is there enough lighting in the space? Do you hate the color of the walls, curtains or the want to bury the picture sweet Aunt Hilda or Uncle Harry painted in their latest crafts class? Has too much furniture given the appearance that the home has little square footage?
As an experiment, consider for a moment that “we” are the house. Our head is the front door; our organs are in the center; our hips and feet are at the back of the house; and our arms, hands and fingers stretch out to the front right and left rooms of the home. Using this stick man idea, we can zoom in and take a look at the Health of the dwelling. Similar to a Chinese Medicine diagram Chart of the body, you can see how the house reflects our health issues when the chart is overlaid upon the floor plan.
Crazy idea? That’s what I thought when I first tried this method for locating clues to why the home and its occupants were out of balance! Now, think of the hallways being the arteries, the electrical representing the nerves and the plumbing as the kidneys. Ask yourself, “If these are reflections of the body, they must need room to function. I should make some creative cuts.”
Take a look around you. Can you walk across the room without running into coffee tables? Are you tripping over wires on the way to the bathroom? Does the kitchen smell? Where is the litter box? There is a better place than the kitchen! Is there standing water under your house? Are all your lights shining straight up into the air, or does your child have a cozy quiet spot with a downward concentrated light to raise his/her grades with high-energy Chi?
Creative cuts are the best way to transform your home into a balanced environment. Delete, delete, delete……Get those trash bags out and fill them with the excess, clean up your computer, get rid of old addresses to leave room for new friends and Helpful People. Send the old furniture to a thrift shop. I would rather have a vacant area in my house than to have furniture blocking a door, which happens in many rooms. Blocking a door can block the voice of an adult.
Now that I have awakened you to the new possibilities good Feng Shui can create, be sure to join me at the upcoming workshop to find out how to make those necessary changes, allowing business and home life to improve!
A surprise demonstration is in the works….SOUNDS OF THE 5 ELEMENTS !!!
TIME….WORKSHOP……..January 7th Saturday 9:30 to noon……$54 Limited seating, RSVP 360-424-1501 or email caroline@fengshuiartistry.com before Dec. 30th
PLACE……Heritage Best Western Hotel Benicia, CA.
Contact number after Jan. 2nd is 707-746-0401, leave a message for Caroline Patrick.
-For evaluations, $99an hour for past clients -Available for consultations January 3rd through January 6th, please book early 360-424-1501 or 707-746-0401 after Jan 2nd
WHAT IS CUSTOMIZED FENG SHUI MENTORING?
· It is for those wishing to study with me privately. ONE ON ONE. · The cost is $350 for three hours a month, through phone, email and faxes. · A six-month commitment is necessary. · 27 red envelopes (first month only) and the first month’s payment of $350 due on the 1st of each month. · A monthly mentoring date is set for at least one to two hours of phone conversation, at different intervals. · Packets of hard-copy material are sent for you to study each month. Emailing and faxes will be part of the course also as we go over floor plans. · The material is copyrighted, but I will give you permission to share a lot of the information. Caroline Patrick Caroline's Feng Shui Concepts Mt. Vernon, WA 360-424-1501 caroline@fengshuiartistry.com www.fengshuiartistry.com www.moongateschool.com
Caroline Patrick, Feng Shui consultant/practitioner, teacher/speaker, Feng Shui artist and writer, lives in the San Juan Islands, off the coast of Washington. Her weekly newspaper article called WEST MEETS EAST is a popular Feng Shui advice column. She enjoys answering your questions, when possible. Some questions will be chosen for publication with the permission from the reader. Enjoy her new 5 Element attached-folding cards which can be used as a Feng Shui enhancement or correction in any space. Larger prints of several selected paintings are also available. For consultations, speaking/teaching engagements and art evaluations contact her at caroline@fengshuiartistry.com or visit her websites at www.fengshuiartistry.com and www.moongateschool.com.
Any suggestions given in this column are only for entertainment. Please contact your physician for any medical or herbal advice or diagnosis. Caroline Patrick is not responsible for any misuse of her advice or suggestions.
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