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This is THE Book!
This book was AWESOME! It's
perfect for people just getting started or people who
just want to change their own home and life. It walks
you step by step through your house and each room in it,
and then some! It gives lots of basic "cures" in easy to
understand language. It also has a great section on
color usage and the chakras of the body, and touches the
surface regarding healing crystals and aromatherapy. You
can tell when some writers just have the gift within
themselves to touch millions of lives... this book is
like that! I can't wait for Nancy's second book coming
this winter.
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A very good guide...
This book, and Kingston's
"Clear Your Clutter" complement each other very well.
The two books give a good understanding of the
principles of Feng Shui and how your living space
relates to your body and mental state.
There are two "schools" of thought in Feng Shui: the
compass school is mainly oriented around complicated
calculations that may involve things like your birthdate
(much like doing a horoscope chart) while the "Black
Hat" method is a more holistic approach based on
Buddhism. I personally don't find much of interest in
the compass school but the reader could check out
Lillian Too's many books for examples of this style.
SantoPietro's book develops the "Black Hat" style
starting from the fundamentals and progressing to some
rather complicated "trancendental" cures. I suspect many
readers will have difficulty believing that crystals
hung in certain spots in their house may change their
lives. However, if you start to explore aspects of Qi
(chi, sort of like life force energy) then I bet you
change your mind and look into fixing and/or augmenting
Qi flow in your living space.
SantoPietro does not get into any of the related
Qigong (Chikung) aspects of Feng Shui but there are many
books available if you are interested in reading about
this ancient healing art. I'd also recommend
"Mindfulness in Plain English" or "Zen Training" for
clearing the clutter in your head...
I particularly enjoyed reading her case studies and,
again, I suspect that if even the "non-believer" starts
with some of the simpler parts of Feng Shui he/she will
probably see the immediate results and then progress to
a deeper understanding of Qi later on.
Enjoy.
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Harmony by Design hooked me on Feng Shui
I
decided I'd look into Feng Shui after attending a
designers' review on the subject. I got this book, and
now refer to it any time I decide to redecorate a room.
We've now moved to another state and our house is a
completely different layout, so I'm in the process of
using this book to design it with Feng Shui
harmony.
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