I was talking with Koichi today and was saying how I’d love to incorporate some Feng Shui principles in our new eduFire offices. Occurred to me that maybe someone could teach a class on this on eduFire. I’d pay up to $20 for a one hour class on basics of Feng Shui from someone who was knowledgeable on the topic.

I would also be very interested in this subject!

Me three. Another $20 from my end

I have been trying to research this on my own to impliment Feng Shui in my home. I feel it would better suit our homeschooling efforts as well as family and business. I would love to take a class on this!

lol…. I would be even more interested if there was an expert in vastushastra, the Indian Feng Shui….

We have a ‘possible’ teacher in this subject thanks to Jayson who may know of someone.
There will be an update soon! :)

Well I don’t consider myself an expert but I do have some broad knowledge about it. Enough to fill a at least a full hour. Let me know if you would like me to open a class.

My house has been feng shui-ed for years!! : ) It’s absolutely beneficial! Let’s bug Alison : )

Indeed! I have written to Alison but I think she must be busy. She is highly recommended!

i have knowledge about this because of my relatives. basic principles are easy, but the geology and geography part of it is kind of sensitive, imo. it’s easy to miscalculate some numbers. so, i’d still recommend getting an expert to take a look into your place even if it is freaking expensive.

Hi everyone,
Thanks for bugging me. I’m coming out of hiding and will be scheduling a class soon. Still poking around eduFire and getting the hang of it. It’s great to see so many people interested! I’ll keep you posted….
Alison

It is great to have you here Alison :)

i know nothing about feng shui, can someone explain to me please, i hate ignorance

@The hidden Iman: picture a sharp-corner coffee table in the middle of the room and somebody keeps hitting his/her leg on it all the time. Moving it to a better spot or replacing it with a round table will work much better in your environment so you can live with much more harmony, that’s feng shui (“wind and water”). My house is feng shui-ed, and I didn’t break my bank account to get it done. : )

Cheers!

@TheHiddenIman, I read up a lot on Fengshui myself as well and I applied them to my home as well as my life in general, for eg. ppl to avoid.:)

An example of Fengshui in the office will be:
If you are sitting in an office, do not face the entrance or you will be asked to go. Try to avoid having windows behind you too as there might be ‘shooting arrows’. Plants are good but they must be in good condition as they bring live to the environment.

At home:
Round table is always good as it means reunion and peace. My dining table is round.
In the bedroom, the bed should not face the toilet or the door directly and also not to be below windows to avoid having bad dreams.

thanks angela and claire much

In many ways, Fung Shui is common sense. A desk directly facing a door (especially if it is a glass one) makes it easier to be distracted by the comings and goings of other people so one is less likely to be productive and make less money. A bed under a draughty window is likely to give one poor sleep. And the best place to have your home is half way up a mountain as the dragon (mountain) wants free access to the sea. This is very logical in so far as valleys are prone to flooding and malaria but living at the top of a mountain is logistically less practical.

In Hong Kong where I grew up and lived for many years, Fung Shui was integral to life, with many shops and offices having tanks of gold fish (to bring prosperity) and small mirrors are placed outside windows to deflect evil spirits. A few months after Hong Kong bank (HSBC) opened it’s new head quarters in the 1980s the lions had to be re-positioned because the geomancers found they were in the wrong place. Usually the Fung Shui man has to come and check the surroundings for any new building and banish any malevolent spirits etc. One other famous (and unfortunately hideous) structure is an apartment block on Repulse Bay road on the southside of the island. It is a wave shape with a hole in the middle. Sadly it was the site of some appalling WWII atrocities by the Japanese. The shape and hole are meant to channel and provide access for the wandering spirits to leave the mountain.

Even though Fung Shui is still a significant part of life in Hong Kong, I do think that in the west there is a perception that the average Chinese home is minimalist with clean lines and so on. Most of my Chinese friends have homes that are not vastly different to anyone else’s. Invariably they are small with a big television that dominates and a sofa opposite. There might be some small deity box (where prayers are offered to whichever god) but otherwise there is the usual clutter.

thanks Jacquie for the info.

In India it’s more or less the same…. they call it vastushaastra and it’s a sience that is used for building temples, but can also be applied to any other building.

Anyway if you study Feng Shui there is more than just simple common sense, you have to trace a map of your house and study the situation according to the directions and corresponding influences.

I have a book that was not probably made for Westernes and has been translated as it is and some things sound scary like ‘if your bathroom is there it’s very dangerous’…. as if one could change the placement of a bathroom in a house. I stopped reading the book. I think it is better to seek the help of a real expert who can have a look at your house instead.

Yes Marged, in India it is called Vaastu Shaastra but it has different principles from Feng Shui.

@Marged Yap sometimes Fengshui can sound ‘scary’ and make you worried. However, It could determine a lot of things such as marriage, career and health. If one finds himself or herself having a series of bad luck perhaps that got to do with Fengshui. I have seen many of such cases happening around me. I know it got to do with Fengshui but I couldn’t say it to someone who doesn’t believe in it.

@ Swarna, of course it has different principles, otherwise it should be Feng Shui and not Vaastu LOL ;)

@ claire, I know what you mean, but I believe it is better to have a consultation with an expert… you can get some general information, but if you want to apply it it’s not always that easy…

@Marged I agreed on that too.

Hi everyone – I finally posted a feng shui class! I hope you can join me on September 1. Thanks for all your support in getting this going.

Excellent! Thank you Alison. Here is the link to register click here