An Interview with Mrs D
Damona Hoffman, aka “Dear Mrs D” writes at http://dearmrsd.com and last January we sat down for an interview where she asked me some great questions!
Here is an excerpt from our conversation:
Dear Mrs D: What is Feng Shui?
The Feng Shui Guy: Feng Shui is the study of how your environment affects all aspects of your life. It has it’s roots in cultures from thousands of years ago, but it’s application affects us now, today. It is both an art and a science and it is designed to help us make our lives better by applying it’s principles.
Dear Mrs D: What are some simple things that people can do with Feng Shui to improve their love life?
Read moreThe Feng Shui of Names
Woa… Feng Shui for naming babies? YES!
I got to speak with Taylor Hengen Newman of Baby Zone and we discuss how the Feng Shui principle of balance can help when choosing the name of your baby:
Find Your Balance: “The Feng Shui things you do, from arranging furniture to choosing names, should create a clean slate by establishing, above all, balance,” says Ariel Joseph Towne, a Feng Shui consultant and life coach in Los Angeles. Balancing the presence of what’s known as the “Five Elements”—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water—within one’s home can, according to Feng Shui’s principles, produce certain desired effects. The color green, which corresponds with the wood element (think plant life), will, when placed in the Eastern area of your home, encourage your career’s growth. While Feng Shui’s methodology is fairly complex, thinking about the meaning behind your choices—whether you’re decorating your living room, or naming a baby—is fundamental to its practice.
“Incorporating Feng Shui’s main principles of balance, harmony and flow into a name can mean representing these characteristics in the name’s literal meaning— names like Harmony, Grace, or Joy are a few that are also actual English words with positive definitions—or creating a sense of these characteristics through sound and association. Perhaps you associate the name Michael with a family member you love and admire, and so you feel good when you hear or say that name. Always begin by asking yourself how a name makes you feel when you say it; this will help to define the name’s meaning for you. You can, of course, look into the traditional meanings behind that name, as well.”
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