The Feng Shui Directory - Softcover

Butler-Biggs, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823016579 ISBN 13: 9780823016570

Publisher: Watson-Guptill, 2001

Synopsis

Pocket-sized but packed with wisdom, this one-stop guide to applying age-old Chinese secrets to twenty-first-century living offers clear, practical advice for anyone interested in self-improvement, home-improvement, feng shui, or Eastern philosophy.

By practicing the principles outlined in this book, readers learn how to enhance their health, bank accounts, personal relations, and general well-being. The book is divided into sections on life’s main areas of concern, and is tabbed for easy reference: love/romance; wealth/prosperity; health/longevity; careers/workplace; happiness/well-being; family/harmony. Each section explores ways to apply the ancient Chinese art of living, bring harmony to home and work surroundings, and utilize natural forces to one’s personal advantage in any setting.

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Review:

An ancient Chinese philosophy of creating balance and harmony, feng shui is experiencing a resurgence as busy people wonder how to slow down and refocus their energy more positively. The Feng Shui Directory was written with today's often overwhelmed populace in mind and helps you apply the ancient principles to a modern world.

"[Feng Shui] has to be adapted to suit your personality, your lifestyle, and your aspirations," says author Jane Butler-Biggs, a feng shui consultant. The Feng Shui Directory is divided into six key areas: wealth and prosperity, love and romance, family harmony, health, career and the workplace, and happiness and well-being. Each section addresses how the balance of yin and yang and the movements of chi (life force) affect you. In the wealth and prosperity chapter, Butler-Biggs suggests keeping a clean and bright hallway so that chi can flow unimpeded through your home and to banish symbols of poverty like those old shabby curtains you keep meaning to replace. "They give out a strong signal that you are generally prepared to 'make do' with whatever you're given rather than seek out abundance for yourself," she says. Not getting a good night sleep? Remove mirrors from the bedroom--they could be speeding up your chi, making you restless.

The Feng Shui Directory is filled with practical advice for integrating feng shui principles into your life. Butler-Biggs emphasizes that one little household change isn't going to drastically change your life, but if you begin to practice feng shui, you'll find yourself pointing in the right direction for personal harmony and happiness. --Dana Van Nest

About the Author:

Jane Butler-Biggs, the author of Feng Shui in 10 Simple Lessons and a pioneering teacher and consultant on the subject for more than ten years, is the founder of the Feng Shui Foundation in Sussex, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0823016579
• ISBN 13: 9780823016570
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 208