The Art and Science of Feng Shui

Feng Shui (), a direct translation of the word is "wind" and "water".

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese science of "Wind" and "Water", the integral elements of Mother Nature, on human life not only on physical level but also on our psyche. "Wind" and "Water" represents dynamic flowing life energy which penatrate through and transcend our very lives. Feng Shui is also an art of cultivation of this energy.

This energy is also known as Chi (). Our environment, natural and manmade, is filled with chi. Feng Shui principles deal with mysterious workings of chi and give us sometimes practical, other times magical insighs into our modern lives.

Chi is invisible but it's possible to observe the various types of chi at work. First of all, chi speaks to your heart in silence.

You might have had an experience of feeling very welcomed and comfortable in a modest small house. You can't put your fingers on exactly why the house makes you feel so good. This is a positive Feng Shui experience with nurturing flow of chi. On the other hand, you are puzzled by your instant uneasy feelings as you walk into a beautiful office or a restaurant. You might feel nervous, restless or even agitated. Again, you can't find anything really "wrong" with these spaces. You might be unconsciously sensing stacked, stagnant or leaky chi, which causes negative reactions. Our own experiences like these can show us how chi of the spaces could influence our physical and also mental and emotional health. Practice of Feng Shui regulates the flow of chi so that our environment becomes the solid foundation to built our life of happiness and contentment upon.

Secondly, chi reveals itself as events.

Often times our Feng Shui experiences has nothing to do with our "feelings" ( mostly because we are already out of touch with our inner knowing due to busyness of our minds), but manifest as "events" . Losing a job, drop in sales, reoccurring illness and accidents We tend to dismiss these events as coincidences, good luck and bad luck, the way of life we have no control over. Practice of Feng Shui investigates the "cause and effect" relationship, I call it Feng Shui Patterns, between our living/working space and these "events" . Feng Shui then presents cures to mend and improve undesired Feng Shui Patterns.

As you can see, Feng Shui is for everyone and every circumstance. I practice Feng Shui to create the time and space to experience the richness of life I believe our inner wisdom will be easily accessed by placing ourselves in a place designed with discrimination and intention. In turn, our inner truth will be expressed upon how we place ourselves in an environment. Inner and outer go together hand in hand. When this union is made in artful ways with Feng Shui, the end result often takes a form of simple beauty. We become more aligned with who we really are and from that place we live a life of joy and freedom. Feng Shui gives us subtle yet brilliant ways for us to be a whole with ourselves and with our world. At the beginning, the Feng Shui is the inspiration. In the process, you witness the mystery of Feng Shui unfolds, at the end, you yourself become the inspiration. This is the art and science of Feng Shui.

Eiko Okura
Feng Shui Designer