The blog of Feng Shui Master Consultant and Teacher Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch.
Feng Shui For Architecture is a full-scale, “boutique” Feng Shui consulting firm and training center that has been trailblazing the field of Feng Shui applications to homes, offices and businesses in the U.S. and Europe since 1997 when it was first created in Los Angeles by Simona F. Mainini, Dr. Arch.
We just completed the Feng Shui consultation for the new headquarter of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Los Angeles. The buildings will begin construction soon. It is going to be really good for business and for the employees. ! I’ll let you know when it opens so you can visit their tasting room on the ground floor.
It is not uncommon in my profession to have people come up to me and say, “I have a ghost in my house. How do I get rid of it?“
After talking a bit more in depth, I often discover that the person has come to the conclusion that the house must have a ghost because things have gone down the drain ever since having moved in. “I moved here from Las Vegas because I was offered this wonderful job and a week after moving in, I lost it,” one client told me and, “My husband and I moved in here and shortly after began having relationship problems until eventually we separated and later got a divorce” another said.
More often than not these kinds of scenarios are very clear examples of houses with bad Feng Shui. A beginner may not be able to discern the difference between bad Feng Shui and ghosts. Let me give you some examples:
Feng Shui Tip #1: If you move in to a new house and you seem to have a bad streak of luck (meaning not just one bad thing happens, but one bad thing keeps happening after the other), get some information about the previous owners, either directly or via real estate agents or the neighbors. If the house has had a history of bad luck chances are that the energy of the building (a.k.a. the Feng Shui) has had problems since it’s inception that ended up effecting the previous occupants adversely, just as it is now affecting you.
More explicitly, if a house appears to have had bad luck on a financial level– job losses, bankruptcy, poor investments– chance are this house has a Feng Shui problem with the energy of finances. On the other hand, a house that has been witnessing broken relationships, health problems, or tragic and/or sudden deaths is definitely a house with problems on the Feng Shui of health and relationships. Some really adverse houses may suffer both.
Using some proper Feng Shui corrections will give you the best results to correct these problems if you plan to stay.
Feng Shui Tip #2: Houses tend to record energies (like memories) from the previous owners, but not their life experience. This happens when you see a ghost in your house, but it doesn’t seem to notice you– it is just walking down the hallway or sitting by the window.
This phenomenon, observed and defined as a “recorded effect” by ghosts experts in England several years ago, acknowledged the “energy imprint” of previous owners that is recorded by the house like a memory and played back randomly. So what you’re seeing is not actually a ghost, but a “playback” of some previous owner’s life and it doesn’t have much consequence on you and your life.
To clear these pockets of energy a good, thorough physical cleaning-out of the space and possibly some changes in old accessories and furnishings (carpet, wood paneling, wall paints, furniture) can do wonders to erase the old house memories.
Feng Shui Tip #3: The truly haunted houses are those that have one live-in entity– or more– with whom more than one member of the family has interacted, perhaps several times.
These entities are “stuck” and so “earth bounded” that their energy is perceived by a living person as a very intense emotional energy field. (For example, “blinding fear”– which many people experience in the presence of such ghosts– is actually not their own energy but part of the entity’s energy field.)
In many cases the entity is able to move physical objects (for example, throwing books from a shelf across the room), and they sometimes do this maliciously, but most of the time they do it simply out of the desire to be noticed and to initiate some kind of communication with the living occupants. In some cases they can also produce voice-like sounds.
Most of the time the communication is telepathic, meaning you’d hear the voice in your head and know is not your own voice but you do not know where it is coming from. In this kind of situation it is perfectly okay to address the entity as if it were a living person and communicate with them verbally out loud by saying, “Please Go Away”
There is no need to be scared, if you can manage not to be. Also, this is definitely a good time for “Ghostbusters” to be called in, or, more traditionally, Shamans and Priests who have been trained in helping the stuck entities disengaged from the earthly plane and move on and away from your place– or even eliminate any malicious entity who may be causing some real problems entirely.
Are you spooked yet?
I thought you may also like to know that the instances of real haunted house and house possession as stated in number three are really very limited. House memories playback in number two are far more popular and yet, only a small percentage of “bad energy houses” can be attributed to that. Bad Feng Shui houses in number one are, fortunately or unfortunately, a lot more common but also luckily, more fixable. You can do it yourself or ask the help of a qualified Feng Shui consultant to help you set the house straight and get rid of the “bad luck” energy. Let me know if I can be of any assistance.
To schedule an appointment for a consultation with one of our associates or with Dr. Mainini herself, call 310.860.8989 or direct your request to dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com
We just completed the Feng Shui Consultation for the Iconic Bank of America in Chinatown Los Angeles with Gensler Architects.
The renovation is part of a larger city wide BofA banks renovation and the banks officers at this location wanted to make sure the upgrade wasn’t messing up the Qi.
Find in which direction is your power spot and set it up to spend more time in it.
Spring is Here!! Are you ready to boost the Feng Shui energy of your house?
On an energy level, doing a “spring cleaning” stirs up and activates multiple areas in your house that relate to your Feng Shui “personal life destiny”. This opens up the space and creates a vacuum effects that attracts new opportunities faster than before.
Find your power spot based on your Animal sign
Contrary to popular belief, for each of us there is an area for health, friends, romance, marriage, career and financial success. And it is based on our year of birth.
(If you do not know your Chinese animal sign, you can find it here ).
But because these areas are based primarily on your specific date of birth, they are in a different directions from person to person and consequently from house to house.What works for you, may not work for your spouse, or for your children.
Here are tips to improve your Feng Shui house for each of you and your family members based on your date of birth.
Feng Shui, as you know, deals with life-force energy (Qi). There are many levels of life-force energy in a building, all interacting together:
There is the energy of the building, the energy of the year (month and day), the energy of other buildings, streets, cars surrounding the building, and the energy of all the people living and working inside said building.
During a consultation, the Feng Shui master has to take into consideration all of these levels and make suggestions that are aesthetically pleasing, financially reasonable, and acknowledge these complex energetic dynamics.
Feng Shui is not just a matter of good design. The Feng Shui Master understands what is causing the problem on an energy level, or having negative effects on your life, and give you directions on how to mitigate adverse energy (Sha) and activate favorable energy (Qi).
2) What can Spring cleaning do for Us?
There are multiple ways that you can boost the energy in your house or office. The simplest is to do a thorough spring cleaning and focus on these specific areas.
It is never too late (or too early) to reorganize your house and your life.The simple process of going through your belongings and identifying what is no longer useful or important to you and getting rid of it is highly liberating on a psychological level. It helps you to refocus and clear your slate so that you can then create new things to look forward in your life.
On an energy level, this “spring cleaning” stirs up and activates multiple areas in your house that relate to your “personal life destiny” – opening up the space and creating room to bring in new opportunities.
For each of us based on our date of birth, there is an area for health, friends, romance, marriage, career and financial success.
Because these areas are based primarily on your date of birth, they are in a different directions from person to person and consequently from house to house.Again, what works for you, may not work for your spouse, or for your children. Hence, the practice of doing a thorough house cleaning will ensure you hit all of the good areas for everybody.
A while back, I had a client who became depressed after being laid off from work. To take her mind off of her financial struggle, she decided to give her house a once-over, cleaning the entire house with the exception of the storage room in the back (where she never spent any time).
Later, during one of my classes, she found out that that room was in a direction that related to her own date of birth and her Chinese astrological sign. This part of the house corresponded to her personal energy: The stagnant and cluttered space contributed to her own stagnation and frustration.
After the class, she went home and decided to reorganize the storage room, and, in the process, she began spending much more time there. Soon, while still in the process in fact, she had some interesting business ideas and decided to transform this room into her office (she moved her stored belongings, now organized in numbered plastic containers, into a separate storage unit).
She had barely gotten her computer situated on a new desk, when the phone rang with her first important business contact. Then another, and another. The energy was definitely flowing! She has since developed her own manufacturing and import business and has left the corporate world behind.
3) Find Your Sign’s Direction (so that you can activate it during the Spring Cleaning)
Below, I have listed the direction corresponding to each sign (in Chinese astrology), so that you can identify the section of your house that corresponds to your own sign (some directions are associated with more than one sign).
RAT ———–North
OX ————NorthEast
TIGER ——–NorthEast
RABBIT ——-East
DRAGON ——-SouthEast
SNAKE ——–SouthEast
HORSE ——–South
SHEEP ——–SouthWest
MONKEY ——SouthWest
ROOSTER —–West
DOG ——— NorthWest
PIG ———- NorthWest
4) Our 7 Ways to Boost the Feng Shui Energy in Your House in Your SIgn’s Direction
Once you found your sign’s direction, these are 7 tips to make it to use for your benefit:
Feng Shui Tip 1 : Identify the area of the house that corresponds to your birth animal. It could be a corner, or it could be a middle section of a room or wall. I recommend using a compass to make sure you identify the correct magnetic direction.
Feng Shui Tip 2: Clean and organize the area, removing all clutter. It doesn’t matter if it is a bedroom, bathroom, closet, or pantry. That section relates to you personally, so any chaos in there is going to manifest as chaos in your life, too.
Feng Shui Tip 3: Any redecoration of this area is going to give a further boosting to your own personal life as well. This is recommended especially if you’re going through hard times and everything seems particularly bad. Redecoration doesn’t have to be major; it can be as simple as changing the linens, painting a wall, or rearranging the furniture.
Feng Shui Tip 4: Make sure this area is well lit at all times. Light is Yang and intensifies the energy, boosting it up even more.
Feng Shui Tip 5:If the area of your house corresponding to your birth sign is missing, don’t panic: You can go through the same process with the corresponding section of your bedroom. For example: If you are a Tiger and the North East section of the house is missing, locate the North East section of your bedroom and boost the energy there, as described above. This works particularly well for apartments.
Feng Shui Tip 6: If you live in a house, you can clean and de-clutter both inside the house and the corresponding area in the garden just outside. If this section of the house is missing, create a sitting area (complete with light) outside, in the space where the missing corner would have been, to activate it.
Feng Shui Tip 7: I recommend that this cleaning, de-cluttering, and organizing be done on a regular basis, so that the energy never stagnates. In fact, I actually recommend you do this throughout house at least once a year, preferably in the spring, since spring is when the Life-force energy of the New Year begins and is at its strongest. That way, you’ll maximize the positive changes that you can make in your environment and in your personal life.
Would you like to learn more on how to increase the energy in your house or work place? Our Feng Shui classes are available online and in video self study.
Our Certificate Program for aspiring Feng Shui consultant is also available in video self-study online and you can access it from everywhere in the world 24/7. I look forward to have you in one of our classes!
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I don’t think these buildings have bad Feng Shui Architecture at all. But I can see how a negative post like that can effect the real estate value of this property, given how very Feng Shui-Conscious tenants and buyers are.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/soho-china-zaha-hadid-feng-shui-intl/index.html
INTRODUCTION TO FENG SHUI ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN & LANDSCAPE
1-hour Live Webinar
April 20, 2019,
11am-12pm PDT
This exceptional one-hour webinar presentation by Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. will show you how to use this ancient technology to bring value to you and your clients by infusing your design with enhanced energy that will maximize health, wealth and abundance in whatever space you create.
This webinar is recommended for interior designers, architects, landscapers, realtors and other design professionals. Feng Shui enthusiasts can join as well.
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Dr. Mainini will address:
– How Feng Shui was created
– The mechanics of how it works and how to use it
– How to use the principles for buildings design
– What it can do for you as designer
– What it can do for your clients
This webinar is also an introduction to Dr. Mainini’s 18-weeks Certificate Program in Feng Shui Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape scheduled to be held online starting on April 23. Read more about this Certification Program Here.
Dr. Mainini shall personally teach each sessions, answer your questions and review your case studies.
This program is also recommended for interior designers, architects, landscapers, realtors and other design professionals interested in offering the benefit of Feng Shui to their clients.
Feng Shui enthusiasts can join as well if space permits.
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For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.
I often find myself property-scouting with clients for properties to buy and live in. Feng Shui was only introduced to the U.S. on a large scale very recently; hence, most houses were not designed with Feng Shui principles in mind.
In most cases, you’ll need some Feng Shui suggestions before moving in, which includes colors, materials, furniture layout, etc. But nothing structural.
In some other cases, and depending on the budget, you may be thinking of a more structural renovation, like adding a master suite or a second floor.
Either way, creating a good Feng Shui house from an existing house where Feng Shui was not taken into account requires less time and it is less expensive than trying to find the perfect Feng Shui house “ready to go”.
The fastest and easier way to do it right is to do it with a professional.
I receive dozens of calls every month by frustrated home-buyers trying to do it themselves by searching online or reading a book. Real Feng Shui is very complicated and it takes years to learn and hundreds of case studies to master.
Now, if you really want to learn it, we are happy to have you in our classes at UCLA or online. You can visit our Feng Shui School site to learn more at www.FengShuiTrainingCenter.com
Or, if you are to busy to learn it, you can hire us to review a property for you and have your solution to a perfect Feng Shui house in a jiffy.
In my experience, here here what most home owners ask for. See if any of them can work for you:
1) Inspect a Property Before it’s Purchased (to ensure it is a worthwhile building). Some properties need more corrections than others, which implies an increase in budget to do the corrections with. During a pre-purchase inspection I inform my clients on what is needed to be done and they can then get a quote for its implementation BEFORE acquiring the property. This is the most effective way to financially plan your purchase and your Feng Shui improvements all at once. This is done during escrow, or, preferably, before making an offer, which can save you the escrow’s associated costs on the wrong property.
2) Move-In Consultation. This is done after the property has been purchased and happens sometime between the closing of escrow and the moment you get the moving truck at your door. During this time I visit the premises and make recommendations in terms of colors, materials, and furniture layout so when the truck actually delivers your items the walls are already painted in the right colors and you know where to place your main furniture. This is by far the most popular consultation of all.
3) Renovation Consulting. This is often done after the property has been purchased, and the new owner has already planned for it, with the associated construction budget needed. It is often done when the property in question is very old, or is in unsuitable condition, or the new owner simply wants to do some structural upgrades to it before moving in. This consultation is more complex than #2 and it could be more extensive and require a larger budget. It will probably involve an architect, or a designer or contractor of some kind as well. From a Feng Shui standpoint, this can also be the most effective way to change the energy of a property by incorporating the Feng Shui corrections during the redesign stage.
What is your situation? Are you buying a new house for yourself and your family? Are you curious to know how to improve your new (or existing) house? We can provide in-person consultations as well as long-distance consultations (thanks to the latest technology resources) and assist you while you are buying your new home, or are getting ready to move into it. Read more about it here
Let us know how we can help you turn your new home into a great Feng Shui home. Email me directly at Dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com or call us at 310 860 8989.
If you are a designer, architect, realtor or other design professional or Feng Shui enthusiast interested in learning more about Feng Shui to offer this service to your clients, check out our Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Design, and Landscape program. This new webinar course (live video and screen-sharing) start on April 23 and you are welcome to join us! Click here for details.
Chinese New Year 2019 is the year of the Pig and it is going to be on February 5 (starting sun down the night before), while the “Spring Stand”or Li Chun is on February 4 at 1128 am.
In Feng Shui, the “Spring Stand” is a particularly big deal (based on Seasons Sun’s cycle), even more so than the Traditional New Year (based on Lunar cycle). This is so because the “Spring Stand” is the midpoint between the Winter Solstice (December 21) and the Spring Equinox (March 21). This is the official time when the Yin-ness of winter ends and the Yang-ness of spring begins. Hence the definition: “The end of Yin, the beginning of Yang” (hence the term “Spring Stand”).
So, what does it all mean?
It means that the energy of the previous year is fully exhausted and that on Spring Stand day, the New Year’s new, vibrant energy is going to come in, like a newborn baby.
This is why, if you have done any business with Hong Kong or Asia, you have noticed that the month of January in general is not a good month to start any new business ventures—contrary to us in the West where we love to implement our New Year’s resolutions on January 1.
This is an acknowledgment that the energy globally is exhausted and so what is the point of starting something new now? You might as well just wait until after the Chinese New Year and the Spring Stand when the energy is fresh and vibrant.
But how do we prepare for it to make sure we get the very best out of this New Year’s energy?
Below I have included the 4 main things I recommend for all my clients to do. In addition, this is the perfect time to have a Feng Shui Consultation for your home or office to make sure the New Year will support your living and working environment at its best.
Also don’t forget to attend my Free, Live, 1-Hour Online Webinar Presentation for the 2019 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Pig, on Saturday January 26 at 11 AM, PST. If you have not registered for it yet, you can do so Here.
Here are my 4 key tips on how to prepare your house and yourself to receive the prosperous vibrancy of this New Year:
P.S.: This and tip 1 above are not a martyrdom exercise. You can have a professional organizer, your housekeeper, or your friends and children help out. If fact, often because they are not as attached to the items involved as you are in the process, they may help you move through it all faster and more effectively. The real point is “just get it done” however you can.
Why is it so important to fix all these things before the New Year starts? Because the newly arriving energy of the year can either be supportive for you or not supportive. If you are stuck for a whole year with un-supportive energy all things that are precarious in your life—physically, health-wise, and in your relationships—will come back to haunt you. You can bet on that! And there’s nothing better than preventing the drama from happening just by doing these 4 tips.
And don’t forget to attend our 1 hour, Live Online Webinar Presentation on the 2019 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Pig, on January 26 at 11 AM, PST (2pm East, 1pm Central) . The session is Free,but you do need to Register Here to receive the log in link.
Let me know when you’d like to schedule your consultation for the New Year. Since you are cleaning and decluttering your space, you might as well let me tell you how to rearrange your furniture now too for maximum benefit for this New Year! Call me at 310-860-8989 to schedule an appointment. See you soon!
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NEW WEBINAR PRESENTATION
2019 YEAR OF THE EARTH PIG
January 26, 2019 at 11 am Pacific Standard Time (2pm East, 1 pm Central)
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Description
Chinese New Year is coming up on February 5, 2019
Feng Shui New Year (Spring Stand) is February 4, 2019
Join us for this Webinar presentation with Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk us thru the yearly Feng Shui and Astrology forecast for 2019, year of the Earth Pig. The Earth Pig of 2019 is going to be very different that 2018. Gentle, fun loving Pig is softening the stands and bringing good sense into heated debates.
Do not miss this opportunity to see what the new year has in store for you and how to make the best of it.
Would like to attend but the time doesn’t work for you? No worries, all registered participants will received a link to the presentation recording after the webinar is completed.
DOG YEAR PART 2: BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEW YEAR
As season changes from the Yang expansion of summer toward the Yin in-wardness of winter, some remarkable Feng Shui landmarks are coming up ahead.
This year of the Dog 2018 has proved a bit challenging, especially in this last week as we are approaching October, which is the Dog month. This seem to be indicating an increasing number of bumps on the roads to everywhere. These bumps maybe be slow to pass as we also enter the Three-Sha months for this year too (November, December and January 2019).
Ultimately, the effects of this Dog year, as well as that of the Dog month, will effect everybody, albeit a bit differently, based on different Qi components of each individual house and birth chart. It is one of those time where having a well Feng Shui-ed house really helps.
Having said that, if the year of the Dog has been especially challenging for you thus far – particularly if your Chinese sign is Dog, Dragon, Sheep or Ox – October may be a good time to hit the pause button.
This may not be the best month to take unnecessary risks, as the Qi of the Universe is not supportive.
This include physical as well as financial risks.
Definitely avoid risky sports and activities, careless driving, excessive drinking and eating.
Also, seek calming, nourishing activities like walks in nature, meditation, yoga, spending quality time with friends and family. This will support your psychological and emotional wellness, contributing to maintain good relationship with people around you and a serene attitude. The Dog year is part of the Fire element and can be very volatile and hot headed. So, preventing emotional feelings and circumstances from escalating can make a big difference in your daily life. It will also support your physical wellbeing by preventing all risk associated with excessive stress, and help you in making better thought-thru decision.
Financially or career wise, do not walk out from your job just yet. Nor sign any contract without doing your due diligence and having had the opinion of a third (or even fourth) party. Mistaken made now will probably not take care of themselves, but rather have the chance of coming back and haunt you later.
The Dog Month starts October 8 and ends November 7, 2018.
The Three-Sha Months will follow. These three months will be a very good time for reflection and introspective analysis, as well as evaluating, planning and prepare us for the New Year ahead. It is a good time to catch up with all the loose ends left hanging for the past three years: clear the air, mend fences, and build strong relationships for the future. The slower energy of winter will be very helpful for that.
The Three-Sha months will end at Chinese New Year on February 5, 2019.
As usual, we’ll have a full New Year Forecast in January 2019. Watch out for your invite!!
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LOCATION
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood (adjacent to main Campus)
10920 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Room 204D
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This Feng Shui class is Los Angeles examines the principles and application of Feng Shui.
Discussion explores:
— The basic theories from which Feng Shui derives;
— How human physiology interacts with the surrounding environment;
— Landscape evaluation and correction;
— Best orientations, layout, colors, and materials based on the occupant’s energy;
— How building orientation and year affects a building’s energy and occupants;
— And applying these principles to a building in varying stages of development.
2-Unit Credits apply to students enrolled in the Master in Interior Architecture and Certificate in Interior Design.
Space Planning Assignments are mandatory for students enrolled in these programs.
The Feng Shui discipline is full of strange and complex names, but only a few stand out as much as the highly coveted “Feng Shui Money Door Entrance.” Contrary to popular belief, in Feng Shui not every front door is a Money Door, nor can you turn any door into a Money Door. It is a rare and wonderful occurrence that favors some buildings and not others. Only about 10% of buildings have a natural Money Door—meaning that without even knowing Feng Shui, the architect randomly hits it right when he or she designs it. Of course, if you are designing a building from scratch with a properly trained Feng Shui Master he or she can recommend where a Money Door should be opened intentionally (without leaving it to just “chance”).
Note: For the consumer’s sake, it is important to state that the amount of training necessary to identify a true Money Door is vastly superior to the average Feng Shui training. I have received that advanced training during the fifteen years of study I have done with my Master teacher, but I have noticed that not every Feng Shui consultant I have met understands the application of this concept, although they have heard of the name. Some will even make up their own version of a Money Door, which obviously is not the same thing I am talking about and I’m not sure how accurate it would be. So please do your research if you are planning on using a Feng Shui consultant to create a Money Door for your building to be sure he or she is qualified to recommend a true one.
How does a Feng Shui Money Door work and what are the expected results? I’ll give you an example:
I was recently consulting for a client who owned a commercial property that she had been leasing to a video rental business for several years. Sadly, the video rental business never did very well and literally struggled to make rent, even in a high market. And when new technology took over, it pushed it right out of business. My client decided to then rent the space to a different business, a French pastry and coffee shop. The new tenant came in and, following their established formula, redesigned the space to better suit their needs.
In the process, they closed the old entrance (on one side of the façade) and opened a new one on the other side. The new business hit the ground running and has been very successful from the first day of opening six months ago.
I just like this picture very much, but in truth a bit more “red” is preferable (when you have a money door)
My client, who had originally requested a consultation with me for her own residence, was puzzled by this improvement and asked me to take a look at the commercial space, hoping to ensure that the good luck would be consistent in the future. I did and that is how we found out that during the renovation, with the relocation of the main entrance they closed the old door (which caused delays, accidents, and was not good for business overall) and the new door—a Money Door nonetheless—was opened instead. This was done purely by accident, but with great results at this exact location. If it had been the building next to it or the building across the street even it would not have worked out as successfully. It worked out in this case; out of pure luck!
But how many of us have this kind of luck? Given the low availability of Money Doors around, I can tell you not much. In fact, most buildings designed without Feng Shui planning (which is about 90%) end up missing the Money Door, even if the potential for one is there.
If this was your building, house, or office would you want to leave it up to fate? What if you could control your luck by working with a qualified Feng Shui Master instead? Smart entrepreneurs and business executives usually don’t test fate, which is why they are so successful (I worked with a number of them, in fact). And I have noticed in all of my consultations that the most successful enterprises across the board have Money Doors placed correctly either upon entering the building where their corporate offices are or where their retail businesses are.
Call us for a consultation so we can help you find YOUR Money Door—and the money potential of your building so you can take advantage of it!
Or, if you are a designer or a professional consultant interested in being more proficient in Feng Shui and want to find Money Doors for your own clients (whether you are a beginner or a more mature student), join our Certificate Programs in Beginning+ Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape (live-webinar, in-person or self-study on demand). I am looking forward to working with you and teaching you how to use many more of these incredible Feng Shui secrets.
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Hello and Happy New Year Everybody! This year, we’ll be offering Feng Shui Continuing Education Credits for Designers with IDCEC for ASID, IIDA and IDC members, for our In-Person and Live Webinars Courses. This is a great opportunity to take the courses you always wanted to attend and gain lots of CEU credits as well. You can travel to Santa Monica, CA and take them in person, or you can enjoy them from the comfort of your home as Live Webinars. Please read our courses’ description below to see what can work best for you.
We are looking forward to seeing you in our classes soon!
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FENG SHUI FOR RESIDENTIAL DESIGNERS & ARCHITECTS (CERTIFICATION PART 1)
IN-PERSON CLASS IN SANTA MONICA  **This class is open to anyone, but offers IDCEC CEU Credits for ASID, IIDA and IDC members** 8-hour In-Person Feng Shui Class
Saturday, March 17, 2018 – 9am – 6pm ADVANCED FENG SHUI FOR DESIGNERS & ARCHITECTS **This class is open to anyone, sorry no IDCEC CEU Credits** 8-hour In-Person Feng Shui Class NOTE About Sunday 3/18 Course: ***LIVE WEBINAR COURSES ONLINE***
FENG SHUI OFFICE DESIGN FOR BEGINNERS (Live Webinar) 3-weeks Live Webinar Feng Shui Class ———–
4-weeks Live Webinar Feng Shui Class ADVANCED FENG SHUI FOR DESIGNERS & ARCHITECTS **This class is open to anyone, sorry no IDCEC CEU Credits** 4-weeks Live Webinar Feng Shui Class (Pre-requisite: Part 1) NOTE About the Advanced Certification Course: Additional classes are available on our Training center site at http://www.fengshuitrainingcenter.com |
Saturday January 20, 2018 – 11am-12 noon
This event is free if you register prior to January 20, 2018. If you cannot attend the live event, a link to the streaming video will be sent to you for playback after the event has completed.
Chinese New Year is coming up on February 16, 2018
Feng Shui New Year (Spring Stand) is February 4, 2018
Join us for this live teleconference with Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk us thru the yearly Feng Shui and Astrology forecast for 2018, year of the Earth Dog. The Earth Dog of 2018 has completely different potential than 2017, or even 2016. Stable, level-headed Dog will slow down the pace and cool the fire of the past two years. Do not miss this opportunity to see what the new year has in store for you and how to make the best of it.
In this class you’ll learn:
– How to find prosperity, career achievement and romance for the year
– How to avoid delay, cancellations and accidents areas for the year
– Buildings that will experience financial troubles and health problems
– What animal signs are going to be luckier in 2018
– What animal signs can have challenges (and how to avoid them)
– Areas of your garden that shouldn’t be moved in this year
Attend this class and find out how you can make the best out of the New Year!
This event will be recorded and a link to the video will be sent to all attendees for later playback, even if you miss the live session.
NOTE: The Login Link to access our virtual classroom will appear on your after-registration page and in an automated email confirming your registration. Look out for either or both. If this is your first time attending an event with us, you’ll be ask to download the screen sharing software when login in. Please answer “yes” when prompted.
Looking forward to sharing with you what to expect from 2018!!
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BASIC FENG SHUI: FENG SHUI FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS
Video Class – 2 hr.
Enjoy this 2-hour live webinar featuring Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk you thru how to improve your living and working environment to gain better physical, emotional and mental health. This event is open to everybody.
Here you’ll learn:
– How Feng Shui relates to your Health and Wellness
– How your living environment effects your energy
– How to spot most common negative Feng Shui effects
– How to correct common negative Feng Shui problems
– How colors can effect your Health and Wellness
– Why the same building will effect different occupants the same way
– How reduce stress and other common modern problems
Are you a healthcare professional wanting to learn more professional Feng Shui?
NOTE: the login link to the virtual classroom for this webinar will be emailed back to you after registration.
It will be emailed to you at the email address you registered with, along with your registration confirmation and event details. You’ll receive the email few minutes after completing your purchase. Check your spam filter if necessary.
A link to the video recording will be sent to all registrants unable to attend the live webinar and will be active for a week past the date of the event. It will be available for playback for a week from the date you’ll receive it.
We hope you’ll enjoy it and that will bring you wonderful Health & Wellness!
For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.
See here footage of the new #AppleCampus in Cupertino.
I can’t wait to see how this one turns out in the long run.
It is not my work, as round shape floor plan is generally considered not good in Feng Shui and I would never let any client take such a risk if I wasn’t sure it was going to turn out 100% good.
The building is huge so maybe the old rationale still apply, or maybe not?…will it have good effect or a bad effects? Only time will tell. I think we can safely consider this the biggest Feng Shui experiment since the Forbidden City. My own participation in the Feng Shui consulting for the Los Angeles Zoo addition few years back is tiny in comparison.
It is $5 billion case study, a very expensive experiment, but great for Feng Shui scholars to see how this very brilliant company will benefit, or not, from it. Keeping my finger crossed for them.
Thank you Steve for taking suck a risk and allow every Feng Shui Master in the world to learn from this!
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I have been practicing as Feng Shui Master for 20 years (this month is our firm anniversary) and I have seen many choices of available real estate over the years, both residential and commercial. I also often consult for buyers and developers.
Naturally not every house is alike, so when you are in the process of buying or renting, here are some good tips to follow to make certain that what you are buying is a good Feng Shui house. And, if not that good don’t panic: a good Feng Shui Master can help you fix anything.
1) Good Energy Potential
The first rule of thumb is to determine how a building makes you feel. We are naturally attracted to a building that has good energy– not just a good design, but good potential and specially what we feel is good potential. Whether we know about Feng Shui or not, it is our natural instinct to go by our gut feeling.
Houses that have great energy attract occupants effortlessly, so they are less likely to be on the market for a long time. In my experience this is the underlining reason behind the so-called “curb appeal.”
2) Previous History
When selecting a new house there isn’t a “cookie cutter” approach to it simply because each house is very different from the next. The house orientation is different, its layout is different, the construction time is different. Luckily, as I said, a good Feng Shui Master can help you fix even the worse houses.
What I recommend to my students and clients is what I do myself: When in the process of buying or renting a building first inquire about the history of the previous occupants. If they were successful and moved to a larger or better location that is always a good sign.
If they did poorly, whatever had caused the problems for the previous occupants is more than likely going to effect any other occupant after them in a similar manner.
GOOD NEWS: you can still make a good Feng Shui house out of it by making Feng Shui changes, but will need to consult with a Feng Shui Master to find out what to fix it and determine the cost of fixing it. I recommend doing this before closing escrow, just in case you decide to back out of it if the house is too expensive to be fixed.
3) Long Time Empty or Vacant
Houses that have been on the market for a long time could be a red flag. In most cases a house that has remained unoccupied for a long time will signify that something is wrong with its energy (not attractive to people). In many cases the corrections can be quiet easy, easier than finding a new house if you really love this one and it has everything you always wanted. In this case also Feng Shui evaluation before moving in will also help you decide if the building can be corrected in with in your budget, or if it is more convenient for you to just choose a different one.
4) Great Bargains
When looking at a new house most of us are attracted by a great financial deal, but please look carefully into those. Most of the time if a house comes with a great deal it is because it has been empty for a long time and then you will find yourself back to the case mentioned above. This could also work out to your advantage thou: by paying less for the property, you’ll have some extra budget to do the Feng Shui corrections and end up with a great Feng Shui house after all.
5) Can Any House Be Corrected?
This is the million-dollar question: “Can any house be corrected?”
Since houses are man-made buildings, YES they all can be corrected; however, some buildings require more corrections than others.
Some corrections could just be just cosmetic – colors, materials, furniture layout.
For some could be a more expensive structural endeavors.
The only way to really gauge what a house will need is by doing a walk through visit before moving in to assess the overall quality of the house and what needs to be corrected to make the building Feng Shui proof. This will help you also choose colors, floor finishing and furniture layout.
Overall, it will give you peace of mind and confidence that you are buy a really good Feng Shui house.
I’ll be happy to discuss more on what’s needed for you to get started on the right foot from a move-in Feng Shui inspection of the house you bought to the best time time to begin moving in.
Please call at my office for a consultation at (310) 860-8989 or e-mail me at dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com to set up an appointment.
Good luck in your perfect Feng Shui house search!
Would you like to learn how to do a Professional Feng Shui Consultation? Read more about our Pre-Recorded Video Course and our Live webinar Course.
Are you buying Investment Properties? Check out our article on Feng Shui for Investment Properties
For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.
When we plan Feng Shui for Career Success, we are planning for financial success, but also for much more than that.
What makes the difference between a “career” and just a ”job” is that in a career we invest our passion, our dreams and our plans for the future. It is not just a pay check, is a long term relationship with other people and circumstances that will help us grow as persons as well.
Hence, part of planning your Feng Shui for Career Success involves activating your talents, your leadership, your business charisma, and your cooperation abilities.
For years, I have watched as my students attend professional classes with the desire of helping others by using Feng Shui either as professional consultants, or as designers with Feng Shui proficiency. In the process, they also discovered Feng Shui can be useful for them, to improve their own lives and their own career.
As soon as my last Advanced Feng Shui course was completed last year, half of the students were off moving into new places that they can now pre-selected thanks to what they learn in the Advanced Feng Shui course.
Eventually they all moved into excellent Feng Shui homes. In within few weeks after moving in these new places, they all experienced extraordinary miracles in their lives, lot of them related to their careers.
Here are some of the success stories they shared with me (I am changing the names for privacy purposes):
These are only few of the success stories our students have experienced after applying Feng Shui in their own lives.
We invite you to join us for our upcoming in-person classes on Feng Shui for Career Success coming up on May 24 and for our Professional Certification Webinar Course in Advanced Feng Shui and see for yourself what Feng Shui can do for you and for your career.
I am looking forward to having you in our Feng Shui In-Person Classes in Santa Monica, CA!!
For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.
I have often talked about the importance of been prepared– meaning being “business prepared–“ when beginning a new business endeavor. In that sense, utilizing Feng Shui’s principles in an office or a business location is part of being prepared to eliminate blockages in the ‘energy’ that could prevent you and your business from achieving the goals you’re setting out to accomplish.
Some of you may already have read books on Feng Shui for business– or perhaps read my brief for the Canon Corporation on how to maximize productivity and reduce office stress. You may have already introduced some elements of Feng Shui in your office design, or perhaps you have gone so far as to hire an expert– hard as it is to find a qualified one these days.
And yet, some of you may still find your business has been a place of challenges both on a personal and professional level. This is usually a sign that something is up at a deeper, more advanced Feng Shui level. And as well intended as we may be as expert Feng Shui Masters turned teachers and writers, it is just too lengthy and complex to address every case scenario in our books or classes for why this may be happening. Have I mentioned before how the energy distribution of each building is based on the year of construction of the said building and its orientation? This means there are literally hundreds of combinations that give each building its unique characteristics in the way each one affects its occupants. Then you can add to that how each of the occupants may each have a need for more specific colors or materials or desk placement in his or her office based on their date of birth and there you have it– a three variable equation! How many of you really have the patience of going through such training just to set up your office?
So, to make things a bit easier for you, I am going to enlist four major groups of buildings that you may come across when shopping around for a building, when considering where to move your office or business, or where to start a new one. If you have already moved in this can serve as a “check list” to evaluate how good the building you have rented and purchased is and whether it would be a good idea to consider having the consult of a Feng Shui expert to do some “fixing.”
Those who know me have already heard me say several times, mostly about residential, that a building’s energy, whether good or bad, affects its occupants time and again. That is because each building is created with certain, specific features that have the ability of affecting people on a health, wellness, relationship, and the ability to perform in business level as well as with life in general. So, if a building has great aspects it will affect its occupants in a very “lucky” manner, while buildings that are not very positive will affect its occupants by bringing about challenges and overwhelming obstacles.
Many make the mistake in thinking that a previous occupant’s bad luck may have “lingered” in the building, when in fact it was the Feng Shui’s characteristics under which the building was created– most of the time unbeknownst to unaware designers and architects– that had affected the one or more different occupants over time. So knowing what has happened to the previous occupant(s) of a space can give you some indication of what the building may have in store for you too.
Obviously there are many variables to how having bad Feng Shui could undermine a company’s business efforts, but for the sake of this discussion, I have grouped them into four main categories. Check them out and see if any apply to your office or business location:
This is the most obvious “red flag” you can come across: the building has been affecting occupants with a history of financial problems over and over again– and the older the building, the clearer you’ll be able to see this. So there’s a very good chance that the same building will affect your business the same way.
A few years ago I helped a client, John, select a new business location for a store. I had worked with him previously, so he was already aware of how accurate and effective Feng Shui had been for both his residence and with a different business that he had opened a few years prior in a different location.
When reviewing the location he had picked out I advised him that the building had a very adverse potential– bad for financial success, but also bad for the occupants relations and I recommended, if he was going to acquire this space, that he planned in the renovation’s budget for some serious structural remodeling (namely removing the roof of the warehouse-type building so that the original, unfavorable energy could be released and updated to a more favorable, current energy.) After finding out that the previous occupant had gone bankrupt, John was more than convinced of the need for this replacement and set a budget aside for it.
And so he did. However, for this new endeavor, he had joined forces with another, very successful entrepreneur, who, unfortunately, didn’t believe in using Feng Shui.
So while this gentleman did agree on some of the modification I suggested, he opposed the plans to replace the roof. To not upset his new business partner, John reluctantly went along with not doing it. And so, the renovations were carried on without this crucial part of my recommendations
No sooner had the renovations begun than the trouble also appeared on the horizon– construction was delayed several times and dragged on for several months due to multiple misunderstandings between the architects, contractors, and clients. By the time the “Grand Opening” came about John and his new business partner had experienced so many “irreconcilable differences” in the business managements and on a personal level that they decide to, resentfully, split. By the end of the year the business was sold and a new owner took over– while John’s other building’s businesses were Feng Shui had been successfully applied were flourishing.
This is a variation on the previous one. However, this kind of building is a bit more difficult to identify because companies and business in this kind of building may still do fairly well financially, which makes it hard to detect as a Feng Shui problem simply due to the fact that it’s being shown as people who are just not getting along with each other. Nevertheless, it could be something as simple as readjusting the office’s layout to improve the relations between people and, consequently, both productivity and the bottom-line.
These situations are the most difficult to explain to clients because most of these buildings are usually on the market for an incredibly reasonable price tag and that can lure even the most hardcore Feng Shui aficionado into thinking what we all would think– “It’s a great deal!” But remember– not all that glitters is gold. If you investigate a bit more you’ll soon find out that your “dream building” has been unoccupied for months, maybe even years, which is the reason for the cheap price. What do you do then? If you know what’s good for you (and your business) you’ll start doing some more research before signing that escrow/lease agreement.
My suggestion is that you first get your information from a reliable third party, not your or another party’s agent who may know nothing about the building’s history, but rather from the building’s neighbors or the current, “soon-to-be-previous-occupants.” These are among the best third party sources to ask.
I have done this several times, one of which I remember very well. I had witnessed my client, Bob, completely enthusiastic about a space way larger than what he could afford, but wanted it mainly because it had a very “sweet deal” attached to it. Based on the year of construction I was given the place looked like a dream come true– a great space with an excellent price– which made me suspicious. When I asked the real estate agent who occupied the space previously I was told that the space had been empty for seven months– which made me seriously suspicious. I had to convince my client to take 24 hours to think it over so I could find a way to collect more information. Since we were away from Los Angeles I couldn’t rely on any of my usual sources, so we sent one of Bob’s employees to have a friendly “chat” with the occupants of the office suite right next door. There we found out that the building had indeed been empty for seven months because the previous company had gone bankrupt and its guarantor was still carrying out the lease for them. So think about whether or not you’d like to get one of these supposed “deals” for yourself and your business.
Now it probably goes without saying that these are the best buildings ever. You can think of them as coming with a “Feng Shui Warranty.” They may need to be “tinkered with” to accommodate your business and maximize its potential, but you know a good potential is there to begin with. And this is the kind of building I recommend my client to always look for. But the trick is there are not very many of them around. Only about 25% of buildings designed and constructed without keeping Feng Shui in account end up having good potential, and they still need tweaking afterwards! So imagine what happens when you just “choose” your business or office location without keeping Feng Shui in consideration. Are you really ready to deal with the unknown?
Having said that, do you know now what’s in your building?
Let me know if I can be of any assistance at 310 860 8989
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