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About Master Simona

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.

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FENG SHUI HOUSE RENOVATION: NOT A GOOD ONE

October 24, 2016 by Master Simona

I was called in a couple of days ago to consult on a recently renovated house in Pacific Palisades, California. The owners—let’s call them Alex and Jill—had moved in only six weeks prior with their two children and, so they told me, a string of “unusual business losses” had suddenly unfolded for the husband and one of their two sons was having a “horrible time adjusting to the new house” whilst their second son had suddenly began receiving daily notes from his teachers lamenting “bad behavior and difficulty with other children.”

Those of you who read my newsletters regularly are probably rolling your eyes right now and thinking “there you are—evidence that the energy of the house needs adjusting” and you are right. After consulting on it I found that the house had some serious problem that needed urgent fixing. That was not an issue, they came to the right place for that.

But what is peculiar about this particular case is that I had also found out that the entire renovation had already been designed upon another consultant’s Feng Shui recommendations. The owner’ scope for renovations was significant, and so was the budget, and several design choices were made specifically based on this previous consultant’s recommendations.

I am not going to go into the details of who the consultant was and what was not pointed out correctly. However, it serves to say two main points about this particular situation:

1) The previous consultant came from a spurious background, meaning: she mixed and matched some elements of Traditional Feng Shui with those of Western Feng Shui. This is very rarely, if ever, a good idea. Traditional (and Scientific) Feng Shui differs significantly in its application than any other derivative of Feng Shui and they often contradict one another. In addition, aspects of Traditional Feng Shui are extremely complex in their applications and one should be very fluent at it to know what aspects take precedence over another. Based on her applications I can tell she wasn’t proficient in it, and hence the directions she gave were inappropriate for the building and its occupants, in some cases, even conflicting.

2) To make matters worse, this particular consultant had no proficiency in space planning or any experience in design either. How do I know that? Because the recommendations she made didn’t make any sense from a design stand point either. For example, one of the sons belongs to the Wood element in Feng Shui. This means his ideal sleeping direction is East. By no means should a Wood element person like him be sleeping with his head lying towards West. But instead, his bedroom was designed so that the only position the bed could fit was with the headboard on the West wall. Closets, windows, and built-ins were then added in around this during the renovation. But how easy would it have been for a properly trained designer to see on the plans that the headboard was in the wrong place for a Wood element, correct it, and THEN place windows, closets, and built-ins around it? For a trained person, this would be a blink of an eye. For a ‘civilian’, a nearly impossible. Yet, I see this every day with my students: those with a design background could work on a project like this, but those without a design background can only analyze houses that are already built and have difficulty recommending appropriate design changes.

In addition, the house had significant Feng Shui problems due to the original time of its construction which took place forty years ago. If I had been the consultant, it would have been my first priority to acknowledge how this renovation was going to possibly modify its earlier “energy issues” and provide concrete, easy solutions on how to turn the Feng Shui of the house around while under renovation and within the client’s budget. Instead, this was not done by the first consultant and as a result the house still carries the same problems it had even before the renovations began.

“Can they be fixed now?” Some of you may be wondering.

The answer of that is twofold: Yes, we can correct the home’s problems by eliminating what works against Alex and Jill and their two sons and make the house the best it can be for them all. However, we cannot turn it around from bad to good in the same way we could have done while doing the actual structural work or without doing further, expensive structural work for which there is no more budget left at this point.

In short, Alex and Jill did the right thing by wanting to have their home consulted on by a Feng Shui consultant when they first decided to do renovations on it. However, they missed a big opportunity by not having a properly trained, qualified consultant working on their house in the first place and they are now trying to do the best they can to correct that for the benefit of their whole family.
If you are planning on investing several hundred thousand dollars in a major renovation of your home and you’d like to incorporate the best Feng Shui possible into your design, give me a call at 310-860-8989. Either I or one of my highly trained students will be happy to assist you properly and help to maximize your renovation budget with clear, easy suggestions that you can integrated seamlessly in your home’s new design.

If you are in the design trade and would like to attend our 12-week Feng Shui Certificate program in Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape Online visit our Feng Shui Training Center site at www.FengShuiTrainingCenter.com for schedule and to register.
The next Live Webcast course is scheduled to start on Tuesday November 1, 2016 at 6pm PT. This course is online and you can login from anywhere in the country or abroad.

I am looking forward to helping you turn your renovation into the best Feng Shui house!

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

For more information about our Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Training Center Website Here.

Feng Shui Certification Program

October 18, 2016 by Master Simona

ADVANCED FENG SHUI FOR ARCHITECTURE

Feng Shui Certification Program Online

PART 1 – 6-Weeks

Live Webcast Online
Tuesday November 1- December 6 – 6 pm-9 pm PT (9pm ET)

Grab this Special Opportunity to attend Dr. Mainini’s live webcast Feng Shui Certification Program in Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape.
Each class is taught via live webcast by Dr. Mainini, with live interaction with students via open microphone and speakers. This class meets weekly at the appointed date and time.

The registration fee for this program includes:

6 live webcast sessions taught by Dr. Mainini
1 digital copy of Dr. Mainini’s book Feng Shui for Architecture
Qualification to attend Part 2 (Upcoming January 9-February 13, 2017)
After completing Part 2, students will receive the Certificate of Completion for 12-weeks course

This course is specifically designed for Interior Designers and Architects, and for students interested in becoming professional Feng Shui consultant or just interested in knowing more for their own benefit. No previous Feng Shui experience needed as basics will be reviewed too.

Click here for more information

Our foundation course Feng Shui Certification Program Online in Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape is currently offered in Special Live Webcasts and Pre-Recorded Self-Study form.

The curriculum learned during this 18-week Certification Program will allow the student to begin practicing professionally after its completion.

Follow up courses for graduates are also available.
Visit our training center site and see how our Courses and Programs can help you supporting your current career or in creating a new one as Feng Shui consultant.

For more information visit www.FengShuiTrainingCenter.com

Feng Shui Cures: Why Prevention is Better then Cure

June 8, 2016 by Master Simona

In addition to my professional Feng Shui consulting and teaching practice, I have been studying Chinese Medicine for a while now. And as I delve more in depth into the many, many ways our food, air, and surrounding environment affects us, the more I understand the supreme importance that prevention plays in Chinese Medicine as well as in Feng Shui.

The intricacies of Chinese Medicine (and Feng Shui) are exponentially complicated.

Maintaining overall good health is not just about healing from an illness; it is about maintaining a state of well-being strong enough to prevent illness from happening in the first place.

The meaning of illness—or poor health in this case—is not being able to manifest your full potential as a human being in health, relationship, career, and all other areas of life. This can be due to genetics, constitution, poor nutrition, or living an unhealthy lifestyle (the “businessman diet” included).

But this can also be due to having a poor living environment, such as a bedroom that does not promote good sleep, or having room layouts in your home that do not allow for enough air or natural sunlight to circulate throughout the building. This also includes a building that can have sun overexposure, mold, or humidity in it, or a work environment that is not designed around the needs of the employees and hence, does not support their productivity. And these are just a few of the most immediate, visible examples of a building’s poor Feng Shui that can be related to illnesses. There are many more that are hard to explain in a short article, but, once discovered in my consultation service and later corrected, have made a huge difference in the way people experience their living and working environments afterwards.

In traditional China doctors as well as Feng Shui Masters were asked to come around homes and businesses on a regular basis for prevention, not just when a problem arose. And while we can use Feng Shui to correct a problem—such as finding a new job after being let go from one, starting a new relationship after a breakup, assisting in healing us from a severe illness, or recovering from an unexpected loss of a large amount of money—wouldn’t it be much easier to prevent any of these things from happening in the first place? Would living a life without drama be so boring and uninteresting after all?

Through my consulting practice and case study reviews with my students I look every day at houses, offices, and businesses where people are experiencing all kind of challenges, and in some cases, they have been for a very long time if they have lived or worked in the same bad building for many years. I can’t help but wonder, what is the point of enduring all that pain?

Why would somebody voluntarily subject themselves, their families, or their employees to such levels of trouble when we have in our hands the possibility of smoothing out paths throughout life by correcting our buildings with Feng Shui to try and prevent these difficulties? Life is bound to bring challenges anyway, so why not at least smooth down some of the impacts of these challenges from their inception by applying Feng Shui to our buildings, whether we think we need it or not, as a preventive measure?

You may remember reading my newsletter two months ago when I published the email I received from Alex G. In it, Alex mentioned how he had moved into a new place, but in spite of having me over when he first moved in, he didn’t apply my recommendations to his new space right away. (I get it, moving is hard you want to be done with it ASAP.) However, after being let go from his job a few months later, and for the purpose of finding another job, I went back for a second visit and this time he applied every single thing I suggested right away. A few weeks after all the Feng Shui adjustments were in place, the company who had fired him began giving him “consultation” projects at a much higher rate he was being paid before, and eventually they hired him back with a full restoration of his salary and benefits.

This may not be the case for everybody, but it has happened most of the time to my clients after they applied my Feng Shui recommendations, and so by now I am more surprised if something positive doesn’t happen than when it does. By why “wait and see first” without doing the recommendations immediately? Do we love drama and difficulties so much we need to put ourselves through them when we could easily dodge them in the first place?

Certainly, like Alex, most of the people I consult with don’t think so anymore, and so do the students I teach in my Training Center. Now they know they can apply Feng Shui in their own lives immediately and when they do, the difference is so noticeable that they wonder why they didn’t do it in the first place. And they’ll never give up Feng Shui.

They often wonder just as I do, why doesn’t everyone have their homes and businesses Feng Shui-ed to make their lives easier by preventing instead of curing their problems?

To schedule a Feng Shui Consultation for your home or business, please email or call us at 310 860 8989 or visit our website for more information. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

FENG SHUI CERTIFICATION FOR DESIGNERS & PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS

April 2, 2016 by Master Simona

Our Feng Shui Certification Program in Advanced Feng Shui For Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape starts Soon. Registrations are now open.

Do not miss this opportunity to attend our Feng Shui Certification Program Online in this special LIVE WEBINAR session with camera feed.

Each class is presented by Dr. Mainini in person. Direct interaction with students is via open microphone and speakers. This class meets weekly at the appointed date and time.

The registration fee for this program includes:

• 12 live webinar sessions taught by Dr. Mainini
• 1 digital copy of Dr. Mainini’s book Feng Shui for Architecture
• Certificate of Completion
• Qualification to attend the Professional Feng Shui Consultant Certification Program & Meetings
• Qualification to attend the Feng Shui Mastery Certification Program & Meetings

Click here for this upcoming live webinar schedule and to register

After course completion, students will receive a Certificate of Completion by our Feng Shui for Achitecture Training Center.

The curriculum learned during this course will allow the student to begin practicing professionally after its completion. Follow up monthly meetings are held for graduate students to discuss their cases with Dr. Mainini.

No previous knowledge of Feng Shui is needed to attend this course.

In this 36 hours program you will learn about:

Feng Shui principles and Their applications,
How to prioritize applications for maximum effectiveness
How to correct bad energy
How to enhance good energy
How to conduct a professional Feng Shui consultation

And a lot more from Dr. Mainini 20 years of experience in this field, the review of her case studies and her suggestion when reviewing your own case studies. See below for full curriculum.

During live sessions, students microphones are open and there is a direct interaction between students and teacher so that she is able to answer all questions. All recordings are unabridged and students questions are included.

These Feng Shui Certification Programs Online in Live Webinar are the most effective way to learn Feng Shui directly from the voice of the teacher. No need to bore though pages of material were you will not be able to get any clarification or ask any questions. These 12 online classes are the real, ultimate Feng Shui learning experience.

Click here for this upcoming live webinar schedule and to register

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

HOW TO BECOME A FENG SHUI CONSULTANT: FENG SHUI CERTIFICATION

March 22, 2016 by Master Simona

HOW TO BECOME A FENG SHUI CONSULTANT:
OUR FENG SHUI CERTIFICATION

Interested in obtaining a Feng Shui Certification?
Have you being thinking about a new career as Feng Shui consultant?
Or a well-paid Feng Shui hobby on the side?
Would you like to learn how to become a Feng Shui consultant?

Enjoy this one-hour free introductory presentation about how our Feng Shui Certification Programs will help you in becoming the best professional Feng Shui Consultant you can be.

In this presentation, you’ll learn about our Professional Feng Shui Certification Programs.

Specifically, we’ll address:

Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape
Certification Program. More Information
Professional Feng Shui Consultant Certification Program. More Information
Feng Shui Mastery Certification Program. More Information

And best wishes on your future career as Feng Shui Consultant!

NOTE: To log in and see the video you’ll be asked to sign in. If this is your first time attending an event with us, you maybe asked to download the virtual classroom software when login in. Please answer “yes” when prompted.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

FENG SHUI FOR CAREER SUCCESS

March 8, 2016 by Master Simona

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):

Mary, who works full time for a famous nation-wide corporation got the promotion she has been waiting for the last two year.
July, who run her own professional business, experienced an increase of customers while at the same time being offered a full time job in within the same field field by a larger competitor.
Maria, was placed in an unpaid “leave of absence” by her company before taking our course and wasn’t sure if she would ever get her job back. She did get her job back, and shortly after she got a rise too.
Doan lost his job shortly after relocating across country to take it. After the Feng Shui chages, he was hired back by the same company. An offer which he refused, to accept instead an offer by a different company for his “real” dream job.
Jen, an interior designer, was hired by a Los Angeles firm where Feng Shui services are in high demand.
Racheal has become a real estate agent and helps investors finding building they can fix and flip effectively while creating good karma for these same buildings (and future owners) thru her Feng Shui expertise.
Miko, Belinda and Gabi also interior designers and architects, have expanded their services to specialize in Feng Shui and are now busy around the clock while continuing our Mastery Program to gain professional grade proficiency.

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 short webinar on Feng Shui for Career Success coming up on March 15 and for our Professional Certification Webinar Course in Advanced Feng Shui starting on April 12 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 Classes!!

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

LAW OF ATTRACTION: FENG SHUI FOR CAREER SUCCESS

March 2, 2016 by Master Simona

Feng Shui for Career Success is part of our Manifesting the Law of Attraction series, which includes several titles on how to use multiple Scientific Feng Shui techniques to increase the Qi of your homes, offices and business to attract and manifest your life in line with your needs and desires.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

FENG SHUI FOR CAREER SUCCESS: MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
1-hour Streaming Video Self-Study Online Feng Shui Class
Available On-Demand Buy and View Video Now

Learn how to increase your energy of leadership to advance your career or to create a new one by using easy and proven Feng Shui techniques.
Whether you are planning a change in your career, or planning on going for “that” promotion, this class is for you.
These techniques will assist you also if you are a business owner planning on bringing your business to the next level.

MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
Companion Meditation and Visualization Class
1-hour Streaming Video Self-Study Online Feng Shui Class
Available On-Demand Buy and View Video Now

In this meditation and visualization class, we learn how to set our own personal “energy” compass in line with those same goals to maximize our other Feng Shui efforts. Hence this class is a companion meditation to all other Feng Shui applications classes in the series.
Whether you are familiar with meditation and visualization or not, this class is very easy and particularly designed for beginners.

MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION Series:

Additional upcoming titles in this series (DTBA):

FENG SHUI FOR LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS (Pre-recorded – View this Video Here)
FENG SHUI FOR MONEY (Pre-Recorded – View this Video Here)

FENG SHUI CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS: FENG SHUI COURSES ONLINE

February 23, 2016 by Master Simona

Our Feng Shui Certification Programs in Advanced Feng Shui for Architecture, Interior Design & Landscape are currently offered in

12 video self-study course (video of classes in this self-study course were recorded during the previous webinar sessions and are presented in their full, unedited content; click on this link for details).
18 live webinar classes (held on special occasion, click link for upcoming schedule and details)

After course completion (either live or self-study), students will receive a Certificate of Completion by our Feng Shui for Architecture Training Center.

No previous knowledge of Feng Shui is needed to attend this course.

In this 36 hours Feng Shui Courses Online program you will learn about:

And a lot more from Dr. Mainini 20 years of experience in this field, the review of her case studies and her suggestion when reviewing your own case studies. See below for full curriculum.

During live sessions, students microphones are open and there is a direct interaction between students and teacher so that she is able to answer all questions. All recordings are unabridged and students questions are included.

These Feng Shui Certification Programs in live webinars or video recordings are the most effective way to learn Feng Shui directly from the voice of the teacher. No need to bore though pages of material were you will not be able to get any clarification or ask any questions. These online classes are the real, ultimate Feng Shui learning experience.

12-VIDEO SELF-STUDY PRE-RECORDED ONLINE COURSE

Our online Advanced Feng Shui Certification Program is now available as a SELF-STUDY PRE-RECORDED VIDEO course. Streaming videos of this program can be purchased and viewed remotely 24/7 by students from all over the world anywhere and at their own time convenience. Read more about this Self-Study Course or Purchase this video series and begin to view it now

18-WEEK LIVE WEBINAR ONLINE COURSE

Our Feng Shui Certification Program Online is also presented LIVE WEBINAR on special occasions. Each class is presented by Dr. Mainini in person. Interaction with students is via open microphone and speakers. Read more about this Live Webinar Course or Find out upcoming live webinar schedule and register

GOALS OF THE PROGRAM

The request for Feng Shui consultations, often to accompany architectural and design services, is continuously growing worldwide. Now more than ever clients are requesting the ancient art of Feng Shui to be integrated with their designs to help bring them abundance, wellness, and positive growth (as well as give them an advantage on the competition).

Feng Shui is an ancient, natural science that gives us insights on how to create healthier and more successful living and working environments. Because each building is unique, each has to be treated specially. Ultimately all occupants of a building can benefit from it having good Feng Shui.

By learning how to analyze the unique “energy imprint” of a building or property you’ll be able to prevent potential issues by making adjustments with its design during the first development stage as well as give your design that extra something—that “energy glow” that will make the final effect truly unique.

This Advanced Feng Shui Certificate Program will help you address your client’s needs, as well as teach you how to integrate the principles in your own living and working environments. After teaching over 5,000 students at UCLA Extension and at multiple Feng Shui Conferences all over the world for the past 20 years, Dr. Simona Mainini has decided to take her in-depth knowledge of Feng Shui to the next level and create this Advanced Feng Shui Certificate Program for other motivated professionals like herself, and to help them succeed in following their passion about Feng Shui.

Attendees will benefit from Dr. Mainini’s 20 years of skills and knowledge acquired from working full-time herself as a successful, international Feng Shui professional. Her goal for her students is to gain Professional Mastery in Feng Shui.

No previous knowledge of Feng Shui is needed. However, a basic understanding of design procedures and drawing skills are preferred, either manual or by a computer, as you will be working on practical assignments which include both design and floor plans.

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

The following is a sample of the various themes and principles that will be covered throughout the 12 week program, but this is not a full course description.

• Review of the Basics
• Scientific Basis of Feng Shui
• Effects of Cosmos & the Solar System
• History of Feng Shui
• Yin/Yang
• Five Elements
• The Different Schools of Feng Shui
• Feng Shui in the Western World
• The Eight Trigrams
• Eight Trigrams Associations
• The Luo Shu – He Tu
• The Internal Environment
• The External Environment
• Yin/Yang Patterns in Buildings
• Yin/Yang Patterns in the Landscape
• Lo Pan Compass
• People Energy & Directions
• East West Theory
• Furniture Alignment
• Spring Stand
• Construction Timing
• World Effects
• Effects of Time on Building
• Charting the Construction Energy
• Charting the Yearly Energy
• Identification of Facing Direction
• How to Conduct a Successful Analysis
• Assessment of Feng Shui Problems
• Where and How to Correct Feng Shui Problems
• How to Tastefully Integrate Corrections with Design
• Feng Shui & Design
• Applying Feng Shui to Renovation
• Applying Feng Shui to New Construction
• Landscaping & Gardens
• Water Placements
• Using Color in Feng Shui on the Exteriors
• Using Colors in the Interiors
• Using Light for Feng Shui Purposes
• Effects of Surface Materials in Feng Shui
• Feng Shui in Residences
• Feng Shui in Offices
• Feng Shui in Business
• Feng Shui Landscapes
• Multiple Case Studies by Dr. Mainini
• Review of all Case Studies by Students in the Program
• Practicing Feng Shui Ethically

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Due to the non-linear nature of the material, registrations are available only for the 12 weeks length. Topics will be reviewed multiple time during the length of the course. Practical case study are necessary to address the variety of the material.

All material covered in this 12-session Feng Shui Certification Programs is copyrighted by Dr. Mainini. Any reproduction of any kind and with any instrument is prohibited. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

*AFSA is our Foundation Certification Program and the pre-requisite to other Certificate Programs, such as Feng Shui Mastery & Feng Shui Teacher’s Program. No previous knowledge of Feng Shui is needed. However, a basic understanding of design procedures and drawing skills are preferred, either manual or by a computer, as you will be working on practical assignments which include both design and floor plans. Either format of the course will qualify you for the Feng Shui Mastery Certificate Program.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: FENG SHUI FOR MONEY

February 20, 2016 by Master Simona

Our Manifesting the Law of Attraction with Feng Shui class series, includes several titles on how to use multiple Scientific Feng Shui techniques to increase the Qi of your homes, offices and business to manifest in line with your needs and desires. Feng Shui is the ultimate secret on how to manifest the Law of Attraction.

Titles in this series includes: Feng Shui for Money, Feng Shui for Career, Feng Shui for Love. For more information visit our Training Center page.

For more information about consultations for home or business, go here

Available Now as Pre-Recorded Video Class on Demand:

FENG SHUI FOR MONEY: Manifesting the Law of Attraction
1-hour Streaming Video Self-Study Online Feng Shui Class
Available On-Demand Buy and View this video now

Learn how to increase your money luck using easy and proven Feng Shui techniques. This is the unabridged video recording of the webinar class held live on April 2015.
These are techniques developed by Dr. Mainini and proven particularly effective in her experience working with clients for nearly 20 years.
It is the companion to the meditation and visualization class “Manifesting the Law of Attraction” also offered in this short video series.

MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
Companion Meditation and Visualization Class
1-hour Streaming Video Self-Study Online Feng Shui Class
Available On-Demand View this video now

MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION Series:

Additional upcoming titles in this series (DTBA):

FENG SHUI FOR LOVE (Live Webinar – Register Here for this Class)
FENG SHUI FOR CAREER (Live Webinar – Register Here for this Class)

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: FENG SHUI FOR LOVE

February 20, 2016 by Master Simona

Our Manifesting the Law of Attraction class series, includes several titles on how to use multiple Scientific Feng Shui techniques to increase the Qi of your homes, offices and business to manifest in line with your needs and desires. Feng Shui is the ultimate secret on how to manifest the Law of Attraction.

For more information about Feng Shui Consultation for Home and Business, go here.

Coming Up next week:

FENG SHUI FOR LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS: MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
1-hour Streaming Video Self-Study Online Feng Shui Class
Available On-Demand Buy and View This Video Here

Join us for this basic Feng Shui class on easy and proven Feng Shui techniques to help you create a new personal relationship or re-awakening an existing one.
We’ll address techniques for women and for men.
Dr. Mainini has selected techniques from the Xuan Kong system, Eight Mansions, Chinese Astrology, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams to specifically help you in manifesting your visions.
Discover how Feng Shui can help you embody the Law of Attraction.

MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
Companion Meditation and Visualization Class
1-hour Streaming Video Self-Study Online Feng Shui Class
Available On-Demand View this video now

MANIFESTING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION Series:

Additional upcoming titles in this series (DTBA):

FENG SHUI FOR CAREER (Live Webinar – Register Here for this Class)
FENG SHUI FOR MONEY (Pre-Recorded – View this Video Here)

Year of the Monkey 2016: How to Prepare for it in the Chinese Calendar

January 27, 2016 by Master Simona

Every year, the Chinese New Year is about a month off from the regular, Gregorian New Year. This year is the year of the Monkey and it is going to be on February 8, while the “Spring Stand” is on February 5.

In Feng Shui, the “Spring Stand” is a particularly big deal, even more so than the Traditional New Year. This is so because February 5 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 as of February 5, 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 for the 2016 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Monkey, on February 3 at 11 AM, PST.

Here are my 4 key tips on how to prepare your house and yourself to receive the prosperous vibrancy of this New Year:

Go through your house, garage, office, and any building you own and discard anything that is broken or unfixable. Even things you have meant to fix for a long time but have still been left sitting there forever (because you didn’t have the time); they all have to go. And I mean everything: clothing, furniture, bikes, cars, or anything that has just been sitting there collecting dust; either fix it or toss it now. For every one of these broken or unfixable items is holding back a piece of your energy if you let it continue to just sit there. However, the simple act of fixing or letting go of these items will release the quantum particle of your own energy you have left trapped in them. This is a technique to bring more of your own energy back to you.

Ideally, this is the very best time for spring cleaning. Though you may have already done so in preparation of the holidays, this is a spring cleaning with a purpose. While you are actually dusting off, brushing up, and polishing up things, you are also removing stagnant energy from every room of the house and opening up the space for the life-force of the New Year to come in. I promise you’ll feel the difference immediately!

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.

Next, redecorate some areas based on the new Feng Shui energy. When I consult with you on your house, I will tell you where the best locations are and where the bad locations are throughout it. This way we can fix or avoid the bad spots and rearrange the furniture so you can spend more time in the good areas instead of the bad ones. In the process, we may also shift some of the furniture from room to room too, so you’ll have a house makeover in addition to an energy makeover. (You will not need to buy new furniture, unless you want to.)

After doing all this work, take a few minutes to sit down and think about people and circumstances in your life that are broken, especially ones that upset you a bit (or a lot) over the past year. Can they be mended? Relationships are not like furniture. Most time it is easier to fix them than replace them. Can you do that? What would it take for you to do that? Holding a grudge into the New Year is a sure way to guarantee the same problem or circumstance will continue on. Could this be a good opportunity to fix what is broken with the relationships involved in your life? No matter how bad things are, if you are willing to make amends and kindly allow others to do the same with you, there is no relationship that can’t be fixed (even if fixing it means finally letting it go). This is especially true if we are late into our years in life; for if there is life, there is still hope. Don’t let it get too late. And what if they don’t want to mend the relationship with you? As long as you have honestly done all you could to mend your side of the fence then there is nothing more you can do. (Just be honest with yourself in the process and make sure you really are doing all 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 unsupportive 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 on the 2016 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Monkey, on February 3 at 11 AM, PST.

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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YEAR OF THE MONKEY 2016 IS COMING UP: Time for a Yearly Update

January 13, 2016 by Master Simona

The Year of the Monkey 2016 is about to start and this is the perfect time for a yearly update.

A Yearly Update is a shorter yearly follow-up consultation designed to address the interaction of an existing structure with the New Year’s “entering” Qi (Life Force Energy). It is different from a Comprehensive Consultation because they usually do not involve major renovations or any new painting. However, the Yearly Update can only be done after a Comprehensive Consultation has been completed. That is why it is a follow-up.

Each building is like a person whose physical constitution can be strong (and healthy) or weak (and unhealthy). During a Comprehensive Consultation I address all weak aspects and provide recommendations on how to correct these weaknesses. After a thorough analysis of all the building’s aspects, I identify the best element to harmonize each room– one of the 5-Elements and its related colors and materials– and only one for each room.

When the 5-Elements corrections have been put in place, the house’s “permanent” energy has been completely addressed and these corrections are to be considered permanent.

But what happens every Chinese New Year?

The energy of the cosmos shifts just a little bit. This shift will have a major effect on new constructions (or large structural renovations). However, the effects on an already existing building are different.

You can think of it as a change of season for the building, and some years are more favorable than others. Amongst these you have years that bring above-average financial abundance, others that cause money losses and a decrease in income; some years assist in fertility, others cause difficulties in relationships and poor health. Yearly Updates are a big part of Feng Shui and they are done extensively in the Asian community as part of the Chinese New Year preparations, literally to “ring in the good Qi.”

Of course if the building has been previously Feng Shui-ed the adverse effects of these extreme yearly energy changes will be softened anyway. However, many prefer to be on the safe side and have a Yearly Update follow-up at the beginning of each New Year to know ahead of time what to expect and to put any additional temporary corrections in place, if any are needed (and normally these will be repositioned the following Chinese New Year).

However, these corrections are not as extensive as those done during a Comprehensive Consultation evaluation and they usually do not involve things like repainting any part of the building’s exterior or interior or any structural construction (mainly because the Yearly corrections are all temporary).

During the Comprehensive Consultation session I also provide a complementary Yearly Update for the current year (or upcoming one, if done close to it) and give you all the tools and recommendations needed to successfully enter the upcoming New Year.

Let me know if I can assist you with your house, office, or business with either a Comprehensive Consultation or a Yearly Update for the New Year. Please call us at 310 860 8989 or email us at dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com to set up an appointment in-person or long-distance.

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The Year of the Monkey 2016: Feng Shui Forecast

December 29, 2015 by Master Simona

FREE WEBINAR PRESENTATION

YEAR OF THE MONKEY: 2016 FENG SHUI FORECAST (1-hour Live Webinar Class)
Wednesday February 3, 2016 – 11 am-12 noon PST (2pm-3pm EST)

The Year of the Monkey is comping up next Chinese New Year on February 8, 2016!!

Join us in this live webinar class featuring Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk you thru the yearly Feng Shui and Astrology forecast for 2016, year of the Fire Monkey. 2016 has in store big surprises that may turn the table on much of what 2015 had created. 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 2016
– 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!

NOTE: This presentation is free when attended live on February 3, 2016.

Registrants to the live session unable to attend will receive a link to the recording at no additional cost. Also, this class is pack with information and we may be going over the well intended 1-hour lenght. If you need to leave class yearly, you will receive a link to the full recording for you to playback later.

The recording will be available later for a fee for those not registered in the live session.

YEAR OF THE MONKEY: 2016 FENG SHUI FORECAST (1-hour Live Webinar Class)
Wednesday February 3, 2016 – 11 am-12 noon PST (2pm-3pm EST)

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For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

FENG SHUI COLORS: THE FIVE ELEMENTS

December 5, 2015 by Master Simona

If you are new to Feng Shui, this basic Feng Shui classes for beginners is for you.

FENG SHUI COLORS: THE FIVE ELEMENTS
Pre-Recorded Video Class 90 min.

Buye and View this video here

Enjoy this presentation about one of the most misunderstood Feng Shui techniques: the Five Elements Theory and how to use it to find your Feng Shui Colors.

Here you’ll learn:

– What are the Five Elements in Feng Shui
– Five Elements Productive Cycle
– Five Elements Destructive Cycle
– How to Correct a Destructive Cycle
– How People Relate to the Five Elements
– How Buildings Relate to the Five Elements
– How to Match People and Buildings using Five Elements
– How to Find Your Feng Shui Colors
– What Feng Shui Colors are Best for You
-What Feng Shui Element is Best for You

NOTE: A link to the video recording of this course will be emailed back to you after purchase.

It will be included in your order confirmation page at the end our your purchase, as well as in an autoresponder email you’ll receive directly in your inbox few minutes after registration is completed. Please watch out for either or both. Check your spam filter if necessary.

We hope you’ll enjoy it and that will bring you lots of good luck!

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FENG SHUI HOUSE THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU

November 11, 2015 by Master Simona

I often use the term “Feng Shui compatibility”, a phrase I made-up to explain how the energy of a building relates to the people living or working in it.

Feng Shui per se’ has a wide range of energy like the building’s energy, each person’s energy, the year’s energy, etc. and they all interact together, so the trick sometimes is how to prioritize in effectiveness and in the applications of corrections.

But when I talk about “building-person compatibility” in a Feng Shui House I refer specifically to how the energy of a building supports– or antagonizes– the person living or working in it.
Yes, the energy of a building can in fact support you or sabotage your efforts in creating your wellness, relationship, career, business, etc.
And if it is sabotaging you in many cases it can be corrected, but once in a while it cannot. In these particular cases, if your experience is really bad and nothing else works, it’s often just best to cut your losses and get out of the space. I usually never recommend people to move because with my experience I have many techniques I can use to improve their place and make it so that they do not need to move.

How do you know if a house has a Feng Shui that is good for you or not? The simplest is the “empirical” way, meaning you move into a building and if your life improves it means the Feng Shui is good for you; if it gets worse, it means the Feng Shui is not good.

This is a bit drastic and time consuming, not to mention emotionally tiring. It is however the way most of us have done it and continue to do it.

Another, more effective way to know if you have a good Feng Shui House, is that of having a consultation with somebody like me, simply becasue I have trained longer and I can spot solutions faster. Then, during the usually two-hour process I can tell you:

What the problem is and how to fix it.
If it is really, really that bad and the cost of fixing it so high that makes more sense moving (this is very seldom and I usually advise for the improvements first anyway)

For example:

During my work as Feng Shui consultant, I was visiting a house in Pacific Palisades, CA yesterday and the woman living in it was a Wood person while the building itself was a Metal building. Amongst other things (for various aspects of the house), I recommended using blue colors and water elements to decorate with to transform the incompatibility and mitigate the adverse effects the house would otherwise have on her.
In fact, Metal “chops” Wood, but if you had Water then metal feeds the Water and Water feeds Wood.
She was very receptive to doing this rather minor correction in favor of having a positive experience living there. That is one of the ways to turn a bad Feng Shui house into a good Feng Shui house.

Some cases can be easier than others, but there are things that can be done for every scenario, and in these days and age, seem we all need as much good energy as we can to support our endeavors.

We have seen in last week class on the Five Elements how each of us belong to an Element and what houses can be more or less compatible with us. We also learn what colors and elements to use to decorate our house to support our own energy.

Here are the Elements you should use based on your house orientation:

BUILDING FACES

FIVE-ELEMENT

Facing North	FIRE
Facing NorthEast	EARTH
Facing SouthWest	EARTH
Facing South	WATER
Facing NorthWest	WOOD
Facing West	WOOD
Facing East	METAL
Facing SouthEast	METAL

If a person lives or works in a building that is not favorable to them, they should use the missing color and element to decorate the house or office with so as to turn the unfavorable match into a more favorable, positive one.The trick is to pair-up the element of a person with the element of a building. Ideally, the most compatible building for you is the one that belongs to the same element as you. That is a good Feng Shui house. We discussed more of this in our Five-Elements class. If you missed it, you can view the video recording of the whole class here.

One note of curiosity: most people who feel “good vibes” from a building are in fact experiencing a high level of compatibility from it, and as a consequence they usually end up buying or renting it. Some have described it as “like falling in love at first sight” with a building. I’ve found this to be the “Feng Shui reason” behind the expression “curb appeal.”

However, in Feng Shui it pays to take an even better, closer look, for not all buildings that are compatible with you are necessarily going to be good buildings based on the building’s own energy of construction (Building’s birth-energy). In fact, some of them could be so bad they could completely defeat the advantage of the compatibility.

What has been your experience in your place so far? Would you like to know more about what you can do to improve your house or work place? Schedule a consultation with us by calling us at 310 860 8989 or email us at dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

If you are interested in learning more about Feng Shui or want to attend a Certification Program in Feng Shui, visit our new training center site at www.FengShuiTrainingCenter.com for a list of Feng Shui classes and Certification Courses online, details descriptions and registration forms. Our classes are available as live webinar and as pre-recorded videos.

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FENG SHUI FOR BUSINESS: the City Club Los Angeles

October 14, 2015 by Master Simona

When the City Club in downtown Los Angeles decided to relocate to the South Tower of the City National Plaza building in 2012, I was contacted by the planning architect and was offered the task of being the Feng Shui business consultant for their design. In fact, the Club’s General Manager, Larry Ahlquist, had specifically requested my services. “We have a large Asian clientele,” he informed me during our first meeting. “We know Feng Shui is important to them, and we would like to honor their culture and avoid any Feng Shui faux pas.”

And so we rode up to the 51^st floor of the City National Plaza’s South Tower to an empty, glass and concrete, 30,000 square foot space with nothing but an electrician there making it fit for use. It was a Feng Shui Master (and architect’s) dream scenario. “This building is very good for the Club, Larry,” I shared with him during my initial analysis. “And we’ll make it a smashing success.”

In the following months, Larry and their teams of architects and designers worked painstakingly to create the most luxurious, sophisticated, and yet still warm and inviting look for the “new” club. And proudly, I must say, they all followed every single Feng Shui suggestion I had made during my consulting time with them, incorporating the Five Elements of Feng Shui with the design layout, the colors, and the finishing materials. The result was not only breathtakingly beautiful, but equally perfect from a Feng Shui stand point.

“This building has very good Qi, that is why it is so successful,” one of the members commented to me during one of the Club’s sold out events (and without knowing I was involved in its design). When I explain my involvement, he was very happy to know the management had taken an interest in Feng Shui during its design. And he wanted to know more, so I told him how my consultation had helped. Soon a pool of people started to form around us, all eager to know what I did to make the energy of the place so good.

“In every single area we have inserted natural elements and colors to create harmony with the Qi of the building and to support leadership, financial success, and harmonious relationships for the members in attendance,” I explained. “So no matter if you are a guest for dinner, having a one-time only meeting in one of the conference rooms, or attending a weekly meeting or a special function or a banquet—every area has been designed specifically for the Qi, meaning the life force energy, to support members in creating success. And this is possible to attain for anybody and any building, whether it’s a residence, an office, or a place of business, by following my specific Feng Shui Master instructions, just like the City Club management and design teams have done.”

I remained in deep discussion with these members for almost an hour. Upon seeing such an interest in hearing even more details, Larry decided to offer his members (and non-members) a live public presentation at the City Club itself where I could explain what I did even further, and also so that all of his members would be able to have the opportunity to learn how the Feng Shui of the Club can help them achieve success in their daily visits.

And so it is that we’ll now be holding the public presentation “Designed for Success: Feng Shui at the City Club Los Angeles” on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the Club’s very own premises.

Please join us in celebrating the Club’s success and learn how you too can use Feng Shui principles to make your own business space more successful.

Please call 213.620.9662 to RSVP. A small fee for non-members may apply.

I look forward to seeing you and sharing all I know about Feng Shui with you!

EVENT DETAILS:

“Designed for Success: Feng Shui at the City Club Los Angeles”

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 – 6:30 – 8:00 PM

City Club Los Angeles

555 S. Flower St., 51^st Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1558

Call 213.620.9662 to RSVP

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ANNOUNCING: OUR NEW FENG SHUI SCHOOL ONLINE

October 6, 2015 by Master Simona

Our Feng Shui for Architecture – Training Center is the only Feng Shui School Online specializing in the application of Scientific Feng Shui to Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Design.
We offer Feng Shui Certification Programs Online for professionals in the design field and aspiring professional Feng Shui Consultants, and also offer Feng Shui classes in series open to the general public interested in knowing more and use these proven techniques to improve their lives.

Each course is offered as Live Webinar Feng Shui courses (with video, audio and screen sharing capabilities) and Pre-recorded Self-Study Feng Shui courses (Video/Audio recording of a previously held Live course – each videos can be played at student’s convenience and pace – wheather it takes you 12 weeks or 12 months to complete our Self-Study Programs, we still graduate you with a Certificate*).

The curriculum of the webinar classes and the pre-recorded classes is the same.
All classes are taught by our founder and senior Master Simona F. Mainini, Dr. Arch.
Read more about our Live Webinar Courses and our Self-Study Pre-recorded Courses by clicking here

You can attend all of our courses from the comfort of your home, from anywhere in the country or abroad, without the hassle of driving, parking, flying or lodging anywhere else. After several years of teaching we found that most of our students enjoy this convenience beyond their original expectations. It also allows us to bring our teaching to committed students like yourself worldwide without additional costs on your part. Visit us for details about schedule, costs and tech requirements at www.FengShuiTrainingCenter.com

You do not need any previous Feng Shui knowledge to get started. However, current Feng Shui professionals interested in attending our courses for further professional development and to obtain our Certificates are also welcome. Email us directly to discuss your level of proficiency so we can advise on your best course of study with us. dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com or call us at 310 860 8989.

We are looking forward to having you all in our online classrooms!!

*Certificates of complition are release for Advanced Feng Shui Certification Program and Feng Shui Mastery Certification Program only. See our site for details.

FENG SHUI OFFICE TIPS: Planning for Success with a Feng Shui Consultant

September 30, 2015 by Master Simona

Utilizing Feng Shui Office tips helps achieving the business goals you’re setting out to accomplish.

Some of you may 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. The energy distribution of each building is based on its year of construction and its orientation. This means there are literally hundreds of combinations that cause each building to have positive or negative effects on its occupants. In addition, each of the occupants has a need for more specific colors, materials or desk placement based on their date of birth.

So, to make things a bit easier for you, I am giving you here four Feng Shui Office Tips for buildings you may come across when shopping around for a location, 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 or purchased is and whether it would be a good idea to consider having the advise of a Feng Shui consultant to do some “fixing.”

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 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 unforeseen challenges and overwhelming obstacles.

There is a popular belief that a previous occupant’s bad luck “lingers” in a building after they leave, when in fact it is the Feng Shui’s characteristics under which the building was created– most of the time unbeknownst to designers and architects– that affects 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. Check them out and see if any apply to your office or business location:

Feng Shui Office Tip 1:

Spaces Where Companies or Businesses Seem To Always Go Out of Business

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.

Three years ago I helped a client, John, select a new business location for a store. I had work 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.

However, for this new endeavor, he had joined forces with another, very successful entrepreneur, who, unfortunately, didn’t believe in using Feng Shui.
So this gentleman opposed the plans to replace the roof and John, to keep the peace, reluctantly went along with not doing it.

No sooner the store opened than the trouble also appeared on the horizon– sales and goods delivery was delayed several times and dragged on for several months due to multiple misunderstandings between vendors and clients. In less than a year, John and his new business partner had experienced so many “irreconcilable differences” that they decide to, resentfully, split. By the end of the year the business was sold and a new owner took over. John’s other ventures however, all located in buildings were Feng Shui had been successfully applied, were flourishing.

Feng Shui Office Tip 2

Spaces Which Cause Arguments, Office Politicking, Scandals, Lawsuits, etc.

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.

Feng Shui Office Tip 3

Buildings Unoccupied for a Long Time

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 “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?

This is a scenario where the help of a qualified consultant will make a difference.

What does it take to fix it? Can be fixed at all? Or is it better to walk away?

All of these questions can be answered in a brief pre-purchase session that can easily fit in your budget.

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.

When I review the building upon his request, I found it highly negative for business success and advise against my client’s leasing it.

Later, Bob’s sent one of his undercover 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.

Feng Shui Office Tip 4

Buildings That Have Been in Business Since the Beginning of Time and They’re Still Thriving

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” a bit 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. And any of my students who have helped people scouting for property will tell you the same.

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 take such a risk? And very expensive risk too, between set up costs and lost income?

Again, there is no need for you to play the guessing game when comes to Feng Shui.

I am more than willing to assist you in making the right Feng Shui choices, and my consulting costs are very reasonable when compared with the cost you will be encountering by moving into the wrong building. Think how much money you will be saving by moving your business into a good Feng Shui location from inception, or maximizing the one you are in right now.

So give me a call and let’s set up a consultation. I am looking forward to help you creating a very successful business for yourself, your family and all of your employees.

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FENG SHUI ARCHITECTURE: How To Hire a Qualified Feng Shui Consultant

July 16, 2015 by Master Simona

I had just been hired to review the plans for a new, sizable property in the West Los Angeles area. It is an interesting situation because I am faced with two challenges:

The first is: the design has been done by one of the most famous Los Angeles authority in the field of architecture – very high profile AIA senior member and a gentleman I have known and respected, as architect, for a very long time.

I am at an advantage in this case since I have also received an architectural training, hence I have more sensitivity toward the details of his design than a regular consultant would. In addition I have been teaching Feng Shui at the Department of Architecture and Interior Design of UCLA Ex. for 15 years, so I know how to give concise and sound instructions that are effective from both the Architecture and the Feng Shui perspective without interfering with the original creative thinking. In other word, I am less likely to butcher the project it in the name of Feng Shui.

My other professional challenge is that I am not the first or second Feng Shui opinion requested, but rather the third or fourth. It is not a real challenge thou, since most of the previous consultants did not specialize like I do in architectural projects, so I am pretty sure the solutions they provided are not as effective.

In fact, after reviewing the recommendations provided by previous consultants, I had to conclude that they are simply “inappropriate” for an architectural project. Obviously any of the previous consultant didn’t have an architectural training, and possibly a rather dubious Feng Shui training too (given some of the recommendations), and the kind of suggestions they had made were rather unsuitable for the lot, the architectural design and the lifestyle of the client.

Some has recommended to rearrange a few piece of furniture – which really doesn’t achieve much in a several thousand square feet home. Another has recommended to “flip” the floor plan on the lot (completely disregarding the zoning and building department requirement, BTW) and frankly not getting much of an improvement on a Feng Shui level. Yes, I know what you are thinking, but that is what you get when a consultant lacks proper Feng Shui training. I see this all the time.

So, after meeting with the owner and the design team, and after reviewing the entire property, I came up with six alternatives that still fit the city requirement and maintain the architect’s vision. Admittedly, some are probably more sensible then others, but they are all valid from a Feng Shui Architecture perspective.

After brainstorming with the architects and the property owner, we have narrow down our choices to one, which is under redesign right now. And all of this was accomplished in only two meetings. THIS is what you get when you hire a truly experienced and qualified consultant like myself or one of my FSA Training Center graduates.

What about the previous consultations, you may ask? Well, my client is not going to get any benefit and no reimbursement either from any of them. So I guess they were a waste of time and money. That is why choosing a really qualified consultant is important (and make sure they credentials are verifiable too).

Whether you are designing a new building, renovating one or planning to purchase one to live or work in, you can most certainly benefit from having a Feng Shui consultant working along the side with you to make sure your project is successful. Because since building effects occupants, the Feng Shui of your building is going to have an effect on you too.

But when you deal with an architectural project, the skills and knowledge of the consultant you choose will make all the difference, as they have made for my client.

If you’re planning on hiring a consultant and are not sure about their qualification, drop me a line and I will be happy to give you some “pro” suggestions. Or visit our site at www.fengshuiarch.com to learn more on what you should be looking for when hire a Feng Shui professional.

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FENG SHUI FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: Creating Success in Real Estate Investment

May 27, 2015 by Master Simona

Magellan Gateway Business Park has finally broke ground last Thursday in El Monte, CA. It is a great example of perfect Feng Shui for commercial buildings.

Over the past year, I have work relentlessly with the development company in the application of Feng Shui for this 5-building Business Park, covering 26 acres and over 500,000 square feet of units available for sale and lease. View video of the site during groundbreaking day VideoMagellanGateway1

My services were originally requested to cater to Asian investors and prospective clients – El Monte is currently expanding by leaps and bounds thanks to the Asian community.

However, as we progressed, the development team became aware of the many insightful applications of Feng Shui for commercial success I was able to provide them with and decided to follow all my recommendations in detail.

It has been one of the best projects I worked on for the team spirit of the participants, and I am expecting it will be greatly successful too due to the above average design of the architects, the attention to details of the developer and of course, the Feng Shui insights I have provided and that were followed very precisely.

I couldn’t be more proud of it.

And of course, the proof is the pudding: the project has barely broken ground and one of the largest building is already in escrow. What can I say, I love my job!!

I am including the Magellan Gateway Business Park brochure below for your perusal here. Feel free to contact the Real Estate Team directly for any question relating to the purchase (contact info on the enclosed brochure link).

And if you are developing any commercial project, I’ll be happy to assist you too. Email me directly at dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com or call me at 310 860 8989 to discuss your project.

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For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.