Frequently Asked Questions
You will find it very useful to read the below information prior making a decision about a consultation as well as prior to the consultation itself.
- When do you suggest a Feng Shui consultation?
If you're drawn to the subject and would like to manifest changes in your life, it is an excellent idea. If you've done some changes in your environment and still feel unease in your home, Feng Shui consultation might bring great inspiring solutions as well.
Simply put if you're ready to apply the suggestions & recommendations given during the consultation, be ready for wonderful changes in your home and in your life.
- I've heard there are different types or schools of Feng Shui. Can you tell me more about the one you practice and explain the differences?
There are two major schools to choose from when you want to engage the principles of Feng Shui in your daily life. The two traditional methods that you will hear about are the Compass Method, and the BTB School (Black Sect Tantric Buddhism) known as well as the Landmark Method, or the Bagua (Sacred Octagon) Method.The Compass Method followers use a lo-pan (compass) to establish the most optimal orientation for your home and the cardinal directions of the Earth when placing the key elements in the interior.
The BTB School uses the Bagua Map of the property to identify 9 key areas of the home (Career, Relationships, Prosperity and so forth).
In my practice I use the BTB discipline as I found it to be the most practical and oriented on the positive aspects of your environment. It also incorporates other sciences and principles, proving again that ALL LIFE IS CONNECTED, nothing stands on its own, reminding us that all is sacred.
You may read more in the About Feng Shui section of this website.
My recommendation as far as a personal choice of a method to follow is simply one that feels good to you, that empowers you and is based on your believes.
- So how does a Feng Shui Consultation look like?
Once you decide to book me and we agree on specific appointment details I arrive at your home or business. I will conclude an "interview" with you asking you personalized questions. You will introduce me to your home by giving me a tour of the property and telling me a bit about each area.Then I ask for some time on my own to - It will usually take up to 45min (depends on how big is the property).I gather all my information and present to you in the form of suggestions, recommendations and solutions designed to bring your desired goals.
- Should I make any notes or do you tape the session?
It is my greatest desire to empower everyone, and that is why I ask that you take notes proactively. While I am giving you my feedback you might have some great ideas of your own. And these would not happen if I were to tape the session. Your first impressions of my feedback will stir some great creativity within you, and these I would like you to treasure and apply to your environment. I will make sure however that you get all the crucial information.
- How fast should I expect the changes taking place after your consultation?
There is no time line and measurement for that.
But if you apply at least 3 of my major must-do solutions you will quickly notice at least subtle changes not only in your home, life, but within you.
Just think how do you feel once the place you occupy is cleaned, supplied with live energy of plants and light. If you've ever done ANYTHING to the space you inhabit including the car, you know the exact feeling.
- Do I have to do anything before the consultation itself?
Well, if you've been telling yourself for some six months stories that start with " I have to clean this clutter " or I have to give this away" or any other have to-s and must do-s, then that is your own first Feng Shui steps guidance speaking. You will definitely gain more when the clutter that is obvious to you is gone. That would be my only suggestion as you won't feel "I knew it" in a way once I'm pointing things out that you are aware of.
Feng Shui Consultation means you want some changes in your life and are ready for them, so listen and pay attention with open mind, and where you find yourself resisting the most when you hear my suggestions, those are the areas to work on utmost, as they are representing opportunities for new beginnings.
- I am very excited for the chance to meet with you and would like other members of the family and some friends to be present during your visit.
Consultation that you will experience is personalized for your particular space and all its inhabitants. It is always great experience to have the family that actually lives in the home present (not necessary though). However the consultation I offer is exclusively for you & your home.
It is working with the energy of the home, and what you bring into it, while bringing someone in, who is not part of that energetic creation is not efficient for you and neither for me. All the information shared by me applies only to you and the home you live in. It is your sacred space, very intimate, and some of my suggestions, you might prefer to be shared only with you and/or your partner.
If you insist inviting someone for the consultation who does not live in the same home space as you, there is an additional charge $90 per person and I have to be notified in advance of the consultation itself. That assures that the value of the information provided is energetically evenly exchanged and I have no resistance to provide you with all all the information intended for your home.
- I am renting just part of the house occupied by other tenants. Would the Feng Shui consultation be effective if applied only to the space occupied by me or do you have to work with the entire space?
Yes. That is absolutely possible, as we will work with the area that you spend your time in and the area that represents you.
- We are moving to a new home. There are no furniture in place, it is completely bare. Should we have the consultation now or later, upon furnishing the house?
If you can it would be perfect to schedule for the consultation prior to complete arrangement to assure that all the major elements are positioned in balance, harmony with each other, as well as in a way that empowers everyone in the house. At the time I would also assure that designated areas of the house are assigned to their functions in the most optimal way.
Obviously the kitchen and bathroom locations cannot be changed, and therefore there are Feng Shui cures that I will give you to enhance their energy in a way that support you instead of working against you.
Once furnishings are in and walls are painted we can move in to the next level of Feng Shui-ing your home by working with the elements that properly placed will create the environment that inspire and balance your daily life.That is the time to work with plants, artwork, light, symbolism within your gusto, style and budget.
So yes there many levels to work with. It is as building the house itself.
There is the bare piece of land that you fall in love with, and then there is the foundation. And after many, many steps you end up with the white fence, porch and beautifully manicured garden. The house you built transcends into a place that you call HOME. The mirror of self.
- I am so eager to introduce Feng Shui to my home, but I am afraid that the suggestions you recommend will be completely out of my budget.
I understand that fear, I can relate to it. I remember my first cures that were made of things or worked with objects that already existed in the environment under the condition, that I absolutely loved each one of them.
You do not need Neiman Marcus budget to bring in the things, and experiences you'd like to be part of your existence. It is my personal story that out of lack of resources, great creativity and imagination is born, along with the resourcefulness, gratitude for all the things you own, and clarity on where you would like your life to go next. A beautiful experience!
Obviously I love to be, feel and have prosperity in my life, and therefore we might work on the prosperity alignments of your home to bring you the flow of abundance.We have to always remember that placing the intention while working with every item and elements is the magic that brings the energy we inquire to the object (s) we are working with.
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