08/19/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Here is a link to a short article about how magnets have helped diabetes sufferers improve circulation in their feet.
http://wcbstv.com/health/healthwatch.neuropathy.magnets.2.1132259.html
Nikken have been promoting the virtues of magnetic insoles in shoes for over 30 years. What is so unique about these Nikken products is that they require NO EFFORT to work effectively. They represent the “lazy man’s healthcare”!
Feng Shui Agency has been an independent Nikken distributor for 6 years, because we recognise the benefits of their environmental products (Airpower 5 air filter and the PiMag water filter) to improve the physical quality of a home or office.
Click here for further details on how magnets can help increase circulation in areas of pain or neuropathy. Ideal for people with diabetes who suffer from numbness in the feet.
Do please spread the word, these are important products that contribute greatly to your wellbeing.
Sarah
08/18/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Feng Shui for Health, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
With all the worry about air-borne viruses and swine flu, not to mention the ever present challenges presented by pollution and asthma, Nikken have announced a special offer until end of August of 20% discount on their Airpower 5 hybrid airfilters/ionisers (non ozone), to encourage more people to benefit. See one of the latest Airpower 5 Testimonial attached.
We have been distributors of the Japanese Nikken products for about 6 years because in addition to my Feng Shui work, I have inevitably encountered environments that are beautiful and healthy but also ones that are a clutter nightmare and unhealthy, requiring a little technological help in addition to the Feng Shui.
While Feng Shui works primarily with the environmental energies of a space, the Nikken products are working hard for you in the background to provide ‘passive support’ i.e. the lazy man’s healthcare! Just place an air filter next to your desk and you can improve the quality of air and reduce internal pollution. Simply use a special sleep system and you cocoon yourself in immune system enhancing technologies… Very clever! So clever in fact that some of the world’s top athletes unreservedly endorse Nikken products.
Want to have a product experience? Call us on 0800 458 7267 and ask for details on the next free “Wellness Preview” event in West Hampstead London. In the meantime, you can discover more at the following website http://www.nikkenwellbeing.co.uk
08/15/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Uncategorized | No Comments »
Last chance to join us on a great Feng Shui Introduction Course in London next weekend August 22&23rd from 10am to 5pm each day. Only 2 places left!
Venue: Birkbeck College, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London
Fee: Only £168 plus VAT.
For full details please visit http://www.fengshuiagency.com/feng-shui-courses_modulea.html
Our next Module A Introduction Course will be January 2010 if you can’t make this one. Join our newsletter list to be kept updated.
07/21/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Dowsing and Geopathic Stress, Eco Feng Shui | 1 Comment »
I have been using dowsing in my Feng Shui practice for more than 10 years and had a great encounter the other day when I came across a young lad from the water board nearby my home, using old coat hangers to dowse for water pipes. He looked a little taken aback when I approached him saying “Hey, thats the type of work I do!” and we got talking and he revealed how the water board officially banned “divining” as it is also known, but that the “old boys” who taught him his job still preferred to use their rods over their electronic detectors! It really made me smile!
I teach the basics of dowsing on my Introduction Courses and I use it to find underground water (particularly useful in areas like Victoria and Pimlico in London) and negative earth energy lines that cause geopathic stress. Do read this great article I just stumbled upon in my National Trust Magazine Summer edition – apparently dowsing has been used by civil engineers to find underground power lines in the military fields of Saudi Arabia.
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06/17/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Uncategorized | No Comments »
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06/17/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Feng Shui Business Consultations, Feng Shui Home Consultations, Feng Shui Property Selection | No Comments »
1. Feng Shui Tips for House Hunting…
As the economy shows the first tender shoots of recovery the housing market has started to move again. So, how do you find a good property that will support you rather than work against you?
FORM – it is essential for your house to have good ‘form’ or good bones! Whether you are looking for a mansion with grounds or a small terraced house, in Feng Shui terms you want to have a nice high wall/fence/trees/slope at the rear of the property for protection and a nice open view towards the front which represents your future energy. In general, you should avoid properties with gardens sloping away at the back and high at the front – though there are exceptions but you’d need me or one of my consultants to verify this type of “Site Empty, Facing Full” form.
THE GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY! -You might have fallen in love with the property but overlooked the fact that it is surrounded by ugly buildings or features such as run-down garages, gardens full of junk, nearby pylons, unattractive tower blocks etc. Feng Shui is 60% about the exterior, and it is well worth paying a little more in order to be in a nicer area. However, if you are thorough in your search you can find areas of beauty and good form even within cheaper housing zones.
General Feng Shui scenarios to avoid:
Homes opposite T-junctions (can cause financial difficulty and health problems)
Homes on steeply sloping streets (harder to receive opportunities and not good for relationship balance between male and female)
Homes with ‘Sha or Poison chi’ – the corner of another house or large building pointing directly towards the front door or the back of the home
ORIENTATION – If you stand at the approximate centre of the property with a compass, align the compass to the magnetic North and find that the line running from back to front of property is not squarely within a direction then in general I would say avoid it or call one of us in to help you with our Property Selection Service. You see, many homes or office buildings falling between directions such as N/NE or S/SW or E/NE etc. can be difficult to fix. I am not referring to subcardinal directions.
Subcardinal properties (such as NW back SE front) can be OK and we can professionally guide you on this with the Property Selection Service, but as a general rule the cardinal directions N, S, E, W are preferred because the buildings are aligned to purer directional energies, which means stronger energy to support you and your family or your business.
Feng Shui Lo Pan compass
TAKING YOUR COMPASS READING – at beginner level it is best to stand in the approx centre of the property and see where the back is and the front will usually be directly opposite. Apartments are a little more complicated in terms of back and front. To be on the safe side, go outside of the property at the back and the front, and then a few metres away from the property to ensure that your compass needle reading is not being influenced by any steel or electromagnetic activity within the house (as can sometimes happen).
FEELING? – some people say the house chooses you! What are your first impressions upon walking in? Do you get an immediate sense of being at home? If so, then it is very likely that the home has something to teach you, even if you then subsequently discover there are some Feng Shui problems. No house is perfect from a Feng Shui perspective, but some are far better and less problematic than others.
BUSINESS PREMISES – depending on the type of business you run, in general, you should make sure that the front door is easy to see and access. Sounds obvious if you rely upon passing trade, but it is amazing to hear about people signing leases on the basis of price alone and without consideration for common sense. If people find it hard to see the door (for instance, an upstairs restaurant) then how do you expect to catch the passing trade or passing ‘chi’?
Business premises are subject to different types of Feng Shui assessment, so if you are serious about running a successful business then I would urge you to invest in our Property Selection Services at the very outset, so that we help you get your business off to a flying start!
I hope the above gives you an idea of what to look for, but there are hundreds more considerations and I can only give you the basics because it takes years of experience to assess what is important as each property is totally unique and each property occupant resonates differently with the property. So, if you want to be absolutely sure your new home will definitely be your dream home, then take advantage of our expertise and use our Property Selection services. CONTACT USto find out how we can help you avoid Feng Shui disaster when selecting your new home, office or commercial space.
05/04/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Feng Shui History & Lineage | No Comments »
Sometimes China gets a bad press, what with the Tibet issue and some controversy over the build of the Olympic stadium. I recently returned to China in October 2008 on an incredible Feng Shui study tour with my teacher Grand Master Chan Kun Wah, and was reminded once again how unusual the land formations are there and how the land can sometimes be so overpowering that it is no wonder that Feng Shui was developed there. This time I was in the Hunan province which is rarely visited by tourists, so we were quite a novelty! We saw stunning national parks and ancient villages, and even found time to look at a few gravesites. The topographical Form was similar to Yunnan and Guangxi which I had visited in 2001, but different enough to offer more Feng Shui learning experiences and different chi qualities.
Happily, Feng Shui is a “universal” system of energy management. I now emphasise in my talks and lectures that Feng Shui originates from ancient China, because it is more accurate than simply saying it is Chinese. The practice of Feng Shui in China is experiencing a return these last few years having previously been outlawed under Chairman Mao for years. Many practitioners are found in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, because they had to flee mainland China.
The Feng Shui Language might be of Chinese origin, but in fact, you ask any ordinary Chinese person about Feng Shui and it is as mysterious to them as it is to your average European. Some teachers of other styles of Feng Shui teach accelerated methods, which need no knowledge of Chinese or Cantonese – people sign up for these courses with enthusiasm only to discover that their understanding will never reach the depths available to you if you take the trouble to learn the source language. Why? Because the Feng Shui language has characters that are not included in ordinary Chinese language – it is in a realm of its own and to truly understand the deeper significance of the teachings and increase your skill you need to know the ‘Feng Shui alphabet’! This is why Chue style practitioners learn the characters, and also because this helps us access their unique energy and resonance.
Some of the Feng Shui principles can be traced back to India and Buddha, but most of the development of Feng Shui originated in China. So yes, it is Chinese, but it has its own language – a language of nature, cosmology, mathematics and harmonics. It is universally applicable and I love nothing more than finding a new climate and understanding how Feng Shui theory plays itself out – from Lanzarote to Frankfurt, London to Hong Kong, Sweden, South Africa, Iran, Russia and Austria we take our cues from nature and seek to harmoniously combine the human with the environment.
Sarah
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05/04/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Feng Shui Business Consultations | No Comments »
Last year I was asked for input into an article on business Feng Shui for CorpComms business magazine.
Always happy to open up my portfolio to scrutiny, I contacted a few of my business clients to see if they would authorise an inclusion in the article. A few were very happy to speak about their experience with my services and the appointed journalist found out more about the success of the Feng Shui consultations than I have ever heard directly from the clients!
These real-life examples of how Feng Shui can be applied to increase business were used in the cases of London Calling, Life After Branding and Courtney Bell Clinic (among others…) and here I will distil a few tips for you business owners to implement:
Front Door – it might sound obvious but your front door is vital, because it is the ‘mouth’ of your building and receives the nourishment of energy and human traffic. If you have doors that open outwards then consider re-hanging them so that they open inwards, otherwise you are pushing the natural energy flow outwards.
Reception – having a spacious reception is also really important because people feel comfortable and feel as if they have arrived somewhere good. If you have a small reception use simple tricks like uplighters or slimline aquariums to create sparkle and movement in the space – but contact me first for advice because water is very powerful and should not be placed in the wrong direction.
Open View – where possible, try not to have large trees blocking the frontage of your office, particularly if they are ugly scraggly trees. Depending on where they are situated they can block the wealth position, cause edgy and spiky behaviour (its true!) and even cause problems with internal organs.
Power Position – it is marvellous to make seemingly small changes and see them have a big impact. This technique has to be the most gratifying and I have seen people turn from timid to assertive, simply by following this advice and placing their desk in the power position, found diagonally opposite the main door or if there are two doors then the area furthest away from both doors. Try to sit with your back protected by a solid wall, even if it means installing cable management to keep unsightly wires organised which were previously all jammed up against the wall. Who wants to face a wall day in day out?!
The above tips might seem ridiculously simple, but how hard we find it to be simple! How rarely do we slow down enough to stop and consider the breath of life in our buildings? Myself included! I love my job as a Feng Shui consultant because it demands that I slow down and when not tearing up and down the motorway I am to be found standing ponderously, calmly and almost invisibly in the forecourts of companies throughout the country with my big red Lo Pan compass …
Sarah
5 Reasons to have an expert Business Feng Shui Consultation
1. Increase protection against the economic downturn
2. Support productivity of key staff
3. Explore untapped environmental factors affecting your business
4. Raise your visibility within the high street
5. Optimise your office refurbishment or relocate to a luckier premises
For a free telephone assessment to see whether Feng Shui can help your business CONTACT US now!
All content Copyright of Feng Shui Agency Ltd 1999-2009
IF YOU WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR WEBSITE OR NEWSLETTER YOU CAN AS LONG AS YOU INCLUDE THIS COMPLETE INFO WITH IT:
Sarah McAllister is owner and founder of Feng Shui Agency Ltd, a UK based Feng Shui consultancy and training company with an international client portfolio and associate Feng Shui architects, Feng Shui Urban Planners and Interior Designers. She is widely regarded as an industry expert and is a sought after lecturer and consultant. She publishes a monthly electronic “Chi-mail!” with industry news, practical Feng Shui insight and advice and great promotions for subscribers. To receive your copy sign up here http://www.fengshuiagency.com/newsletter
05/04/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Feng Shui Benefits & Research, Feng Shui Business Consultations, Feng Shui Home Consultations | No Comments »
A little known fact about Feng Shui is that it is as much about timing as it is about spatial layout and environmental design. Feng Shui consultants use two calendars known as “10 000 Year Calendar” and the “Tung Sing” almanac to determine the most auspicious timings for key activities.
The “10 000 Year Calendar” contains the qualities of each year, month, day and hour. For instance, May 2009 was an Earth Ox year, Earth Snake month and May 4th was an Earth Rooster day. This might all sound a bit bizarre, but the universe is full of energy patterns and energy qualities and the elements and animals represent these dynamics very accurately.
Anyhow, anyone with an ounce of awareness can grasp the fact that spring is generally a time of optimism, new beginnings and de-cluttering! Whereas winter feels a little more lethargic and the reduced daylight hours make us want to sleep more and be cosy and snug. Summer sees us getting up earlier to greet the day and autumn feels crisp and somehow transitional. Some climates don’t have such marked seasons as Europe, but the energy changes are still to be seen in the colours of the vegetation and the behaviour of the wildlife.
The Feng Shui calendars go beyond the general cycles of seasonal change to pinpoint smaller cycles of birth, peak and decline and these cycles may suit some people more than others. They may also suit some businesses more than others due to the nature of the industry.
New product launches or shop openings:
You wouldn’t want to launch a new product or open a new shop on the Void day with the Remove aspect and with an energy pattern (or kua) that drains away from the business owner or manager’s natal kua. But you might want to have a space clearing ceremony or a de-cluttering performed on this day so that you are getting rid of the stale energy.
Sales presentations:
I was invited a few months ago to give a brief talk at a property developer’s event where the focus was on selling overseas property. I was really looking forward to the event, as the MD is a really creative and open-minded soul, and a few celebrities were lined up to introduce the event. I looked in the calendar about a week in advance and was a little concerned that there was a star in the day that meant “Avoid Property Selling” and it bugged me…. However, I stayed positive and thought, oh well, am sure it will be OK, but about 12 noon on the very day itself I received a call saying it had to be cancelled as the property developers could not attend. I asked the MD to let me know of any new dates for the event, so that we can avoid this troublesome star.
Re-financing
If your company needs to talk to the bank manager or business angel then do so when the natural forces are in your favour. Feng Shui timing accounts for approximately 30% influence on our overall luck – isn’t it worth stacking the odds in your favour?! Talk to your bank manager on a Collect or a Settle day, rather than a day that clashes to you or has negative lunar mansion portents.
Some days I can sense there is a Grasp day or a Moon Blessing day, as there is something tangibly clear and vibrant about the energy of the day. I also know that some days are dreadful for me, and it is these days that I will use for filing, cleaning the car, book-keeping and other dull and undemanding tasks, so that I am ready and prepared to make the most of the good days for networking, public speaking, designing and visiting clients.
For information on our Date Selection Service please CLICK HERE
Sarah
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Master Sarah McAllister is owner and founder of Feng Shui Agency Ltd, a UK based Feng Shui consultancy and training company with an international client portfolio and associate Feng Shui architects, Feng Shui Urban Planners and Interior Designers. She is widely regarded as an industry expert and is a sought after lecturer and consultant. She publishes a quarterly electronic “Chi-mail!” with industry news, practical Feng Shui insight and advice and great promotions for subscribers. To receive your FREE copy please email info@fengshuiagency.com with NEWSLETTER in the subject line. For more information visit www.fengshuiagency.com
04/22/09 by Master Sarah McAllister | Eco Feng Shui | No Comments »
Just a quickie! I can recommend the WWF newsletter. Feng Shui is about understanding humans and nature and how we share this fabulous planet, so I always like to keep up to date with good environmental protection charities and organisations. I just received their latest newsletter…you can sign up here…
http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/highlights/
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