Michelle Obama’s Fashion Feng Shui August 26, 2008

Tangerine; doing the twist in a 60s throwback!

Could your fashion taste increase your chances of political success? in Michelle Obama’s case, it would certainly be nice. Wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Michelle Obama is making a reputation for herself as an all-American fashionista. Despite her reluctance to take center stage during her husband’s presidential campaign, Obama’s sense of taste in clothing has become undeniable to the stylish American ‘shoperazzi’. “Height, brilliance, and class are the essence of Michelle Obama” remarked Baltimore area Feng Shui Consultant, Dr. Renee Parks who’s gone great lengths to analyze the color palette and Feng Shui of Michelle Obama’s campaign appearance wardrobe.  

 

“The energy of our clothing (chi) greatly affects our thoughts and feelings. It also guides our interactions with other people. It is believed that your chi is partly determined by the clothes that you wear, particularly the material, color and pattern. What is believed to be good material consists of cotton, silk, linen, wool and leather. It is important that wool and leather not be restrictive to the body” says Parks.

 

The wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, Cindy McCain tends to flash a cadre of top-shelf digs, however fashion pundits have unfavorably documented McCain’s attempts to make her 71 year old husband appear younger by donning florescent red patent leather jackets, and hot-pink blouses on the campaign trail. Michelle Obama’s retro-Americana meets ‘ 1983 Dynasty’ style is conversely grabbing the attention of everyone with eyes and a bug for fashion. The new ‘Michelle Obama Mania’ in terms of fashion is reminiscent of another young first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, donning her classic ‘pillbox’ and long clutches of pearls, while being widely emulated by American women. 

 

Recently Obama donned a black and white summer dress from White House/Black Market on a daytime broadcast of ‘The View’. Subsequently being dubbed the “Michelle Obama Dress” during the show, the dress has gone 6 months back-ordered. The $148 off-the-rack creation from designer Donna Ricco has become an overnight sensation, and has brought quite a stir within the realm of political punditry and blogotry.”Balance is the essence of Obama fashion, in Feng Shui white is represents Yang – poise and confidence, while black – Yin, is indicative of success, power, stability and protection” notes Parks.  

 

During the nomination rally for Obama’s vice presidential nominee, Joe Biden, Michelle sported an echo of 1955’s ‘Grease’ during a rally in Springfield Illinois. A feminine ‘Picasso-like” floral with swaths of grape, wintergreen and lavendar splashed onto a 1-piece girlish knee-length dress with a slimming bodice and popped ‘Rizzo’ collar. As her outfit screamed for a trendy spiked heel, Obama has avoided them during events, presumably due to her impressive height (5’11), and the possibility of overshadowing her husband’s visual sense of authority. “In this dress, she is embracing more of an mental healing and calming of the mind. Mind you, this is after the great controversy surrounding a statement of hers. That shade of lavendar  is also indicative of a peaceful environment, in terms of Feng Shui meaning.” she says. ” She seems at ease, and less uptight than I’ve seen her recently.”

 

As the keynote speaker for the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Obama sported a feminine form fitting teal, one-pieced cardigan number, which tapered just above the knee. An open-toed baby doll heel gave her a slight arch, softened her stride and accentuated her height onstage. As her speech was perceived to be speaking directly to working class white voters, her clothing accentuated an innate sense of cool – and less a sense of red carpet (which is almost impossible for this Diva to contain!). It was so cool, that many women expressed their desire to find out more about her dress afterward on MSNBC. “Now this dress is completely about being reborn. Teal is a wood element color with a unique combination of adventure, exploration and rebirth. This may be a magnificent complement for the Obamas, whether they realize it or not” notes Parks.

 

As for future Michelle Obama fashion, Parks has a few suggestions. “Michelle probably has her choice of any fashion designer at this time, but I would love to see her wearing warmer hues during her appearances. Yellow, essentially represents warmth and motion, while gold lends itself to a sense of spiritual connection. Orange is the color of purpose and strong communication with the fellow man. These are the dynamics that the Obamas are seeking to culture and manifest in their campaign. I would suggest these shades on a generic level, but I would also love to see her wardrobe developed on a holistic level by her stylists.” notes Parks. “Instead of a la’carte random designs, Michelle should a develop a cohesive collection that embodies and supports her spirit, and the spirit of the American woman.” she says.  

 

  Dr. Renee, “The Doctor Of Feng Shui”

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New Marketing Collateral January 6, 2009

Hello Friends,

This year has had some amazing moments. Things have been so busy for Feng Shui Essentials, that I had to get NEW marketing materials to align all of my strategic work! Its so great to have a wonderful team working on my behalf. My BOOK is almost finished, my TV series is being bounced around in its development stages, and I must say that I’m blessed to be where I am at this very moment.  

I am posting my new marketing materials online so that you can tell me what you think.

BTW – I will be posting some pretty powerful YouTube demo videos and Biographical Client interviews soon.   

 

Mystically yours,
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True Meditation | Dr. Renee “The Doctor Of Feng Shui” November 26, 2008

True meditation has no direction, goals, or method. All methods aim at achieving a certain state of mind. All states are limited, impermanent and conditioned. Fascination with states leads only to bondage and dependency. True meditation is abidance as primordial consciousness.True meditation appears in consciousness spontaneously when awareness is not fixated on objects of perception. When you first start to meditate, you notice that awareness is always focused on some object: on thoughts, bodily sensations, emotions, memories, sounds, etc. This is because the mind is conditioned to focus and contract upon objects. Then the mind compulsively interprets what it is aware of (the object) in a mechanical and distorted way. It begins to draw conclusions and make assumptions according to past conditioning.

 

In true meditation all objects are left to their natural functioning. This means that no effort should be made to manipulate or suppress any object of awareness. In true meditation the emphasis is on being awareness; not on being aware of objects, but on resting as primordial awareness itself. Primordial awareness (consciousness) is the source in which all objects arise and subside.

As you gently relax into awareness, into listening, the mind’s compulsive contraction around objects will fade. Silence of being will come more clearly into consciousness as a welcoming to rest and abide. An attitude of open receptivity, free of any goal or anticipation, will facilitate the presence of silence and stillness to be revealed as your natural condition.

Silence and stillness are not states and therefore cannot be produced or created. Silence is the non-state in which all states arise and subside. Silence, stillness and awareness are not states and can never be perceived in their totality as objects. Silence is itself the eternal witness without form or attributes.

As you rest more profoundly as the witness, all objects take on their natural functionality, and awareness becomes free of the mind’s compulsive contractions and identifications. It returns to its natural non-state of Presence.

The simple yet profound question “Who Am I?” can then reveal one’s self not to be the endless tyranny of the ego-personality, but objectless Freedom of Being — Primordial Consciousness in which all states and all objects come and go as manifestations of the Eternal Unborn Self that YOU ARE.

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Your Home May Be Killing You | Dr. Renee “The Doctor Of Feng Shui” November 25, 2008

Geopathic stress (or harmful earth rays) is natural radiation created 
by underground streams that rises up through the earth and is 
distorted by weak electromagnetic fields. The wave lengths of the 
disturbed natural radiation can seriously affect your health, causing 
Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, infertility, miscarriage and many 
other diseases.

While we are asleep our bodies should be resting so it can repair body 
cells, fight infections and absorb nutrients from food. However, if we 
sleep in an area affected by geopathic stress, our body has to use all 
its energy just to keep vital organs going. As a result our immune 
system becomes weakened, which means it doesn’t absorb nutrients or 
fight off infections effectively.  For a FREE consultation to 
determine if this harmful energy is in your home call Dr. Renee 410 
630-6989.

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Dr. Renee
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8 Tips for a Better Life | Dr. Renee, “The Doctor Of Feng Shui”

Have you ever walked into a house that felt like home or reminisced about the best year of your life, and wondered why everything came together for you? It could be good Feng Shui in your environment.

Feng Shui is all about creating a harmonious environment. Its the ancient Chinese Science and Art of placement, intended to improve our health, harmony, longevity, career and wealth.

Pronounced, ‘Fung Shway’, it was a jealously guarded secret for thousands of years. Now, the benefits of Feng Shui can be enjoyed by anyone. In fact, Feng Shui is a part of everyday life for many Australian businesses, home owners, decorators, and architects.

The key is energy (or Qi, pronounced Chee). Here are ten quick tips that can improve the flow, transformation, and containment of Qi in your life:

1) Remove shoes before entering a home. (Don’t take your problems in with you.)

2) Cook at least one meal a day and eat at the table as a family.  (Raises the energy in your home)

3) Never have knives on show even in a block. (Puts you and your guests on the defense)

4) Always sit or stand facing the door (or its reflection). (Puts you in the command position)

5) Keep the toilet lid down and bathroom and laundry doors closed. (Keep valuable Chi from going down the drain)

6) Don’t sleep with your feet facing the bedroom door. (This is the morgue position)

7) Don’t sleep next to the wall that has the meter box on it. (Too much energy for a peaceful nights rest)

8) Do not live in a home with a tree or the door of the house opposite. (represents blocked opportunities)

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Dr. Renee
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Home Office Feng Shui | Dr. Renee “The Doctor Of Feng Shui”

Whether you believe in the powers of feng shui or not, there are an increasingly large number of people who do. Either way, it’s fun to examine different ideas, so let’s take a look at your home office from the feng shui point of view.

Business people in Asia have considered work place feng shui to be a crucial contributor to personal and business success for centuries. Anything that has lasted for centuries is worth a closer look to see if any part of the concept will work for you. In this article we will ignore corporate business office feng shui, and focus on home office adaptations.

Have a separate outside entrance to your office if possible. If you can not, then choose a room that is near the front or back door of the house or apartment. Separate your home office from the rest of the living area in order to keep your business and personal lives separate. If your home office is part of a larger room, then partition it off with bookcases, screens, or large plants.

Never have your back to the window. Having your back to a door symbolically leaves you open to attack. If you directly face a door you may be overpowered by the incoming Chi. The best position is with your back to a wall.  The next best position is angled away from a doorway.

Flat ceilings are best for promoting the flow of Chi. If you have a sloped ceiling, cathedral ceiling, or exposed beams then you can bamboo flutes to offset the negative effects.

If you have views of harmful elements from your window, you can negate them by the strategic placement of wind chimes or plants. Bamboo plants symbolize good fortune and are ideal for placement in the home office. Cactus or any sharp leaved plants are good feng shui in this area as they are believed to deter harmful influences.

Consider taking a short walk before entering your office to work each day and another one at the end of your working day as another measure of separating your business life from your personal life.  To allow energy to flow through the room, leave at least 7-9 inches of space between each piece of office furniture..

Keep your workspace clean and clutter-free in order to allow a free flow of feng shui energy throughout the room. There is a difference between clutter and stored items. Stored items should, however, be filed away or stored neatly in a cabinet or closet to allow the flow of feng shui energy.

Fend Shui Benefits

Feng shui is said to make you more aware of how your environment affects your state of mind. Even if you don’t subscribe to the ancient Oriental ways, you have to admit that an uncluttered office, with room to move around, and pleasant decorations is much better than a cluttered dungeon that’s stuffed to the ceiling with piles of paper.

Also, feng shui helps you to stay focused by forcing you to store incomplete and future projects in a storage area so you won’t be distracted by worrying over them every day. Feng shui experts claim that you will receive these additional benefits as well:

* Increase your prosperity & abundance.

* Boost your health.

* Reduce insomnia & stress.

* Enhance your personal power.

* Easing of family conflicts.

* Increase your concentration

* Enhance financial security.

* Attract new customers to your business.

* Upgrade your life in many other ways

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee
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Economic Crisis: Feng Shui Your Finances October 23, 2008

These are intense times and you may find your emotions zooming up and down and also allow fear to creep in as you watch the chaos of the stock market. There are things you can do to support yourself in staying peaceful. The more you can stay peaceful, the more you will be an energy match for the good you want in your life. So I have given some tips below on how to do that plus a look at what is happening astrologically. Finally there are some simple Feng Shui cures you can install in the financial sector of your home.

Here is a look at the financial crisis through the eyes of astrology, Feng Shui and spirituality plus suggestions of what you can do to cope.

1. Do everything possible to not buy into fear and panic.  Just remember that your thoughts and intentions create the reality you experience and no matter what everyone else is experiencing you can still be in peace and live a happy life. How to do that? 
   1.   Do your spiritual practices daily, whatever they may be, to keep your connection with source.
   2.   Ground your self each day, cleanse your aura and surround it with light so that the chaotic energies of others around you can not penetrate your energy field
   3.   Take negative friends, family or naysayers out of your life for now until things change and it is easier to stay positive and not buy into their fear.        
2.  Treat yourself to those activities that cause your body to relax and your brain waves to go to alpha.  This could be a walk in nature, a fishing trip, a bubble bath, a massage, body work or the Lightbody Activation – anything that feeds your soul.  The more you can remove your mind from your finances and vibrate at peace, the more you will be an energy match for the good outcomes you want to attract.
3.  Feng Shui the financial area of your home.  This would be the far left hand corner of your house as you stand at your front door. There is a vortex of energy in that corner and how it vibrates impacts the details of your finances.  There are three things you could do.  First, make sure there is no clutter there. Clutter contributes to both stuckness and chaos in your finances. Now add a rock or some other heavy object to symbolically stabilize your finances.  Third, to  increase your investments to their original value or higher, add something purple or an item that represents abundance, such as gold coins or a very valuable or expensive item.  Say a prayer or chant that these items activate your finances in a good way.  Surrender it all and focus on gratitude for all you already have – family, health, friends, etc.

Astrological Energies Now Unfolding:

Astrologically, what is happening is a cleansing of the old ways of greed, dishonesty and imbalance.  Pluto, the planet of transformation, has activated the energies that rule all that is now unfolding.  The sign Capricorn, which Pluto is now influencing,  rules government, big business, CEO’s and the traditional way.  It will be in this sign for the next 16 years.

Pluto is just finishing its sojourn in Sagittarius, where it has been for the last fourteen years, transforming religion and travel. Now its assignment is to transform all that Capricorn rules, plus all that it rules. Pluto has rulership over finances, particularly big money, crime, hidden things, debt and other people’s money.  So you can see how the times are ripe for imbalances in government and big business to be exposed. Pluto tears down old ways to rebuild in a new in and better way.  This deep transformation is simply what we are now seeing.  This cleansing is facilitating the consciousness shift we are now experiencing.

What You Can Do To Help:

In your prayers and meditation, you can help this process by visualizing a gentle transformation where all people on the planet work in co-operation and harmony for the good of all. A good time to do this is on Saturday October 25^th at 9:00 am in the Pacific time zone, 12:00 noon Eastern Time Zone.  There is a world wide meditation for the world soul.  To see how to participate go to this link: http://www.childrenoflight.com/wwm13.htm  There are lots of details on what to do, but just doing the two invocations near the bottom of the page at the appropriate time in your time zone would be a very loving contribution to Mother Earth.

Use those suggestions above that call to you and feel yourself more in charge of the unfoldment of your life.

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee,  “The Doctor Of Feng Shui”
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Feng Shui Your Child’s Bedroom | Dr. Renee “The Doctor Of Feng Shui” October 21, 2008

Feng Shui, the 4,000 year old Chinese practice of arranging our homes to be in harmony with the earth’s energy (chi) so we are balanced with the forces of nature, can be a surprisingly useful tool for making kids feel comfortable in their bedrooms and well rested after a night’s sleep.

Just applying a few Feng Shui principles can make a child’s bedroom feel restful, considerably warmer and more secure.

Colour

The walls of your child’s bedroom and the soft furnishings that you add should be in relaxing colours. Neutral naturals such as blue, light pink, light yellow, beige, peach and green are all calming. Avoid using energising colours like red, dark blue and bold yellow as these are too stimulating for a bedroom. Bright colours are good for playrooms but bedrooms need to be more subdued.

Furniture

Be careful not to cram too much furniture into a child’s room, especially if the space is small anyway. Use furniture that is on a small scale so that your child does not feel dwarfed by their surroundings. Place the bed headboard against a solid wall but avoid positioning it under a window. Also try not to place the bed under skylights, beams or shelves full of books and games.

Lighting

Always provide enough light by using lamps and light fittings. Natural lighting is also important so throw the curtains wide and let the sunshine in. Also, open the window regularly to allow fresh energy into the room. Make sure that your child cannot reach the open window if they are in the room by themselves or without adult supervision.

Linen

Bed linen should be soft and soothing to the child. Brightly coloured sheets are a no-no. Try soft blues (not cold blues) or tone the colour to the paint on the walls. If you would like to add a splash of brightness during the day, throw a cover on the bed that you remove at night.

Possessions

A child’s bedroom should be kept simple and clean. Limit the toys and books that are kept in the bedroom and remove unnecessary clutter. Store out of season clothes and donate items that are not being used or have been outgrown. Keep the bedroom floor clear of objects as energy needs to circulate the room. Also be sure to clear out the space under your child’s bed frequently to prevent the ‘sticking’ of energy. You are aiming for a room that your child can feel focused and energised in. Too many objects create distractions and stifle the space.

Four Items to Add:

Place a hanging crystal in the window, it will reflect colours over the room.

Buy a good quality bed, preferably wooden.

Stick stars on the bedroom ceiling to create a night sky effect.

Positioning a family photo near the bed reminds children of their loving family.

Four Items to Remove:

Never keep rubbish in the room. Place the waste basket outside.

Don’t allow a phone in your child’s bedroom.

Nocturnal pets make too much noise at night to be in a bedroom. Fish tanks should also be removed.

Computers, games consoles and televisions do not encourage quality sleep. At the very least place these devices in a cupboard or behind a screen at night time.

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee
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Cancer Prevention: Your Home Is The Key October 1, 2008

There’s nothing like snuggling up in a warm bed to make us feel relaxed warm and safe. But the very place we go when we feel unwell could actually be making us ill. It all boils down to Geopathic Stress.

Geopathic stress (harmful earth rays) is natural radiation created by underground streams that rises up through the earth and is distorted by weak electromagnetic fields.  While we are asleep our bodies should be resting so it can repair body cells, fight infections and absorb nutrients from food. However, if we sleep in an area affected by geopathic stress, our body has to use all it’s energy just to keep vital organs going. As a result our immune system becomes weakened, which means it doesn’t absorb nutrients or fight off infections effectively. 

 

The first studies that proved a link between Cancer and geopathic stress was carried out in the early 20th century in Austria and Germany. The phenomenon has been linked to insomnia, migraine, headaches, loss of balance, short term memory loss, joint pain, cot death, infertility, miscarriages, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Cancer. Women are more likely to be at risk from geopathic stress because their hormonal systems are more susceptible.

Some reported effects of sleeping on the outside edge of a flowing underground water course include:

• Energy depleted state & hypersensitivity to light
• Insomnia, muscle and joint pains
• Depression, Headaches
• Short term memory loss, loss of Balance
• Panic attacks

Long term exposure to geopathic stress can give rise to abnormal cell growth and cancer. It has been known for a long time that when there is flowing water under a dwelling the inhabitants always feel more tired, are prone to premature aging and have a loss of vitality than those who sleep above neutral ground. While water running beneath a domestic dwelling should be avoided, a stream situated nearby and open to the sky will favorably discharge its negative energies harmlessly into the atmosphere.

To locate geopathic stress dowsers visit the area and seek the location of underground streams, geological faults or the earth’s natural grid lines. As of yet there is no acceptable scientific explanation for dowsing. However, for thousands of years people from all over the world have found underground water for wells and mineral deposits to mine by dowsing methods. It’s the energy from the water and other artefacts that dowsers first respond to as it rises from deep beneath the ground to the surface.  Geopathic stress is easily neutralized by placing a copper rod at the point that it enters the space.

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Dr. Renee’s Cruise Party Explodes! September 30, 2008

Visualization Therapy: Seeing Your Dreams Come To Life September 15, 2008

Visualization therapy mainly involves focusing your mind on what you like to happen and believing that these images are real to your body.

Visualization therapy is very precise and detailed. You can imagine how something smells, feels, sounds and tastes.

Your imagination need to appear so genuine that it can keep your mind into the thoughts that it is a truth. Most of the clinics in US use this therapy to help you to control the pain associated with any ailments or diseases.

When compared to adults, children can easily learn visualization. It is supposed that this is because children have not crossed into the black and white absolutes of adults.

Numerous cases were proved that visualization therapy helped people to fight against various illnesses and to lead normal lives. Most of the complementary health care centers use traditional therapy along with visualization to help you to lessen the activity and reduce further spread of a seizure.

Benefits of visualization therapy:

• This therapy greatly helps in coping with various activities that you have become very much addictive. It completely changes the way that you think. You will no longer observe yourself in terms of drink or drug use.
• The therapy helps to alter the mental picture of yourself and in doing so it changes your reality. This is a method of getting and altering the underlying pictures.
• This therapy is a form of meditation [meditation technique] or self-hypnosis that you can utilize to help with mental, physical and emotional health by visualizing positive and desired outcomes to precise situations.
• This therapy helps to desensitize the triggers for cravings and help to endure cravings.
• Visualization greatly helps in personal growth, constructs your clean self and manages the underlying emotional distress, depression and trauma.
• Visualization therapy promotes activity in the correct side of your brain, which is then linked to emotions and creativity.
• Gradually, visualization changes your brain wave patterns, increases the flow of low frequency, calms the alpha brain waves and encourages the production of neurochemicals like dopamine that are depleted with the use of cocaine, thus making you feel good.
• The therapy is commonly used by sports people to create ultimate performance.
• Visualization can also be used along with the conventional medicines while treating the cancer and also it helps in strengthening your immune system.
• Visualization therapy acts as an effective tool in stress management.

Visualization is mainly intended to use the right creativity side to help in restoring the balance. The correct part of your brain completely allows what you like to achieve without giving belief and works upon it without judgment.

If you want to use visualization therapy on your own, then you can use intention. Remember that your intention should be specific, perfect and attainable and most of you need to trust and think that it is being accomplished.

Feng Shui Elements – Supporting Harmony In Your Home

Every object or element present in the space has its own specific energy that it spreads out to everyone and everything else in its proximity.

One of the easy ways to find your life leading with the help of feng shui is to get the power of particular feng shui colors to attain the preferred results. Color is the most powerful, as it is light.

The fundamental belief of feng shui is the principle of five elements.

The five feng shui elements include: wood, earth, fire, water and metal.

These five feng shui elements relate with each other in certain means, usually described as the productive and destructive cycles.

Each one of the feng shui elements is defined with a precise color and the color is the simplest method to utilize the five feng shui elements in order to get more harmony into your space.

Color association of all of the five feng shui elements:

• Wood: Brown, green
• Earth: Light brown, light yellow
• Fire: Purple, orange, red and strong yellow
• Water: Blue and black
• Metal: Gray and white

It is very hard to know the usage of color in order to support and balance your environment with the help of compound feng shui objects.

But don’t worry about it, there are always basics defined to it. You will come to know everything with the help of feng shui energy map and clear about the right placement of the feng shui colors.

For instance, the energy related to south feng shui region is associated with your recognition and fame. For this, the better transformation is the fire or light within.

This is linked to the representation that your plan to other people, your individuality in others’ eyes and also how strong or good you are at distributing and sustaining your own identity, values or light.

For south region, the feng shui element is fire and the colors corresponding to it include: orange, red, purple and yellow. Don’t consider black or blue colors for south feng shui region.

• Green color is an excellent or a healing choice to improve your overall health and balances your family life when it is used in the east feng shui region.
• Blue color is a good choice for north feng shui region. This color supports and helps you in your career plans. For east region, it provides health and family wellbeing and for southeast, it provides abundance and prosperity.
• Yellow color in the south region gives good times and happy gatherings.
• Pure white color in the west region supports you in your imaginative endeavors.

So, when you plan to bring the colors to your environment as feng shui therapy, make sure that you study the light patterns throughout the day in your space and also observe how the color works with other people in your family. Also, the color should match with your decor objects, furniture pieces, arts, etc.

Burn Body Fat & Create Lasting Health September 12, 2008

Everyone has heard that water is important for health, but even still, most people dont drink enough water. Water is also vital to your fat burning efforts and maintaining a lean body. After all, our bodies are about 65-70% water. Water also keeps you from snacking on unhealthy sugary foods and sugar laden soft drinks, as many times when we feel we are hungry, we are actually just dehydrated. We need water in our bodies more than we need food. The body can survive for much longer without food that without water. Water is like the foods to eat to lose weight oil in the engines of our cars. It is involved in almost every process the body goes through, from digestion to nutrient absorption. It also keeps your energy level up as it prevents dehydration.

Creating A Feng Shui “Notebook”

Bagua

Most Feng Shui books and classes tell you to start your own Feng Shui notebook, but they never explain exactly how to go about it. Finally, I can lay out a good start for you here.

My recommendation is to get a smaller-sized loose-leaf notebook (also called small format). The one I use is about 9″ x 8″ (or European size 23 cm x 21 cm). I use several different colors of paper.

Start by adding a title to your first page, Intentions for This Year. Next, divide the page into the nine Bagua squares. Add a label at the top of each square, indicating the name of that square–for example, Heath and Well-Being, or Career. Spend a few minutes jotting down any goals for the year that you may have, as they fit into bagua squares. It’s OK if you don’t have goals in every square.

If you are unfamiliar with where to place the bagua squares, here is a guide (and don’t worry now about colors or elements):

Here are some personal examples. In my Love and Relationships square, my goals for this year are spending more time, and more fun time with my daughter, and finding the time to play long-distance chess with my brother who lives in another country. The goals I wrote in my Wealth and Prosperity corner include doing a better job of living within my means, and to get my financial papers in order. So take the time to enter some goals for yourself.

Next, make one page in your notebook for each room of your home. Don’t forget to make a page for the hallway, the garage, and each bathroom; as well as the utility room, if you have one. If you have already made your house plan, you can mark on the top of each page which bagua square(s) the room fits into. (If you haven’t yet made a house plan, then you can skip this step for now.) The reason for making a page for each room is that now you will have a place to start recording any changes you make.

We made some changes yesterday. An electrician came and installed a light in the downstairs bath, so I duly marked that on my Downstairs Bath page, along with the date it was done. He repaired some lights in various bedrooms, and I made notations on the appropriate Master Bedroom and Daughter’s Bedroom pages, along with the dates.

Having a notebook with recorded goals and changes will allow you to go back later to see if those changes were effective. If they are effective at moving you toward your goals you should notice a change within three to six weeks.

Understanding the Mysterious Flying Stars Feng Shui Analysis September 11, 2008

In Chinese Metaphysics, there are many types of systems and formulas. One of them is known as Flying Stars systems of Feng Shui. In this system, there are nine types of stars which are given numeral of 1 – 9. These stars are actually bodies of energy (also known as Chi) that moves within a property. In Feng Shui, a property is divided into nine equal sectors based on compass direction of North, South, East, West, Northeast, Southeast, Northwest and Southwest. The sector without any compass direction is the center. The distribution of Qi over these sectors demarcates the good and bad sectors therein and formed an energy pattern within a property. The energy pattern in a property will change from month to month and year to year as the stars fly from one sector to the other.

In Flying Stars Feng Shui, a property belonged to a period of time based on its facing direction. There are altogether nine periods and each period has 20 years based on the Chinese Solar Calendar. We are currently in period 8 which started in February 2004 and will last until February 2023. In each period, the nine flying stars are categorizes into good and bad stars. The good stars are deemed timely and will bring prosperity to residents of a property whereas the bad ones are considered untimely and become portals of misfortune. For this period, the good stars are 8, 9 and 1. Star 8 is the current prosperity star whereas star 9 and 1 are future and distant prosperity stars respectively.

Star 8 is considered very auspicious as it is the ruling star of the period. It brings wealth, financial success, career advancement and prosperity to the residents when it flies into a given sector of a property. For example, star 8 occupies the East sector in the year 2008. A house with the main entrance in the East sector or a room in the East sector will be able to tap into the positive energy of this star and the residents will enjoy good luck in their endeavors.

Star 9 is deemed auspicious as it is the ruling star for the next period which will start from Feb 2023 onwards. This star brings future prosperity to the residents. In year 2008, this star flies into the Southeast sector of a property. A door or room where this star is located will allow the residents therein to enjoy good luck such as long term investments, promotion and business opportunities.

Star 1 is also auspicious as it is the distant ruling star and belonged to period 1 which will start from Feb 2043 onwards. This star brings wisdom, academic luck, recognition and fame. In year 2008, this star flies into the center of a property. A door or room with this star residing in it will be bring scholarly luck for students or those in the literary, artistic or creative fields.

The other useable stars are star 6 and 4. Both stars are deemed to be untimely but nevertheless have their positive qualities when combined with favorable stars of the current period. Star 6 is suitable for power and status whereas star 4 can be used for romance and academic pursuits. Star 6 and star 4 resides in the North and Northeast respectively in year 2008.

Mystically Yours,

Dr. Renee, ‘The Doctor Of Feng Shui’
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Victoria Beckham Swears By Feng Shui | Dr. Renee “The Doctor Of Feng Shui”

Football ace David Beckham and his wife Victoria have reported embraced Buddhism.

Sources have revealed that the couple, who live in Los Angeles with their three sons, can be seen chanting every morning to help themselves deal with their hectic lifestyles, reports http://www.chinaview.cn.

“David and Victoria have gone completely Californian! David has begun wearing health, prosperity and performance beads around his wrist. He has started yoga and stretching classes after a knee injury, and then a teammate suggested Buddhist chanting to soothe his mind,” a source told Britain”s Look magazine.

“Now he and Victoria do a short five-minute chant when they wake up to start the day off on the right foot, repeating, “Homage to the blessed one, the worthy one, the rightly self-awakened one,” the source added.
Posh, 34, is said to have incorporated holistic eating into her diet plan.

“David and Victoria are really getting into the whole holistic, healthy vibe too. Victoria often picks up a soya latte at an organic cafe called Urth Caffe, which is next to The Bodhi Tree bookstore, where she bought hundreds of dollars’ worth of self-help books,” the source said.

The couple are even said to have employed a feng shui expert for the proper arrangement of their mansion.

“They have had Chinese Feng Shui experts come in to rearrange their home, hope it will improve David’s luck on the soccer pitch and their chances of conceiving. They have turned into the ultimate hippy power couple!” the source said.

Mystically yours,
Dr. Renee | ‘The Doctor of Feng Shui’
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Lost Sleep, Poor Health: Electromagnetic Fields! September 1, 2008

 

Feng Shui is concerned with the flow of energy in your space to make it environmentally healthy. This includes its physical health as well. If a space isn’t healthy, you probably won’t be either. This pollution can come in many forms, but most recently I have been concerned about the presence of electro-magnetic fields (EMF’s), most specifically AC electric fields and AC magnetic fields.

These fields are man-made and come from power-lines, wiring and grounding systems within the building, and appliances that are plugged in. When a home or building is polluted with excessive EMF’s, it can havesignificant implications for people who are ill and for those who aren’t.

High EMF’s can produce sleep disturbance, nervousness,allergies, inability to focus or concentrate, fatigue, headaches and bed-wetting in children. When EMF’s have been eliminated, those people who were ill responded well and began recovery. Those people who were not ill noticed beneficial changes in how they slept and their overall energy level. There are some anecdotal studies linking high EMF’s to cancer and childhood leukemia, as well.

Electricity powering our homes and offices produces both AC electric and magnetic fields. Magnetic fields are present when current flows to power appliances, lights, and anything requiring electricity. These magnetic fields are measured in Gauss units or milliGauss units. Electric fields, on the other hand, are produced by the wiring in the walls, floors and ceilings and are present even when the appliance or light is not turned on. Just by turning a light off doesn’t mean the voltage isn’t affecting you. The electric fields are measured in volts or millivolts. The best defense against exposure to EMF’s is avoidance. We will never eliminate all the effects of EMF’s but we can minimize them as much as possible.

As a Feng Shui practitioner, I now carry a volt meter and a Gauss meter to measure both electrical and magnetic fields when I am on a Feng Shui appointment. If you wanted to measure the fields yourself, some home versions of these meters are available in hardware stores and/or electronic stores locally.

Obviously the most crucial room in which to eliminate EMF’s if possible is the bedroom.This is the room where we try to rest and rejuvenate. It is also where we become most vulnerable during the night and most susceptible to impacts from outside sources. During sleep we produce melatonin which, if in a depleted state, leaves our immune system vulnerable. This is also a room in which we spend a considerable amount of time, usually from six to eight hours.

Clocks

Something as simple as an electric alarm clock or a clock radio near your head can produce high EMF’s. Using a battery operated clock is the best option.

Electric blankets

Electric blankets and electric heating pads emit extraordinarily high EMF’s and should be avoided at all costs. If you must use an electric blanket or an electric heating pad, I recommend you plug it in for a while before you get into bed, and then unplug it totally as you’re crawling under the covers. A good old-fashioned hot water bottle is a better solution.

Stereos and television

Avoid having stereos and television sets near your body as you sleep in your bed.

Service Panel

A good practice is to check where the service panel is for the electricity coming into your house. Then make sure that no one is sleeping near this box or that you do not have your desk nearby. Even if the service panel is on the other side of the wall from a bed, it can still emit enough EMF’s to be a health factor.

Baby Monitor, air-dry, computer, microwave

Baby monitors radiate large amounts of EMF’s and should not be put in children’s cribs. Whenever possible, air-dry your hair and/or use a non-electrical razor to avoid getting hit with unusually high exposures from the appliances required to accomplish either of these tasks. Do not sit closer than three feet to your computer or eight feet to your television set. Computers emit the most EMF’s from the back and sides, so when planning an office layout it is important that no one be sitting near the back of someone else’s computer. Water-beds with heaters are notorious for exposing people to high EMF’s. As with the electric blankets, heat the water for a while first before getting into bed, then unplug the heater entirely before you go to sleep. It should not be a surprise that while a microwave oven is running, everyone needs to be at least eight to ten feet away from it.

When a person is ill for whatever reason, getting the EMF’s as low as possible will assist in their healing process. Sometimes it is even necessary to install a demand switch at the service panel to completely turn off all voltage which may run through the walls of the bedroom. This provides the person with several hours of a radiation-free environment in which to regenerate energy and health. In most cases, non-essential circuits can be turned off at night without a problem. Normally the refrigerator, air conditioning or heating would not be on the same circuit as the bedroom.

Without being aware of the presence of EMF’s, Feng Shui adjustments could be putting a client at risk from a health basis. When suggesting that the bed be placed in a command corner of a bedroom, it is imperative to check that the EMF’s are safe for that to happen. It is more important that the bed be placed in an environmentally safe spot than that the Feng Shui is correct. With transcendental adjustments, a problematic arrangement can always be corrected so that the Feng Shui of the room will be in balance. Placement may need to be compromised in order to provide a healthy EMF environment.

By combining the science of electro-biology and the art of Feng Shui, people can create environments that are healthy. When an environment is healthy and stable it follows that people will be creative, productive and live with harmony and balance

written by: Carol Hyder, Feng Shui Consultant. Please view her wonderful site.

http://messagenote.com/?p=493 

Mystically yours,

Doctor Renee
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Obama Accepts DNC Nomination (full)! August 29, 2008

Obama Accepts Nomination

From The BBC.

Such a touching moment for everyone. I feel the tradjectory of America changing, how mighty for us to stand together as a nation once more…as True Americans. How did you feel seeing this?

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee, ‘The Dr. Of  Feng Shui’
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Dr. Renee’s Essence Photoshoot!

Smiling On The Inside!

 

Gambling With A Catsuit!

Recently, I got bitten by the “lets’s take pictures” bug, namely by my friend Tonika Garibaldi who is a brilliant photographer. I am also submitting these photos to Essence Magazine for a potential feature this fall (so lets keep our fingers crossed!) As a woman of my generation, I suddenly became a little uncomfortable about what I might see as a result of this photoshoot.

I have lectured hundreds (if not thousands) on the art of Feng Shui and suddenly I was having “stage fright” about the vessel that God has given me. Besides that, we as women tend to be very conscious of our bodies. I am arriving at a place of spiritual and mental clarity – yet how can this “body image thing” menace me, at this level of consciousness? 

How exposed are you behind a lens?..such a scary thought for a quiet intellectual such as myself lol. What tales will my expressions tell? Will my clothing and domeanor illicit a consistent testimony to support my inner growth? Many times, when I tell my age, people are in utter disbelief, but true to life – we are always our own harshest critic!

Thankfully, I feel that I was spared the grief of a bad photoshoot. I’ve taken enough bad pictures to last a lifetime, and this has been a testament to the process that we all will experience as Spiritually attuned women. We are mothers, sisters, wives, warriors, businesspeople, and most importantly – we are MAGNIFICENT. Remember your beauty lies in your simplicity, BASK in the marvel of who you are! 

Many of you know about my Metaphysical and Energetic Concordance that I’ve been writing for release in Winter 2008. From this experience, I definately need to consider the effects of body-image on women, and investigate further.

Take a moment to share your comments about a time when you were a little “camera shy”, let’s laugh together. Maybe even a time where you realized the consciousness and gravity of your physical being.

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee, ‘The Dr. Of Feng Shui’
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Feng Shui Bedroom August 28, 2008

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee
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YouTube – Kristin Chenoweth – Goodnight My Someone

YouTube – Kristin Chenoweth – Goodnight My Someone.

Get ready to cry! This is SO BEAUTIFUL. Everyone should listen to this before going to sleep.

Mystically yours,

Dr. Renee
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