Great Resources for Feng Shui Products

Looking for feng shui products? Check out these sites!

If you live in a small center, it can be difficult to find feng shui products. Of course, you can get creative, which is one of the great things about feng shui: your grandmother's prayer shawl might become an integral part of the chi in your home. But sometimes you just want real feng shui products -- something that evokes that special energy only real Chinese items seem to bring.

If that's the case for you, look no further -- here are some of the best places to find traditional feng shui products online!

1. Futurewords

A site loaded with original, reasonably priced artwork -- perfect for any sort of chi you're trying to create. There are some other feng shui products too, but the artwork is the real jewel of this site.

2. Jade Market

Jade Market is a superb source of all things feng shui. The prices are reasonable and you can get almost any product you can imagine, from simple sets of Chinese coins to massive stone sculptures (assuming you're ready to pay the shipping and handling costs!).

3. Ebay

Ebay is an excellent resource for, well, just about anything, and that can include feng shui products. If you're new to eBay, it's a relatively safe process. Just make sure you check the seller rating before you make any bids. If you see a lot of negative reviews, dodge that auction.

4. Dragon Gate

It's not super cheap, but if there are feng shui products you can't find on these other sites, Dragon Gate is likely to have them. They have a really good, wide selection of products. But due to the prices, I would check elsewhere first.

These are four excellent places to shop online. Don't forget your own backyard, either (sometimes literally -- you can find great bargains at flea markets and garage sales!). Often you'll find a surprising number of feng shui products in your own city if you visit specialty shops and Chinatown. Have fun shopping, and remember that feng shui products should always come in second to focusing on the energy itself.

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The Perfect Feng Kitchen

Create a feng kitchen your entire family can enjoy!

Many people are unsure about how to create a feng kitchen. After all, the kitchen is such a busy place -- and it's somewhere that has a lot of necessities, too. For example, although you should do your best to keep the stove away from the sink (since the conflicting water and fire energies create turbulent chi), you're not likely to remodel your entire kitchen if that's the way things are set up. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to create a feng kitchen without losing your mind! 

Begin by assessing the room itself. Use the ba gua to consider what area of your home the kitchen occupies and how you can use its energies to further that sector. Remember, the kitchen has very strong fire and water elements (as I said above), so it's important to keep that in mind when deciding on placements and tasks.

Tips for a feng kitchen

Having said that, let's consider some practical tips you can use right now to get that feng kitchen up and going:

• The oven should hold the command position in the room. That means that when you're cooking, you should be able to see all the entrances to the room. If you must stand with your back to an entrance, place a guardian image (bird, religious symbol, etc.) on the wall behind you and a mirror above the oven.

• The kitchen is a magnet for clutter and garbage. Is your garbage can overflowing? Are there rotting candies from last Christmas in the back of the fridge? And do you even dare open the junk drawer? Organize these things to the best of your abilities -- junk has no place in a feng kitchen.

• Keep in mind the room's purpose and decorate appropriately. Food makes a natural and very sensible decoration in the kitchen. I don't mean you should hang lemons from the walls, but a bowl of purple grapes on the kitchen table is attractive, stimulates wealth, and might have the added benefit of encouraging the kids to eat fruit!

• Make sure there's life in your kitchen. Never display dry or wilted plants, including spices (a spice rack is okay, but not a big pile of drying plant leaves). Put the knives away (they cut through vital life energy, even if they're in a wooden block) and keep something live and fresh around, whether it's a plant or the aforementioned fruit in a bowl.

Remember, your kitchen is part of the feng shui triad of health (along with your bathroom and bedroom). Creating a feng kitchen is essential to you and your family's health and well-being!

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Find Feng Shui Online

Looking for feng shui online information? You've come to the right place!

If you're like me, you just can't get enough feng shui online -- or offline, for that matter. I love learning new things about my craft, and because of that I've literally been through hundreds of blogs and informational sites about feng shui. That's why I'm able to share with you today some of my favorite feng shui online sites!

1. My site, of course!

Maybe it's personal bias, but I do think my own work has the best and most authentic feng shui tips available!

2. About.com

About is an excellent source of feng shui online tips, information, videos, hints, ideas, decorating... you name it! I know a lot of people who found this an incredibly useful resource when they were first learning about feng shui.

3. Feng Shui Design Consultancy

This Irish design consultant's company has many excellent resources for feng shui. A great place to get new ideas, bits of advice, or just enjoy some interesting feng shui online.

4. Feng Shui Articles

This is a great site with lots of traditional information from experts around the world.

5. World of Feng Shui Online

Lots of interesting informaiton at World of feng shui online, where you'll find expert advice as well as theories on conflicting schools of feng shui.

Enjoy browsing your feng shui online, and have fun discovering the joys of this ancient wisdom!

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From Bagua to Sheng Chi: A Feng Shui Glossary

Learn the meaning of bagua and other feng shui terms!

If the word bagua makes you blink in confusion, that's okay: you're not alone. The first time I saw it written out that way it took me a moment to realize it meant "ba gua," which I'd always spelled as two separate words. And even that probably means nothing to a lot of people! 

That's why I want to help out anyone confused by bagua, sheng chi, or other feng shui terms. Consider this your mini glossary!

Common Feng Shui Terms

Balance: The ultimate goal in feng shui, balance refers to achieving an equal focus on a variety of areas or elements so that their positive aspects have the most influence in your life and their negative aspects cancel each other out

Chi: Energy

Cures: We often speak of feng shui "cures" for problematic areas. There are certain arrangements in your home that might not be conducive to sheng chi; a feng shui cure seeks to fix that.

Elements: There are five elements in feng shui, not four as in Western astrology: wood, fire, earth, water, and metal. Notice that the element "air" from Western culture is also missing. Each sector on the bagua relates to one of these elements.

Feng Shui: The Chinese blend of astrology, design, and construction that allows you to focus on integrating positive energy in your life

Guardian Symbol: Any symbol that makes you feel secure and protected (traditionally dragons, birds, and religious imagery)

Mapping: The process of figuring out the directions your home faces and applying the bagua to your home, isolating it into specific sectors or areas.

Sha Chi: Negative energy

Sheng chi: Positive energy

Obviously, these are just a few of the phrases you'll stumble across in your study of feng shui. But these are the most common terms found in introductory feng shui material, and they should give you a solid grounding on feng shui language from bagua to sheng chi!

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Seven Great Feng Shui Design Ideas

Try out these feng shui design ideas to get your house in perfect order! 

Looking for design ideas to improve the flow of chi throughout your home? You're not alone: the web is full of places to learn about feng shui and get fantastic design ideas. If you're intrigued by the concept of feng shui, these are great places to start looking for new design ideas. So without further ado, here are the seven best places to find great feng shui information online!

1. Feng Shui Decorating Online

Okay, shameless plug: this is the site for my book, "Feng Shui Secrets for a Fulfilled Life." But you can also get loads of free feng shui information, and the tips the book contains are the best I know!

2. Feng Shui Art

A great place to start browsing inexpensive basic feng shui products and design ideas. If you're wondering what sort of artwork could perk up your home's chi, this is the place to look.

3. Jade Market

Jade Market has excellent feng shui design ideas for all budgets. But if you're not looking to buy, you can still get some great feng shui information by browsing the different categories.

4. The Spiritual Feng Shui

This site offers fantastic feng shui design ideas, great practical advice, and a wealth of information on the various practices of feng shui.

5. Feng Shui Products-Decorating-Tips

Lots of great information on this site on topics ranging from good luck charms to artwork and other decorating styles.

6. Home and Garden TV

Home and Garden TV has an extensive section dedicated to feng shui design ideas, tips, information, and many other great tidbits. You'll enjoy browsing this site for sure!

7. Ezine Articles

Ezine Articles is a great source of information on just about any topic, and feng shui design ideas are no exception. Visit this site and do a quick search for whatever you're looking for -- you'll be amazed at the wealth of information you find!

So there you have it: the seven best places on the web for learning about feng shui, getting design ideas, and expanding your virtual horizons!



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Chinese Jade and Its Uses

There’s a fascinating and complex history behind Chinese jade. More than any other gemstone, jade has always symbolized wealth, health, virtue, honor, love, and nobility in China. All those virtues in one little stone? You bet. In fact, Chinese jade was so revered that at one time, only the nobility and aristocrats could use it!

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Chinese jade comes in several colors, not only green. The most common colors, though, are green (naturally) and white. Most Chinese jade is actually nephrite, the scientific name for soft jade. Other jades (like hard jade, or jadeite) mostly come from Myanmar. Strangely enough, though, it’s hard jade that is popularly known as Chinese jade -- and has a higher value than any other country’s products.

Chinese Jade: The Stone of Royalty and Much More

Jade has a lot of significance in Chinese history. It was the royal gemstone, used for the emperor’s seal as well as the seal of the first feudal society in Japan. Like rose quartz, it’s often used as a feng shui cure for love and relationship matters.

Chinese jade is used in a wide variety of objects and fashions in China. Just a few of the places you might find jade scattered throughout history include in funeral utensils, musical instruments, weapons, food containers, and of course jewelry. Even as jewelry, though, jade is more than it seems: the Chinese view a jade accessory as part of their own being, not just a piece of jewelry, an they’re unlikely to discard it lightly.

Jade and Your Health

Jade is a beautiful stone, but Chinese jade has many more uses than the decorative. Confucius believed that jade embodied benevolence, loyalty, courtesy, wisdom, and truth. With all those qualifications, it’s no wonder jade became the stone of royalty.

In terms of health, Chinese jade does far more than just emphasize these positive qualities. Many consider jade a priceless stone (an old Chinese saying holds that gold is valuable, jade invaluable). Ancient medical lore has it that when you wear jade, it warms to match your precise body temperature. This allows it to emit negative ions, or magnetic waves, that have a powerful effect on your body, eliminating toxins and other hazards to your health.

Regardless of your beliefs, jade is a beautiful and very traditional ornament to have around -- or to wear around your neck! For example, check out these handcrafted Chinese jade items. Look into the benefits of Chinese jade -- you won’t be disappointed.


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