Feng shui is more than moving furniture for good luck...

What if you could compel the power which moves the oceans and lights up the sun to enter your living room or office and bring you health, happiness, wealth and good relationships? Over 5000 years ago, the Chinese discovered that you can. They then developed an intricate system of ways to put one's personal or business environment in harmony with these great forces and thus benefit daily from the blessings received. Their system is called feng shui (pronounced "fung shway")

It includes the placement of one's home or business on the building site, the arrangement of furnishings within the home and office and the purposeful design of interiors and landscapes to enhance chi, the life-giving energy. Taken to it's deepest level, feng shui creates external environments to enhance the journey of the soul.

Feng shui is an environmental medicine creating the frequencies which stimulate well-being. It places the ordinary items of your daily material reality, such as plants, furniture, lighting and color, in positions which create a harmonic resonance with good fortune. Feng shui gets results!

Rate your present level of satisfaction (very blessed, tolerable, suffering) in the Nine Life Endeavors:

1. Career

2. Self-Knowledge

3. Family

4. Wealth

5. Recognition

6. Marriage

7. Children or Creative Output

8. Helpful People

9. Health

If you find your life lacking in any of these areas, you may benefit from a Feng Shui adjustment. This can be as simple and fun as rearranging your furniture or as big as moving to anew house. The way your house is sited and how your furnishings sit, directly affects every part of your life for good or ill.

Because the life force, called chi, is the bearer of all blessings, we must invite it into our homes and workplaces and give it a smooth course to travel inside. If we make the way for good circulation of chi, our lives will become healthier in every way. We now know scientifically what has always been known spiritually, that everything is connected, and any part of creation affects every other part of the whole. Chi, though invisible to the naked eye, can be recognized by the material results manifest in our homes, bodies and lives.

If you are suffering financially, for example, it could be that the "wealth" corner of your home is piled with unused goods, thus causing obstruction in the flow of chi. Perhaps you have lost a relationship or had trouble making friends. This could be due to an unusual shape of your house, such as a missing "marriage" or "helpful people" section. What can you do if your home and life are not filled with chi blessings? There are hundreds of simple feng shui adjustments that are fun, easy and which bring amazing results.

It does not matter if you believe feng shui to be superstition. It can still work for you if done correctly. At worst, you will have engaged in a playful entertainment. At best, your whole life could take a turn for the better. What kind of situations can be helped by feng shui adjustments?

1. troublesome neighbors

2. finding a job

3. selling a home

4. improving a relationship

5. earning more money

6. leaving a bad situation

7. making peace with family

8. career advancement

9. many others

WHY HAVE A FENG SHUI CONSULTATION?

Chinese feng shui has been practiced over 5000 years emerging in its present form through Grand Master Lin Yun who has taken into account modern technology, 21st century lifestyles, ecology, psychology, spirituality and western customs. Feng shui is now used and respected by architects, real estate developers, designers and corporate executives, who have seen the results that feng shui brings.

Through proper siting of your building or site corrections, placement of walls, windows, furnishings, plants and other items or minor adjustments to existing problem areas, stresses can be relieved, human relations improved, productivity increased and customers attracted to your business. Your home can become a place of serene, soul-nourishing sanctuary.

Everything is interconnected. Energy or chi (life force) runs through your dwelling and workspace the same way it runs through your body. External environments affect internal states of being. Issues such as poor health, limited finances or relationship difficulties can be traced to corresponding structural and energy imbalances in your surroundings. I can help you create an environment that supports your success, guides your spirit, enlivens your creativity, promotes your health and nurtures your relationships.

We will spend the first part of your consultation discussing your main objectives and concerns. After careful assessment of your space, adjustments and remedies tailored to your needs are suggested. These are often simple, fun and inexpensive. We uncover the heart and soul of your house, awaken the spirit of your business. Internal and external worlds are suddenly in harmony. This is like opening the floodgates of the sea of good fortune.

Deanna Trust is a practicing Feng Shui consultant who has been formally trained at the Nine Harmonies School of Feng Shui in the Black Sect tradition as taught by Grand Master Thomas Lin Yun. Deanna has additional training and experience in interior design, personal image consultation, business management, public speaking, metaphysics and dowsing.

Deanna's interiors and sacred space designs have been published in the Star Ledger, Philadelphia Bride and French Decor. In addition to her TV appearances, Deanna has taught classes at the Metrowest Jewish Community Center, Seton Hall University, Kean University, Morris Co. College, and local adult education centers. Deanna can be contacted through her website http://www.trustfengshui.com. Watch for her Feng Shui workshops at Off the Beaten Path.