Feng Shui in the Garden Part II
Feng Shui in the Garden Part II
Placement
Planning the height and layout of vegetation to create a layered effect is an effective way to produce a visually pleasing outcome. Good design in garden feng shui suggests the size and height of foreground plants should gradually segue towards the taller foliage positioned at the rear. This creates an attractive view with the trees or shrubs ‘framing’ the scene and helps to enhance and focus the aesthetic qualities and beauty of the prospect.
Compare the relative merits of evergreen versus deciduous species; and consider their appropriateness when planning and in planting. Evergreens provide a year-round ‘freshness’, generally with low maintenance – but there are many beautiful deciduous trees and shrubs that can supply that blaze of russet autumn glory. These may drop their leaves in winter, but recycling leaf-fall into compost and mulch is an eco-savvy way to help reduce our overall carbon footprint and put some goodness back into the soil.
‘Go native’; by planting endemic species; plants that are indigenous to your district. These have the added advantage of being naturally adapted to the soils, climate and rainfall of your particular area. This is especially relevant as further climate change is inevitable. Caution! Do consider the final height of any shrub or tree that you may plan to grow. Be wary of roots invading foundations or pipes; and of branches or leaves creating a hazard as the tree or shrub reaches full maturity.
Time
Luck changes over time, and feng shui therefore, has a time dimension. Feng Shui has many layers. It begins with the basic study of landform, compass direction, environmental influences and how these affect the people living nearby. Then it moves to more complex examinations, deeper levels: such as ‘Nine Palaces’ feng shui and the ‘Bagua’ or ‘Black Hat’ schools of thought. There is also ‘Five Elements in Healing’, a philosophy that we touched on earlier. And becoming increasingly popular is ‘Flying Star’ feng shui, and its interpretation of the natural flow of energy. Flying Star Feng Shui incorporates the dimension of time, as well as that of space, in order to define and categorise influential energies. Taking a holistic approach accepts the basic premise that time is significant in good garden function and design. Flying Star feng shui explains that there are specific (time) cycles. The basic period is a twenty year cycle.
Each twenty year period has been allocated a special, designated number: (from 1 – 9) and that number has predictable and distinctive cosmic influences. The present sphere of influence is the number 8 ‘star’; which covers the period from 2004 through to 2023. What does the number 8 ‘star’ mean? Well, each star is not really a physical star, but a representation of the energetic qualities or Nature’s influences. So between 2004 and 2023, the characteristic energies of this star influence our opportunities, finances, relationships, even our general health and well-being. That’s it for this article. Stay tuned for article III in the series: ‘How we can use the 8 Star to advantage in the garden.’ And for more information on holistic gardening techniques; Google “miles trench”. Bye - smiles from miles 
‘Biography’ — Miles Trench
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Published: Holistic Gardening – The Five Principles of Success[Expected] – October 2008, Divan 7 – Institute of TAFE, Victoria (poem) ‘a moment’ – August ed. 2008, Scibbligum – ‘Very Highly Commended’ & ‘Highly Commended’ – (2 poems) – August ed.2008, Warm Earth Organic Gardening (article) My No-Dig Veggie Garden – July 2008, Backyard Farmer (Earth Garden) (article): Basic No-Dig Gardening
March 2008, Scribbligum – ‘Highly Commended’ – (poem) Flores – October 2007, Kerneweck Lowender – ‘Highly Commended’ A Piece of Paper…
Oeuvre to Date: 56 poems, 28 short stories, 1 book, various fragments and many ‘works in progress…’
Qualifications: 2007 Diploma Professional Writing (external) ARTS SA
Certificate III Tourism (Operations) TAFE Noarlunga Campus
Influenced: Faulkner, Steinbeck, ‘du Maurier, Burgess, Bruce Dawe Sylvia Plath.
Motto: ‘Learn, create, explore and believe‘
Working Feng Shui
The basic principle behind Feng Shui informs us if you change your environment to reflect your aspiration for something, you can improve you chances of obtaining it. As a result, Feng Shui techniques can be implemented to try to attract love, push your earning power to the next level or to gain success in your chose field. Several different theories try to explain why, and how, Feng Shui works. Whether you believe one or all of these theories are or not valid, their sum total strongly indicates that if you employ Feng Shui in an attempt to get love or money, you just might be taking the first stride towards achieving success.
Feng Shui might well work because it alters your self expectations. If you hang an object on the wall that is said to help you find love, you will expect to meet that special someone. Believing this may make you open to conversations with new people or more optimistic about your chances of hooking up with a stranger. Such factors increase the likelihood you will fall in love after you initiate Feng Shui practices. The rationale behind Feng Shui helping you find love may not be so much spiritual as it is psychological; nevertheless, it is hard to contest the fact that Feng Shui is accountable for your new romance.
Feng Shui can be a great technique for another reason – it continually reminds you of where you really desire to go. This may motivate you to take steps to implement your dreams. When you plant a representation of what you want in plain view of yourself and others, you are making it impossible to forget your objectives. As a daily reminder of what you desire to achieve, it can help you stay motivated as you struggle to accomplish that specific goal.
Simply by definitively admitting and pronouncing your desire to reach a set goal, many psychological experts believe you are more likely to achieve it than someone who conceals and does not express it. This, alone, could explain why Feng Shui is successful. By the time that you have learned the correct Feng Shui approach to your situation, purchased the necessary objects to utilize that particular technique and completed the process so that your environment reflects your stated objective, you will have clarified to yourself that you are committed to seeing your desire fulfilled. Following this procedure, therefore, can help you realize your dreams.
There is always, of course, another possible explanation. Perhaps claims made by Feng Shui maintaining that decorating a room in a specific manner to allow positive energy to flow freely throughout the environment, are actually true. Whatever you believe the reason Feng Shui works expectation theory keeping you motivated or spiritual involvement, one thing is certain: you have nothing to lose by investigating whether Feng Shui works for you.
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Diagnose and Cure your Diseases With Medical Astrology
Sometimes explaining people what you really are is not easy, the same is with astrology. However, astrology has plenty of wonders to make life better but critics keep on comparing them with science. In reality the truth is that, astrology is the oldest science and based on core scientific term gravitation. Applications of astrology in real are endless and sometimes curtail for life itself. Astrology is not just about prediction of future happenings but an eternal source of solutions as universe. Unlike modern painful and hampering treatments, medical astrology has easy solution for every health problem. Traditionally astrology was used as an aid to medical treatment and it never harmed anyone. In application of medial astrology there is noting to loose except scientific racism but a great deal to gain. Blend of medical progression and astrology can really do wonders in many lives.
Medical astrology is that branch of astrology that deals in health; after all, health is also a pre-determined factor of your destiny. It believes that twelve zodiac signs represent twelve limbs of human body and sun with its planets rules these limbs. The first house rules head and 12th house rules feet. Since the zodiac signs based on five elements that creates life astrologers determine an individual’s nature and personality according to nature of these elements. According to Indian ancient medical procedures, these five elements are responsible for every functionary of human body. Medical astrology says every planet rules a human body through these five elements and their combinations therefore combination of two opposite planets leads to malfunction of human body. As moon is responsible for blood, therefore all blood related problems can be treated through adoration of moon.
Through a detailed observation of your horoscope, an efficient astrologer can detect those planets that are affecting your mental or physical health. Detection of that planet can help in finding the physical element that is responsible for malfunctioning of relevant body part. Apt remedial measures can be done after proper detection of root cause through medical astrology. If someone is not agreed to have treatment then remedial stones are there to help him or her out. People who are treating their health problems with Vedic medical astrology find it very effective.
From top to toe, every part of the body is associated with astrology. Medical astrology is the science that reveals hidden truths about human body and its correlation with universe. Very few people exactly know the wonderful benefits of astrology in improving their health and those who have experienced its incomparable effectiveness are making efforts for informing people about it. It is becoming the proved and invaluable diagnostic tool that is helping sufferers in faster recovery. If you will have a logical look at medical astrology, you will find that astrology is the origin of all sciences and all scientific logics refers to astrological observation. Follow your wits and make decision that you can rely on and definitely medical astrology has justification for every logical disease.
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Feng Shui Chinese Astrology: brighten up your future
What will you do if you get to know about your future? You will definitely be happy for good moments and tensed for the adverse conditions. But then if you know about them you can at least adopt some measure for its cure. Chinese Feng shui give you such measure to make your life go smooth and easy. Chinese zodiac also helps in giving some guidelines to brighten up your future.
Chinese zodiac and Chinese Feng shui have close association with each other. Both this Chinese concept works on the basis of interaction between five basic elements of energy named as fire, water, earth, wood and metal. It is believed that these five elements have the entire universe’s energy and a balance among these is the best condition for a person. These five elements are guiding Chinese culture since ages.
Feng shui believes that a perfect balance in inner and outer body environment is the best condition for living a happy and harmonious life. It believes in yin and yang theory and positions of substances surrounding you. According to this science, every object has some particular energy which is emitted if it is placed with proper orientation and perfect angle with surroundings. This energy called chi has effect on every act of yours. On the other hand Chinese zodiac believes in orientation of planets and other heavenly bodies, interaction between five elements, yin and yang, 12 animal signs and wu xing teachings.
These 12 animals in Feng shui are in particular order with rat being first and boar being last. There is a story behind this that is once Buddha called all animals for celebrating New Year’s Eve. But only 12 animals were successful reaching there. Although ox was very fast and supposed to reach first but then rat sat on his back and jump over to the destination, and ox became second. On this day only Buddha decided to give 12 zodiac names on the name of these animals.
Feng shui Chinese astrology requires birth location and time for giving any reports. Birth year will be in accordance with the 8 numbers representing 8 different compass directions. These numbers are called as patzu. Once having this information, a Feng shui expert analyzes bagua, an octagon shaped chart. The bottom of chart is in correspondence with the front door and accordingly he decides the location of house. With this he determines which objects to be kept where, positioning of water elements, plants and flowers. This also gives an idea about incorporating any objects like images, fountains, green plants or any other Feng shui products if required.
This Feng shui Chinese astrology determines the birth animal of the person with his birth date and according to the characteristics, behavior and attitude of that animal determines the person’s nature. With this color of the person’s home, type of furniture required and other elements can be decided. With such changes positive energy flows as such to accumulate maximum in your house and gives you vigor and power.
This Feng shui Chinese astrology is somewhat difficult to understand and comprehend for a normal individual as it requires extensive study of signs and Feng shui. It’s better for you consult a Feng shui expert for your predictions. These people very well understand about the interacting principles and guide you properly. After sometime you yourself can see the results and feel the positive energy within you. You can brighten up your future with this art and live a happy and harmonious life.
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Feng Shui Bedroom: Bringing Harmony to Your Life
Feng Shui has been used for thousands of years to improve the quality of life and bring harmony, among many other things, into the home. You can use Feng Shui in any area that you would like but many people use it in the bedroom.
Feng Shui is pronounced “Fung Shway” and can be used to help you sleep better and enhance your love life. If this sounds like something you would like to do to your bedroom, here are a few “rules” that you need to consider to help you achieve a feng shui bedroom.
Fengshui Tip Number One
The bed is the most important piece of furniture in the bedroom. Your bed should be in a command position. This means that your bed should be in complete view of the door but not in the direct line of the door. You also need to leave plenty of room on both side of the bed for each partner to get in and out of bed with ease.
Also, never have your bed in the position where your feet are facing the door. This is very bad Feng Shui. This position is called the death position because the dead are usually carried out by their feet.
Fengshui Tip Number Two
It is best if you choose to have your bedroom in the farthest room from the door. This is said to give the mind more security because there is that much more distance between anything coming in the door and you sleeping in bed.
It is extremely bad Feng Shui to have you bedroom facing the front door. However, sometimes we have no real choice where the bedroom is located but you can still use other tips to Feng Shui your bedroom.
Fengshui Tip Number Three
Remove the clutter. Any kind of clutter that reaches over your head that can make you feel uneasy therefore you need to clean anything that should not be piled up on your dresser or side tables. The clutter will prevent the Chi from flowing naturally as it should.
Anything in your bedroom that has to do with other things that do not have to do with sleep or the bedroom should be taken out. For example if you have work related items in your room, they need to be taken out. Computers, televisions and other electronics do not belong in the bedroom either.
These are three of the best tips that can be given for those who want to turn their bedrooms into a Feng Shui paradise. Not only will Feng Shui improve your life but using Feng Shui in the bedroom can help improve your sleep habits so that you wake up feeling more rested and fully regenerated.
There are many other things you need to consider when if you intend create a feng shui bedroom. Make sure you do as much research as you can before you begin. You need to know what you are doing and how to do it before you get started. You do not have to be a believer for Feng Shui to work wonders in your life.
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A couple’s survival guide to moving across borders
Frontiers, borders, crossings, these words evoke a myriad of feelings and sensations, not all of them comfortable. They make me think of being in the right place, or not, of identity, of invasion, of giving up more than one had intended.
When a couple decides to make the commitment to live together they agree to surrender a certain amount of personal space and identity to their partner for a common cause. They allow their personal borders to become porous in the pursuit of a stable life together. This is a big step. To avoid later disappointments it is important that they understand and talk about each other’s needs and requirements, what is negotiable and what is very definitely not.
Putting these issues together is a little like baking a cake. A cake requires ingredients like flour. No flour – no cake. This is non-negotiable and therefore a requirement. Of course a cake also needs heat, a pan and time for baking but these are all negotiable and therefore they are needs.
Finally, questions like what flavour, colour, one piece or two are flexible, the icing on the cake which make up the wants.
Even with the best pre-marital preparation an overseas move can put pressure on a relationship. Couples have to depend on each other far more in a foreign environment and every little problem can become magnified. Couples will be faced with common issues such as settling into the new country, learning the language, making new friends and adapting to new habits and behaviours while other issues will be faced individually. The culture shock experienced may not affect both partners in a relationship equally. The employed spouse has the familiarity of work and work routines while the spouse who isn’t working often has to navigate the new culture quickly — setting up a new home, getting children settled in school — and may get hit harder or sooner with culture shock.
Both partners might have chosen to move abroad and may be doing so willingly. But it’s also common for couples to move abroad because of one partner’s career, and for the other partner to go along, willingly, but with some mixed feelings about the move as well. These mixed feelings can resurface as anger and resentment during the settling-in phase, and again during periods of homesickness and loneliness. A spouse who left a job for the move abroad is now a trailing spouse, which is a quite different, and not so validating status.
The weight of helping children feel at home in a new country is a big challenge that is typically left to the trailing spouse. Finding the right schools and services for children is a challenge in a new culture. Helping children cope with missing their friends, adjusting to a new school, and finding a social network can be difficult and stressful.
Everyone who moves abroad goes through periods of homesickness and loneliness and this doesn’t mean that something is wrong with the relationship. Even when it is at its strongest, a support system that includes extended family and friends is essential. And it takes time to build those relationships. In many ways, it is easier for the working spouse, whose job provides built-in relationships with colleagues and others. The stay-at-home spouse not only has to start from scratch, but may also find cultural barriers that can increase the difficulty of making friends.
Couples have financial worries and discussions no matter where they live. These discussions can be more heated if one spouse isn’t working making the budget tighter than usual.
What a gloomy picture! Thankfully help is on hand of various sorts. As a feng shui practitioner I talk a lot to my clients about predecessor energy. When moving into a new home we literally step into the shoes of our predecessor. How often does one come across a house where couple number one divorced, and couple number two moved in and also divorced? I bought my house from a couple who divorced and had to make very sure that I put in feng shui cures so that we did not suffer a similar fate. One of the simplest ways of changing the energies is to give the whole place a good coat of paint. Not only does everything look brighter and fresher but old marks and scuffs from those who lived here before are removed. The Chinese recommend that newly-weds buy a new bed when they are first married. If that is not an option, new sheets also bring a nice change.
Finally if you are really not adapting to the new country it can be worth consulting a professional coach. It is now recognised that the key to a successful relocation is a happy spouse even though not all companies pay sufficient attention to this.
Life coach and psychologist Lesley Lawson works with expat spouses who want to make the most of their relocation. To read more of her articles and receive free settling in tips, visit http://www.2relationshipsuccess.com
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Feng Shui Lighting – The Facts
To a certain extent because of the way that it is represented in the media, feng shui is often represented as a somewhat mystical or mysterious idea that is difficult to study or to prove. However, scientific research shows that some aspects of feng shui have a measrably positive effect on attitude and mood. Traditional feng shui practices attempt to create a harmonious environment that allows its occupants to remain happy and relaxed, and studies show that at least some feng shui techniques are definitely more science-fact than science fiction.
Some of the most effective feng shui rules with a scientific basis for their success have concern lighting, and there is every indication that using feng shui techniques as a method of lighting your home will prove to be a wise decision. If the illue alludes to whether lighting your home according to feng shui principles will improve your quality of life, the answer is an incontrovertible yes. According to the scientific body of knowledge we have accumulated on the subject of lighting and emotion, feng shui offers a reasonable and viable method for improving one’s mood by creating a calming atmosphere by means of light.
Feng shui aims to assist you in creating a balanced, harmonious atmosphere, and an important part of achieving that goal is finding lighting solutions that provide visibility without being garish or unpleasantly bright. Because of this, feng shui exponents often recommend including multiple sources of soft light rather than a single source of strong, bright light. Science supports this, showing us that having multiple light sources in a room allows the eye to see depth and contour more easily, which means optimum visibility. The lighting arrangements that feng shui suggest mimic the naturally multi-sourced light found in the outdoors, which is the kind of lighting situation that humans have evolved to see best in.
When we can see everything in our space, we are more likely to be calm and relaxed for a very simple reason that has its roots in out evolution. Although few people in the modern world are consciously afraid of being attacked by a lion or other fierce marauder, our brains are hard-wired to protect us by searching for predators. When there are no blind spots or dark areas nearby, we can be certain that there are no dangerous predators hidden in the vicinity. When you light a room according to the principles, you have the optimum lighting situation to lead to ease and therefore relaxation.
Traditional feng shui dictates that it is important to use a series of soft lights in different areas of the room in order to allow the unhampered flow of positive energy throughout the space. There is no way for science to evaluate whether this goal is achieved or not, but research can tell us that the lighting situation feng shui creates allows for maximum visibility, which in turn promotes relaxation, calm and happiness.
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