Mariko is the real deal, she brings to the table the ancient wisdom of her heritage. After having the feng shui of my home and office done changes were almost instant. Her methods are different to other feng shui consultants I have seen and without doubt Mariko knows what she is talking about. I have the utmost praises for her. Thank you Mariko, my business and home is a better place all because of you‎

Scott backonyourfeet

Feng Shui for Love and Relationships

All of us love to be loved and most of us appreciate the opportunity to share our love with others. People have been using Feng Shui for centuries to encourage stable and loving partnerships in their lives, induce harmonious family relationships and reduce conflict in the workplace. Many people also gain insight and remediation for relationship difficulties like unrequited love, patterns of abuse and dysfunctional relationships between siblings or with parents which can deeply affect us. Sometimes just in knowing why this is happening to us can bring about positive changes in behaviour to improve our lives.

Feng Shui is about manipulating energy in the spaces we use daily to support us in all aspects of life. Those who are sensitive to their environment innately know how best to use their spaces, however, many people especially those experiencing difficulties in life become de-sensitised to their environment and wellbeing and need assistance.

Traditional Feng Shui uses our birth date, manipulation of our environment and unseen Flying Star energy to manage life. Your Feng Shui practitioner can create a Flying Star energy grid of your home revealing unseen energy that can be supportive of relationships or creating obstacles for you in your relationships. Just like our energy is determined by the date we were born, a building’s energy is determined by the year it was completed built – the energy of our home being influenced by geomagnetic energy from the earth, its tilt and orbit around the sun. The energy grid (Flying Stars) for your home is also dependent on the front facing Compass direction of your home (which is not always the same direction as your front door).

For love and relationships, good bedroom Feng Shui is essential. Our bedroom is a place for rest, intimacy and relaxation. For many of us the bedroom is the only private space in the home. Our bedroom is a space where our bodies recover, repair and rejuvenate so our bedrooms should allow us to feel safe, secure and provide privacy. During sleep our liver can rest, our mind can unwind our muscles can relax and we are reenergised. If our bedroom does not support us in these passive pursuits, our health and relationships suffer. How many of us complain of insomnia, waking up feeling tired instead of refreshed or going home with multiple people – never finding a stable partner?

At this current time your Traditional Feng Shui consultant will aim to ensure the owners of the home are sleeping in a bedroom with flying star energy 8 or 9 as this represents good harmony in relationships and health. For a woman wanting to find a stable and lasting partnership with a man, it is best to sleep in a room with mountain star 8, while a man wanting to find a stable and lasting partnership with a woman would best sleep in a room with mountain star 9. If you are in conflict with your spouse and find anger and frustration a constant in your relationship then you could be sleeping in a room with mountain star 3 and would need to use remedies to diffuse. There are 9 energy classifications in total with different consequences and to know what energy star you are sleeping in and whether it is causing you obstacles or not you need to have a Flying Star energy grid completed for your home. You can learn this from books, take courses or hire a traditional Feng Shui consultant.

Encouraging good Feng Shui in your bedroom can assist:

• men and women trying to find a stable partner
• couples in conflict or having a challenging time with intimacy and need to reconnect
• family members in conflict with each other
• family members experiencing health issues
• couples trying to fall pregnant

To encourage loving and lasting relationships try these simple tips to make it feel more comfortable and inviting:

• use soft, neutral and pastel colours for walls, bedding and decor
• attach a bedhead and place your bed against a solid wall to symbolise supportive relationships
• Avoid mirrors in the bedroom, especially not reflecting the bed it gives a feeling of intrusion in a room meant for privacy
• place the bed adjacent to the door to avert active energy influencing and disturbing your rest and intimacy and encourage tenderness. Avoid placing the bed head directly in line with the door especially if at the end of a long corridor, this will provide too much yang energy coming at your head and disturbing your sleep
• create mood lighting. Particularly if you are sleeping in a good energy sector you would encourage this with fire – lighting and candles
• avoid air conditioners directly above the bed or placing a Television in the bedroom that will make the room active and detract from the peacefulness of the room. Televisions distract couples from connecting and can cause distance
• if your home has exposed beams, avoid placing beds or seats underneath them as it can cause a feeling of restriction and pressure for couples that can compound and bring daily issues into the bedroom potentially starting conflict
• allow sunlight through during the day, but have window coverings for night time to induce a good night’s rest
• ensure furniture and objects in your room have no hidden meanings to both you and your partner. Analyse pieces of furniture particularly if they are antiques passed down from relations that you did not get along with or carry residual energy from previous romantic relationships – like your mattress. Remove them from the room and feel the difference. Also be considerate if you are sharing this space with another e.g. if you have a photograph of your parents in the room but your partner does not get along with them, perhaps replace the photo with one of you and your spouse and place the one of your parents in a different room
• introduce symbols of love reflecting togetherness and strength . Traditionally animals like mandarin ducks or koi in pairs are used, however, you may have your own special symbols that mean more to you.

These practical and common sense Feng Shui tips relate to the physical placement of furniture and decor. While these changes will provide relief, if the unseen energy (flying star) in your bedroom is not conducive to harmonious loving relationships, then obstacles will still present. This is where an experienced Traditional Feng Shui practitioner will help your know exactly what energy is present and how to assist in your goals.

Changes

Walking back through Hong Kong International Airport at 6am in 30 degree heat brought back the nostalgia of 10 years absence and we instantly received an energy kick that lasted the entire trip. With the Hotel graciously allowing us a check in at 7am, we quickly showered, raced downstairs for a full breakfast loading our plate with dim sum and congee and then headed out prematurely to check out the shops.

Forgetting this city doesn’t wake up until around 9am and the shops don’t open until 10am we seized the opportunity of vacant streets to see what had changed in 10 years since we last lived there and coincidently since Hong Kong was handed back to China.

Some noticeable differences we observed included:

• Hong Kong is now called Hong Kong China. While talking to local Chinese businessmen there was a definite feeling that commerce for locals had become unfavourable. It seemed in their eyes that power has shifted from the businessmen to bureaucracy. Many of them expressed how they now prefer their children to become politicians rather than entrepreneurs.
• Kowloon and TST in particular has gone glitzy with large multi story shopping complexes (Harbour City, Harbour Gate etc) developed right around and along the water line. New tall buildings have sprung up everywhere while old favourites like the Ritz Carlton and the Furama Hotels have been knocked down.
• On the Central Side there has been major development of the IFC (International Finance Centre) and continuing development along the shoreline for what looks like parks and rest areas
• The buzz and energy seems to have shifted from Central to Kowloon –the new buildings and shops on the Kowloon TST side have attracted noveau riche from China who are able to step off the train or ferry and within 50m are faced with the largest number of Versace shops per square kilometre. There really wasn’t a need for us to go across to Central except to go for a ride on the Star Ferry
• Since SARS, portable hand sanitising units have been fixed on walls in major shopping complexes and office foyers for anyone to receive a dose of antibacterial hand dousing liquid. There are stickers above buttons in the lifts proudly stating the buttons are sanitised every hour. The streets especially in Kowloon are noticeably cleaner and law enforcement officers seem more prominent on the streets – it certainly feels safer.
• Japanese concept stores, restaurants and product are prolific in Hong Kong now. I love Japanese food and product, but it became a little like seeing a MacDonalds.
• The Aussie Dollar is stronger. It was 6.8 HKD to 1AUD. A bottle of water cost around $1.30AUD and with the right timing, we hit their end of Summer sales.

Where: Bowral Memorial Hall Bendooley Street Bowral. We will have a display along with chiropractors, organic food wholesales and producers, colour therapists and many more..Should be a fun day in the heart of Bowral!

Feng Shui gripes for Hotel Rooms – there are many reasons why it is difficult to get a good night’s rest in a Hotel Room. Even taking away the fact the Hotel itself may not have good feng shui construction and the fact that people leave their residual energies on the matress behind them, the room – it’s set up and the need to cram all appliances into the same space leads to bad night sleeps.

From our August Newsletter I have replaced ‘Feng Shui tips’ with  ’Feng Shui gripes’ for Hotel Rooms. I have been in the fortunate position of staying in all star Hotel rooms from 5 down to 3 star and in various countries. And I have to lament that the Feng Shui in most of these rooms including the 5 stars leaves little to be desired. Feel free to register online and leave your comments on where you have observed bad Feng Shui in Hotel Rooms. If we create a list and send to the global Hoteliers organisations perhaps some may incorporate Feng Shui principles in design. They are all on Twitter and I am sure would loooooove our feedback..:-)…these are a start….

• Air Conditioner above your bed head
• Air conditioner you can’t control (not feng shui but annoys the hell out of me when they give you an airconditioner but the air is centrally controlled – especially at night!)
• Some hotel rooms do not have windows – ahya – needless to say I walked straight out and requested a new room!
• Rattling fridge that goes off at 1am
• Mirrors facing the bed
• Open plan bedroom and bathroom – this was supposed to be ’spa like’ – not when I can see the toilet!
• TVs not hidden in a fold away cabinet
• Bright LCD Bedside table clocks that forbid you to sleep and wake at ungodly hours set by previous occupants
• Rooms directly adjacent to the ice and vending machines – why do people want buckets of ice at 12am?

Mariko is traveling to Regional NSW Towns to share her Feng Shui expertise in homes, shops and offices. Dates are booked for Bowral, Tamworth and Orange – Consultation fees will not include travel costs. Contact us today for more information and to arrange an appointment.

Lucky bamboo has multiple purposes. In Feng Shui Lucky Bamboo in a vase of water is used as a remedy for areas with negative energies carrying legal issues and scandal. Lucky bamboo is also considered in Feng Shui as a good indoor plant because the bamboo leaves are whispy and allow light to penetrate a room. large leafed indoor plants are said to attract spirits that have not moved on but they cannot hide under a bamboo leaf.

In Chinese symbolism Lucky Bamboo is considered to attract money wealth. The greater the number of Lucky Bamboo, the more auspicious. Perfect for retail shops, restaurants and kitchens as the wood helps fuel the fire and your money.

The common twisty variety of lucky bamboo takes over 18 months to achieve the twist and involves moving light in a circular fashion to get the bamboo to spiral. The lucky bamboo FengShui by Sakura stock is Australian grown and of great quality. The 40cm stems are perfect size for your vase and offer a pleasant and calming effect in any room whether trying to ahieve a feng shui feel or not and with our online prices much lower than retail stores, you can afford to place multiple stems in a vase creating a lovely feel.

Lucky Bamboo will last anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years in a vase of water depending on how you look after it. As with any plant, it is important to give your lucky bamboo sunlight and a change of water weekly. When the roots grow in Spring and Autumn you can trim them so they don’t overgrow in the vase. We have fresh stock in now, so be quick and order today. Your lucky bamboo can be ordered in either the bushy variety or the traditional twisted variety. Look at our online store to see the photos and order your lucky bamboo online. They transport well and you will find them a low maintenance plant to lift the energy in your home or office.

Dear Mariko, Thanks so much for your email. I had all ready read several books on Feng Shui, but still came away learning a range of things that were new to me, in a really enjoyable learning environment.

“Hi Mariko, many thanks for an enjoyable day on Saturday.  I found it fascinating and educational.  I have been stuck in my new book ever since!”

Feng Shui workshop – North Sydney Community Centre Term 3

Contact us for details 0414 930092