everything I learned from a feng shui consult

with Emily Grosvenor of course!

I’ve been interested in feng shui for many moons. Bits and bobs learned over the years, but more seriously when I started my business, there was alot of crossover with konmari and feng shui, both being eastern approaches with an energetic lens to homes. Clutter being an energetic drain on our life is a huge piece in both approaches.

On my own, I’ve done alot of work to our homes over the years. In our current home, I focused alot in the entry, because I know how important having a clear, well lit entry is to feng shui. We added new lighting, a wind chime, a seating area, a new mat with money underneath, lots of plants, and a new front door/glass block sidelights. Emily said the cracks in our very very old driveway can be an issue for our chi flow.

The front door specifically is one of the most important pieces, for the career and life path area. We put rose quartz in the bedroom, specifically because I know it enhances love/partnership. All of our spiritual symbols are in the spirituality area, and I had a vision board in what I thought was the travel area in our office (I was wrong, its actually in the garage).

Its been quite the journey getting the energy in our home right. I’m highly sensitive, and having the previous owner die in the home from cancer, being empty for a number of years, plus two years of renovations has created challenges both for the home and our relationship to it. We’ve come a long way. Once I met Emily Grosvenor through Oregon home magazine, read her book and found out about her work with feng shui, I had to have her perspective on our home.

If you want to learn more about Emily, watch our interview here:

the bagua

An updated bagua after our session. Did you know to include your garage? This was news to me.

Emily asked me about 3 areas of my life I wanted to focus on prior to our consult. During the consult we walked around the haus, talking through various issues, and she had lots of questions about the space. Then we sat down and looked at the floorplan, and identified our bagua.

The bagua details the 9 areas of a home based on feng shui. I actually don’t know which type of feng shui Emily works with, but I do know there are several styles. You can make your own bagua using your printed floorplan, dividing into 9 equal sized squares.

The areas I wanted to focus on are: family, finances, and friendships. These correspond to: creativity and children (right mid), wealth and prosperity (left back corner) and fame and reputation (back mid). All of the areas needed some zhushing.