Abstract
Feng Shui the ancient, 5,000-year-old Chinese Art of Placement, also known as the art and science of healing spaces, has captured the imagination of the western world. Based on lessons and the wisdom of an ancient Chinese text, the I Ching or Book of Changes, one's proper placement within the cosmological forces can support one's health, balance, sense of harmony, prosperity and thereby affect one's destiny. The therapeutic benefit of working with feng shui principles begins with a personal conversation, an evaluation, of how one is doing with respect to the energies expressed in the I Ching and its 64 hexagrams. The fundamental energies are Water (Career), Mountain (Wisdom), Thunder (Elders/Health), Wind (Prosperity), Reputation (Fire), Relationships (Earth), Creativity/Children (Lake), Benefactors/Travel (Metal) and the tai chi, the complementary opposite forces of yin and yang in perfect balance. The goal is to create a sacred space of home where chi, the cosmic breath or life force, can flow smoothly and nourish the inhabitants. Changes in one's physical space, particularly placement of bed, desk, and stove, can have remarkable and profound affects on one's feelings about one's sense of harmony. When changes are made with intention and clarity, a metaphor has been created for the home to be "a place for experiencing and fulfilling the meaning of existence through the fullest development of our natures."