THE BASICS
Feng Shui (the Mandarin pronunciation is foong soyee, the Cantonese pronunciation is Fung Shwey) literally means wind and water, two of the most fundamental forms of life’s energy. Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice that aims to maximize the beneficial movement of chi (the life force present in all things) through a space.
Feng Shui is about understanding the secrets of how energy moves in our surroundings and how the style of our buildings and interiors affect us at a subtle level. It involves harnessing beneficial chi to enhance the success and good fortune of the individual.
The goal of Feng Shui is to create an attractive, safe and nurturing space in which an individual can live and work more comfortably and productively.
Feng Shui uses shapes, colors, textures, sound, light, symbolic imagery and the arrangement of furniture to adjust the energy of a home. Just as acupuncture works by correcting the flow of chi through the human body, Feng Shui works by directing the flow of qi through the home. This is why Feng Shui is sometimes called "acupuncture for the home." Positive influences are encouraged and enhanced, while negative factors are corrected and minimized.
