How to Use Feng Shui to Better our Homes and Our Lives

Guest User May 27, 2020

Anjie Cho was featured on The Lisa Show

After spending so much time at home, you might be feeling the bug to reorganize different areas around the house. But, sometimes it’s difficult to decide how you want it to look and feel. Well, have you ever heard of the art of feng shui? Feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice used to create harmony in our different living spaces. And today, we have feng shui expert, architect and author, Anjie Cho, to tell us how we can use feng shui to better our homes and our lives.

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Q&A Sunday: What Color Should I Paint My Front Door?

Anjie Cho May 24, 2020

I would really like to paint my formal front door red. However it’s in the career section of the bagua. Should I paint it this color or stick to water element colors? Thank you so much for all that you do. I love listening to you and Laura on the Holistic Spaces podcast.

- Adrianne P., Yuma

Thank you for listening to our podcast, and for your question!

In general, red is a great color, and one of the best colors to paint your front door. It’s one of the most auspicious colors in feng shui, and it represents fire, life energy and vitality. It also attracts attention; if you walk down the street and see a red door, it’s really noticeable. The same applies for a person who walks into a room wearing a red dress or red lipstick.

The career area is related to your path in life, the water element, and the color black. You might be worried that painting your door red in this area will burn up all your water. That’s one way to look at it, but incorporating the fire element into your career area isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It depends on your intention.

Directly across from the career area is the fame and reputation area, which is associated with fire energy and the color red. Because these two areas are opposites on the bagua, you can actually use them in tandem with each other. By using red in your career area, you’re bringing together fire and water, yin and yang. You’re inviting more passion, inspiration, and recognition into your career. If your intention is to bring more of these things into your career, then painting your door red can be really helpful.

If you already have a lot of fire energy, you may want to stick with water element colors, like black. Adding the water element to your career area can attract more social networking, connections, and wisdom, which can also be really helpful--it all depends on your situation and what you need.

Thanks again for your question Adrianne, I hope that helps!

If you have a question is more specific I can answer in a blog post, I hope you’ll join us for our next Practical Feng Shui class where you can get one-on-one feedback on your own floor plan!

by Anjie Cho

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Feng Shui Your Garden With These Expert-Approved Tips

Guest User May 20, 2020

Anjie Cho was featured on mindbodygreen

When you hear "feng shui," you might think of rearranging your bedroom, your living room, or other places inside your home. But you might be forgetting your own backyard. That's right: You can—and definitely want to!—feng shui your outdoor space. (After all, at its core, feng shui is all about connecting with nature.) Here are a few ways to get started, recommended by the co-founders of Mindful Design Feng Shui School Anjie Cho and Laura Morris.

How to use feng shui in your garden:

1. Work with the elements.

The five elements of feng shui are wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Incorporating all of these elements into your garden can help promote balance. Some fun ways to do so include:

Wood: If you have trees and greenery in your garden, you likely already have this element covered. Morris notes that planting evergreens, which hold their green color all year round, can help you maintain this element.
Fire: The sunlight itself gives your garden a fire element, but to give it a little more, Cho says you can add plants that have red accents or triangular-shaped leaves. Morris likes Japanese maple, purple leaf sand cherry, and red dogwood.

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