Entryway Feng Shui – 8 Ways to Use its Principles to Create a Good First Impression

Guest User July 13, 2022

Wooden console table with two framed pieces of art above on a white wall. Behind the wall is a view of a white kitchen and dining room. — Photo and design by Anjie Cho Architect PLLC

Anjie Cho was featured on Homes and Gardens

As we seek to reconnect with nature and the environment, decorating with plants indoors has grown in popularity. Noted to invite growth, prosperity and therapeutic energy when positioned in an entryway, Feng Shui plants have always been an essential part of Feng Shui philosophy, and for good reason.

'Living plants represent the wood element, which is believed to cultivate flexibility, healing and growth in humans,' explains Anjie Cho, New York based interior architect, Feng Shui advisor and author of Holistic Spaces, 108 ways to create a Mindful and Peaceful Home. 'You can invite these qualities into your life and home by adding plants. The best indoor plants are noted to create harmony between your inner environment and outer environment.'

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If you’d like to learn more about feng shui, check out Mindful Design Feng Shui School at: www.mindfuldesignschool.com

Do You Believe In Ghosts? Here's What Spirituality Experts Have To Say About Them

Guest User July 6, 2022

Anjie Cho was featured on mindbodygreen

The idea that ghosts could be among us has fascinated, perplexed, and of course, spooked people for generations. We asked around to get the history of ghosts, whether there's any evidence they actually exist, and more—here's what to know.

What does the term "ghost" really mean?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a ghost is defined as an "apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image." Across different cultures, there are also more nuanced explanations for what ghosts really are.

Feng shui expert Anjie Cho adds, "From a feng shui perspective, we have this perspective of nonduality, so something is not necessarily good or bad."

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If you’d like to learn more about feng shui, check out Mindful Design Feng Shui School at: www.mindfuldesignschool.com

12 of the Best Feng Shui Plants for Positive Energy

Guest User May 18, 2022

Potted green plants on wooden chest with books and plant artwork — Photo by Prudence Earl on Unsplash

Anjie Cho was featured on Homes and Gardens

With feng shui plants you can welcome positive energy into your home, as well as enjoying the beauty of these living accessories.

We have all gone a bit mad for house plants in the past few years, especially with our homes becoming spaces to work as well as live and relax. There are many benefits to adding indoor plants to rooms in your home, not least that they can soften and enhance the look of a space. But have you also considered that through careful choice and placement of feng shui plants for specific spaces in the house, you can improve the flow of positive energy in your life?

'In feng shui we seek to improve the flow of Chi which is our vital life force energy. Living green plants represent the wood element, which is said to cultivate human hardiness, flexibility, healing and growth. So not only can you bring these qualities into your life and home by adding plants, but by bringing in the element of nature into your interior space you will have more harmony between your inner environment and outer environment,' explains Anjie Cho, New York based interior architect, feng shui advisor and author of Holistic Spaces, 108 ways to create a Mindful and Peaceful Home.

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