Q&A Sunday: What to Expect from a Feng Shui Consultation, Part 2

Guest User August 22, 2021

How does a feng shui consultation work?

In last week’s Q&A Sunday, I shared how I prepare for a feng shui consultation, which is a really important part of the process. As I shared last week, my preparation helps me to be a conduit for what my client needs during our time together. Today, I’m going to talk about what the actual consultation looks like.

During a feng shui consultation, I spend a lot of time listening to my client, and what it is they want to work on. I’ll ask very targeted, focused questions that help me determine what it is we can adjust in their home. I also might bring up questions I noticed in the feng shui. For example, if I noticed something about the location of their bedroom, that might guide me to ask certain questions. Or, if someone wants to work on their relationship, I might take a really deep look at what’s happening in the relationship area of the home and bedroom, as well as some other specific factors, and see what stands out.

Instead of going through a checklist, I let things arise during a consultation based on what the client needs, and then I listen. Next, we walk through the home, either in person or virtually. We might look at pictures, or we can go through the floor plan. It depends on the situation. Then I give recommendations and adjustments, answer questions, and transmit any personal qi adjustments or meditations that they should work on. Typically, if I have time at the end of a two-hour consultation, I close with some kind of space clearing or blessing.

There might be other things that come up in your space depending on the skill set of your consultant. For example, somebody asked me about where to put a bathroom when renovating a home. In general, a feng shui consultant might have suggestions about ideal locations for the bathroom, however they may not have the knowledge of other things that need to be considered, like the sizes of things or location of the plumbing. If you do need this kind of expertise, or if you need help decorating and picking paint colors, look for a consultant with those skill sets. Some of our Mindful Design graduates are designers or architects in addition to feng shui experts.

Even if you’re not renovating or redecorating, a feng shui consultant can still help you in your space, because feng shui is really energy work. A feng shui consultant will help you work with what you have, and also see what comes up that might need to be addressed. Sometimes, a very small and simple tweak can make a lot of changes in your home.

I hope that creates some clarity around what a feng shui consultation is actually like! If you’re curious and want to experience a consultation, I have many skilled graduates all over the world with different backgrounds who are available for feng shui consultations. I also offer a few discounted consultations each year that my students audit - if you’re interested in hearing about those when they are available, make sure you’re on my mailing list!

by Anjie Cho

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

Q&A Sunday: What to Expect from a Feng Shui Consultation, Part 1

Guest User August 15, 2021

How does a feng shui consultation work?

I often get asked about how a feng shui consultation usually works. One thing to remember is that a feng shui consultant is not necessarily an architect or interior designer, although they could be both. I’m also an architect, for example! Many people assume that feng shui consultations include design, and it might if your consultant has those qualifications and skills - but that’s not always the case.

Another thing to know is that every practitioner is different, and there are also dozens of feng shui schools that are all equally correct. Think about how many types of bread recipes there are. Just because there are many doesn’t mean that one is right or wrong, but it also depends on the experience and the skillfulness of the person making the bread, and the taste and needs of the person who’s going to eat the bread.

That said, I’ll share a bit about what I do and what I teach my students at Mindful Design Feng Shui School. In general, the client first reaches out, and then we ask for a floor plan of the home. This is one of the most important pieces of information to provide to a consultant, because it’s a map of your home, and it represents you. Even if the consultant is coming in person to your home, we still would really like to see the floor plan. Sometimes if a client really has a stumbling block to providing the floor plan, you can hire someone (sometimes the consultant) to do it. However, there’s a lot of information that can be conveyed through a floor plan created by the client. Also, the energy and effort you put into the floor plan will reflect upon how accurate your feng shui consultation is.

Next, I usually ask for three wishes the client wants to work with. I also have an optional intake form to get more information. We’ll also need your address, either to know how get there if we’re going in person, or to look up details of your home’s location online. If your consultant is using astrology, they’ll also need your birth date. Not all consultants use astrology, so it depends who you work with.

I start working before the meeting. I lay the bagua on the client’s home, and I consider any red flags in the floor plan, as well as what is coming up for the client. Next, one of the most important things I do before meeting with a client is a meditation to make sure that I’m not coming in with my own energy, but instead I’m a conduit for what is required for the client. I do this because I don’t want to go into the consultation with my own baggage and my own ego. By doing a meditation beforehand, I open myself to what it is a client needs.

Finally, I actually meet with the client! For more about what the actual meeting looks like, stay tuned for part 2 next week!

by Anjie Cho

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

Q&A Sunday: Purple Flowers for Abundance

Guest User August 1, 2021

Do you have any tips to bring in more abundance?

I get a lot of questions about abundance and prosperity, so I have several posts on this topic - you can read a few of them here, here, and here. I’ll also share another tip for abundance that I love: purple flowers!

On the feng shui bagua, there is an area connected to wealth and abundance, also called Xun. In addition to material wealth, it’s also connected to the feeling of abundance in other areas of your life. It’s also related to the color purple.

If you want to bring in more wealth and abundance, try bringing some purple flowers into your home. If you want, you can even place them in Xun position of your home or bedroom. You can get fresh cut purple flowers in a vase, or a houseplant with purple flowers, like African violet. I have an African violet plant that was only about two leaves a few months ago, and now it’s grown into such a beautiful, luscious plant! Watching a plant grow like this teaches you that the world and nature are generous and abundant. It also teaches you that you have the ability to cultivate whatever it is that you need; all the wisdom is within you.

If you’re wanting to welcome more abundance into your life, I encourage you to bring some purple flowers into your home!

by Anjie Cho