We love bringing Feng Shui to our outdoor spaces. And when we started dreaming about this issue, we realized it's more than curb appeal and landscaping. Our Earth is so magical. 🌏

Between landscaping, gardening for sustenance, dowsing the land, healing geopathic stresses, and deciding where to put your home on a lot...phew there is so much Feng Shui that happens outside of buildings. 🌳 And even if you don't own a yard or outdoor space, there are ways to bring nature indoors and make the most of time you spend outside.

Keep scrolling...we cover a lot in this one!

"In most Western Gardens attention is paid to the forms shapes and materials but nothing is given to the concepts that move our gardens from beautiful spaces to places that help us contemplate our connection to the earth and the spirit that imbibes us. It is this lifting of the significance of the garden that enchants us when we see what the Chinese and Japanese have created in their gardens. These gardens are not constructed to recreate nature but to capture the essence of nature in forms, shapes and materials for the purpose of lifting the human spirit.

"We don't have to clone these genera to create gardens that are meaningful. We can create beautiful, restorative, healthy spaces using designs, plants and materials that are in concert with our houses, land and aesthetic sensibilities. What can be learned from these gardens and is of great importance in a Feng Shui garden is to design using natural shapes, including the five senses and introducing elements such as water features found in the natural environments."

"If you truly want to create the most perfect stay-cation contemplate the addition of a small pond in the far left quarter of the property. Don’t be afraid of the maintenance, once established the joys truly will outweigh the effort."

What to do about a missing corner in your bagua? "Choose an outdoor cure. If you have freedom with the area, and you have the funds or skill, you might like to fill in the “missing” floor plan area by adding a room or a deck. Alternatively, you might fill in with a delineated garden or by placing a substantial yard addition (such as a gazebo, lamp post, fountain, statue, stone, or tree) at the farthest point of the “missing” corner."

🌲Forest Therapy, sometimes also called Forest Bathing, is a practice to support healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments. There is more and more research proving the effectiveness of this practice. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku.

"Forest Bathing sounds like its all about the trees… but it’s not. It refers to all the energy that you are swimming in when you are in nature. It’s the value of sunlight on our skin and even for our mind. It’s the power of the colors of nature – greens, browns, blues - and how they sooth and balance us. We swim in the vibrations of sound, of the wind rustling leaves, of birds, of insects, of streams gurgling. We connect to the earth with bare feet, and swim in the electromagnetic energy of the earth reducing the inflammation in our bodies. The scents of nature are more than just for enjoyment, natural aromatherapy helps fight infections, and boost our energy in all ways. As you take a conscious walk or enjoy a spot to sit and just be, attune yourself to enjoy all the various sensations bathing your body. This is something you can do in your own backyard or park, even if there is not a forest present. Connect with the earth, the plants, the sounds, the scents, the texture of the ground beneath you. Let your mind notice who is there, butterflies, daisies, robins… who lives in your little patch of nature."

The bottom line: get outdoors even if you don't have your own yard. 😊

from Lois Kramer-Perez, Mambo Feng Shui

The energy associated with “Tree” is uprising, early morning, the time of new beginnings. The colors are the bright green of the leaves, the shapes are tall and vertical. Connecting to this element, we feel motivated to move! We are filled with new ideas and excited about the actions we are ready to take. If we find ourselves feeling stuck, what better way to get motivated than to get outside and walk amongst the Trees. Bringing the energy of Tree inside our homes and office space, we bring life!

Don't have an outdoor space? This one is for you. Read Lois's suggestions for adding this living, healing, motivating energy to your indoor spaces. 

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