Author: Joan Vine

  • Feng Shui: Joyful: 

    The Chinese art of geomancy is all about balance and harmony. And although we are advised to keep our feelings under control our emotions come from our unconscious mind. Meaning we do not purposely feel joyful we just cannot help it. But we can learn to control our emotions, and by doing so helps to…

  • Emotions: Joyful:

    Emotions: Joyful:

    Oh my! How wonderful it is to be joyful! Being joyful means that you are very happy. Perhaps you are looking forward to a holiday or perhaps it’s a special event, wedding, special birthday. Any, or all of these special times can make us feel excited, even ecstatic. Looking forward to something good is fantastic.…

  • Feng Shui:  Fear:

    The art of placement helps us reduce our feelings of anxiety and discomfort in the home, by enabling us to arrange or furniture in order to reduce these feelings. Do you sit in an armchair where something across the room keeps catching your eye, makes you feel uncomfortable? An ornament, a picture, a table perhaps?…

  • Emotions:  Fear:

    Emotions:  Fear:

    Humans have evolved and survived for many thousands of years mainly due to their automatic emotions, and one of the most successful in keeping us alive is FEAR. The feeling of fear is associated with anxiety, especially if we are already feeling insecure and vulnerable. The involuntary feeling of fear triggers distinctive neurons in the…

  • Feng Shui: Intrigued:

     Many years ago, I came across a book called ‘The Feng Shui Handbook’ by Derek Walters. Please don’t ask me what intrigued me about such a boring looking book but I was totally fascinated by it and still am today, I think it’s because it teaches you how to be happy, healthy and wealthy whilst…