articles by: Erica Sofrina

6 Feng Shui DON’Ts

Creating a harmonious and safe home that lifts your spirits and supports your highest aspirations will set the stage for you to go out into the world and soar! Take action on these six Feng Shui reco…

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How to Welcome Opportunities

The ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui puts a great deal of emphasis on the entryway to the home. It is considered the "mouth of chi” where all of our opportunities come to us. This may seem like a…

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10 Tips to Rejuvenate a ‘Tired’ Space

Rearranging and reinventing our living space is one of the most powerful ways to free up creative energies and get our lives moving again. By mixing up the chi in our outer space, we revitalized the c…

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Feng Shui Tips for Living with Pets

If you are a pet lover and also want to have a beautiful home that you enjoy being in, this article is for you! Let me be clear, this article is for humans. Your pets don't need 'feng shui-ing' the…

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How to Create Balance in Your Home

Feng shui acknowledges that we are ancient creatures who naturally seek balance. If our living spaces are not balanced, our lives also feel out of balance. Our homes are made up of active and restf…

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How to Attract Helpful People into your Life

Attracting helpful people is an important key to success in both our personal and professional lives. The art of Feng Shui addresses all of the main areas of our lives and teaches that our homes ca…

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A Space Clearing Ritual to Revive Your Home

Spring is the time of new beginnings. Connected to the wood element in Feng Shui, spring represents birth and new possibilities. Spring is also about clearing out the old and bringing in new energy…

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Do You Have Regret?

I have thought a lot about regret. I remember my grandmother saying to me: don't do something you will regret at the end of your life. She looked so intensely at me that her words were seared into …

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Are You Ready to Help When Others Need You?

Many of you wrote to me last week about my article on Random Acts of Kindness. Most people agreed that it is the "doer" of the good deed who reaps the most benefit. One reader remarked that when we ar…

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The Gifts of Random Acts of Kindness

It had just started sprinkling. I was hurrying home in my car, anxious and stressed, having put off until the last minute writing a keynote speech I was to give the next day. In my preocc…

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Erica Sofrina is a motivational speaker, author and life coach specializing in connecting people to their spiritual essence. She is also an Internationally recognized Feng Shui speaker, green living columnist, teacher and the author of the book Small Changes, Dynamic Results! Feng Shui for the Western World and the Founder of the West Coast Academy of Feng Shui. She is also the founder of Earth Spirit Adventure Travel which takes people on retreats to powerful energy vortexes such as Bali and Hawaii to facilitate their deep earth/spirit connection. Find out more at www.ericasofrina.com

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