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How to Welcome Opportunities

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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 bit of a stretch to skeptics and western thinkers. However, when I recently reviewed my old Interior Design textbook from years ago, I saw that it presented some of the exact same concepts as this 3,000-year-old practice.

It stated that choosing the right entryway was the most important part of the design of the building; and it should be chosen after a great deal of study and care. A poorly designed entryway would hamper the success of the business or negatively affect the occupants of the home, which is also a primary Feng Shui teaching.

The book went on to say the entry should be strongly differentiated from the immediate surroundings –making it easily identifiable from the street — and it should make a graceful transition between the street and the inside. If it was not easy to see and people had a hard time finding it, they would arrive grumpy and out of sorts, which would negatively impact the occupants.

It talked about how people need 15 feet to adjust from the outer to the inner domains. How the experience of arriving at a front door after enjoying a fragrant and attractive garden was considerably more enjoyable and helped make the transition. If the transition was too abrupt, there would be no feeling of arrival and the inside of the home would fail to be an inner sanctum.

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By Erica Sofrina, Author of Small Changes, Dynamic Results! Feng Shui for the Western World.

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Erica Sofrina

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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4:22AM PDT on May 18, 2013

Might be able to do something about your front door, but not everyone has atlease 15feet of pathway.

10:38PM PDT on May 17, 2013

Made me think about my own front door, and how I can change it to look better!
Thank You!

6:42PM PDT on May 17, 2013

I don't understand why this would be true? Seems a bit beyond reason.

11:04AM PDT on May 17, 2013

gonna do it

9:23AM PDT on May 17, 2013

Thanks.

6:27AM PDT on May 16, 2013

thanks

6:01PM PDT on May 15, 2013

thanks

9:13AM PDT on May 14, 2013

Thank you.

5:53PM PDT on May 13, 2013

Thanks

9:16AM PDT on May 13, 2013

Thanks

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