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These are rarely found in their pure form in our homes. The main goal of Chinese teachings is to create such an interior, where every element is present, where it’s balanced with the other elements, and where all of them emit good energy, bringing happiness to the lucky homeowner. You can achieve all of this, if you recognize the value of the five elements and understand how they interact with each other.

So, let’s talk about the fire element. This element is extremely bright, unruly, and powerful. It warms us and provokes us to act. It symbolizes vitality and intelligence. It raises the level of activity in a person. However, its overabundance can lead to irritability and temper.

Its colors are red, orange, pastel pink, purple and peach. The direction is south. The symbol is a phoenix. The corresponding body organ is the heart. Is has more of the Yan energy than Yin. It fits well with wood, and does not fit well with water.

The symbols of the feng shui fire element are fireplaces, candles, lamps, light bulbs, spices, wool crafts, leather crafts, feather crafts, and paintings depicting a sunrise or sunset. Items associated with this element have either a peaked or triangular shape, as this element is very dynamic.

The House of Fire: This is a house that faces north, and thus is believed to be located in the South. If you live in such a house, you need to strengthen its element.

An ideal design solution for such a house will include the forms that symbolize this element both, into the interior and exterior design of the house. The interior can include fireplaces, bold chandeliers, etc. The exterior can include triangular roofs and angular structures with sharp edges. These shapes can often be found in libraries and churches. The buildings with a fiery form excite the mind and emotions. People living or working in such buildings have new ideas quite often. The use of wood will help to increase your luck in this type of a house.

The People of Fire: These are usually flexible and thin people, with bright eyes and broad smiles. They are charming, cheerful, fond of fun, excitable and prone to frequent changes of mood. They love change, bright colors, and a cheerful lively atmosphere.

Some people are excessively fiery, which may have to be fixed. People, who find themselves unable to relax, and those who always try hard to be the soul of any company may have to pay with their health or wealth. To achieve balance you need to balance the feng shui fire element, by reducing the use of the color red and any triangular forms in the interior. The balance can also be achieved by the use of earth tones, ceramic ornaments, and rectangular furniture.

All in all, the feng shui fire element is one of the most potent ones, and you need to learn to use it the right way, in order to achieve the most from it.

One of the most important factors to consider is the spatial position of your desk. Some positions are best avoided, or need to be improved if there’s no way to move the desk.

According to feng shui for career, sitting with your back to the entrance door is best avoided, as it may allow your colleagues to work around you for promotion. If there is no other option, put a mirror on your table to see those behind you.

Sitting with your back to the window is also a disadvantage, as it may make you feel “unsafe”. For gaining a sense of safety, consider placing a large object at the window, such as a plant or bookshelves.

It’s best not to have your desk crammed into a corner or squeezed between cabinets. Try to move it so that you can access your desk from the front and back. In Feng Shui, an open space symbolizes prospects.

Try not to sit facing a colleague either, as it may cause your energy to start dissipating.

In accordance with feng shui for career, sitting right next to the entrance door is the worst. No matter what job position you have, the passer-by will take you for someone they can ask for information. The hustle of people walking by and distracting you may become very tiring. Consider changing the location of your desk.

It’s acceptable to face a wall. However, try to hang a picture of a wide lake or valley on the wall in front of you to expand your visual perspective. You can also hang a picture of a flock of birds or a plane to increase your ambition. You can also hang an image of mountains - in feng shui, mountains symbolize assistance and rise.

According to feng shui career, the best way is to sit with your back to the wall, and face the entrance door diagonally. Try to make your desk visible from the door, and not blocked by filing cabinets or anything else.

If there are many shelves with piles of documents and reference books where you work, try to review these and dispose of the obsolete ones. Those that are used seldom can be moved to a storage room. Cluttered and clogged cabinets and shelves prevent something new from coming in and limit your professional growth. Keep your workplace clean and tidy to circulate the positive Qi energy. Rooms with musty air, dirty windows, disordered furniture, and piles of documents will create bad Feng Shui.

Good lighting is another great way to attract positive energy. It’s good to have additional lighting on your desktop, such as a desk lamp. The light source must be located on the left (for right-handers). If you work on a computer, aim the light directly at your keyboard. Bright sunlight may interfere with your work, so consider using blinds or curtains to dim it. However, try not to switch to artificial lighting altogether.

If there are no windows in your room, be sure to have a photo of natural landscape on the wall, or have a small aquarium, flowers, or plants in the room.

Using feng shui for prosperity allows us to use subtle energies to achieve prosperity in everything. This knowledge can help find love, strengthen relationships, find a vocation, climb the corporate ladder, gain wealth, improve health, and more.

The teaching involves the use of symbols (charms, amulets) for success. One of the most popular symbols of feng shui for prosperity is the vessels. A vessel represents unity and harmony, and stores your desires and aspirations. This bowl can be filled with any items. The main thing is that these objects symbolize what you want. You can have multiple vessels as well.

Try to choose a bowl made of metal (silver, gold, copper), or ceramic vases. The vessel should be squat and rounded. Also turn your attention to its neck: it needs to be broad, but not wider than the middle of the vase. It’s easy to get into such a vessel, but it’s hard to get out of it.

When you find a suitable container, consider what to fill it with. The stuffing is the main thing in this talisman. Fill the bowl to the brim, so as not to have gaps in what you want.

Three principal objects to consider include soil, Chinese coins, and regular money. Ask a successful and wealthy person for a handful of soil (e.g., soil from a plant vase), and pack the soil in a red bag. Obtain some Chinese coins with square holes in the middle, string nine coins on a thread and pack them into another red bag. Now, use real money in the amount of 988. For example, take 9 dollars and 88 cents. If finances allow, take 988 dollars. String these on a string and pack them into yet another red bag.

Start filling the bowl. Put the three red sacks on the bottom. Add a lot of semi-precious stones: coral, malachite, topaz, agate, and amethyst. You can use the jewelry made of these stones, or use rough stones. Remember: The mascot cannot do without the main symbol of feng shui for prosperity – the gold. Put at least one gold item in the bowl. Fill the remaining space with objects colored in gold. For harmony, you can add dried flowers, cones, leaves, and seeds to your vase.

You can go even further. You can put paired figures of animals inside: elephants, horses, fish. You can also add a lotus flower to this idyll. You can put a ring on the bottom of a small bowl, and place it inside the main one. The ring means endless movement. For the embodiment of the sky, draw the sky and put the picture into the vessel.

For the bowl of wealth to help, it needs to be placed properly. Place it in plain sight in your bedroom. Consider placing it in the southeastern part of the room – this will symbolize the desire for harmony and light. Do not put the bowl where there may be strangers, such as in the living room.

Create a good mascot by the rules of feng shui for prosperity, and the material costs involved in it may come back to you a hundredfold.

Feng shui for the classroom can help students achieve more and help teachers feel more comfortable.

Students and teachers spend numerous hours in classrooms, so it's essential to improve them - the positive energy needs to be promoted, while the negative energy needs to be curtailed in these rooms.

The most significant factors for classrooms are light, air, color, and sound. Let's review how each one of them may affect the students and teachers, and what can be done about it.

Light: Today, fluorescent lighting is everywhere, including classrooms. Fluorescent light is advantageous for only one reason - its economic factor.

The light output of a fluorescent bulb is several times greater than that of an incandescent bulb (Edison light bulb) of similar power. The service life of fluorescent bulbs can be 20 times the life of incandescent ones. However, fluorescent lights have two major disadvantages: general health and mental abilities.

Those subjected to spend numerous hours in rooms lit by fluorescent light, can develop or experience dermatitis, seizure disorders, bipolar swings, weakness, numbness, fatigue, headaches, and a decreased learning ability.

Feng shui for the classroom suggests using regular incandescent bulbs wherever possible, to increase the learning and concentration abilities in children, as well as help their general state.

Air: This is another factor of great importance for the overall wellbeing of students and teachers. Air is something that we cannot live without, and lack of air will cause us to have various issues.

"Feng shui" translates as "wind water" – the wind (air) and water in feng shui are treated with special piety. Studies prove that students, who study in rooms with frequently open windows, have increased learning capacity compared to those who study in classrooms with no windows or windows that are never open. Interestingly, artificial ventilation systems do not affect learning abilities either way.

There's not much that a teacher can do about having or not having windows in their classroom; however, if the room has windows but they are never open, it would be great to start opening them for a few minutes during breaks. This simple tip offered by feng shui for the classroom can help your students achieve more in their studies henceforth.

Colors: Colors impact the brain. Some colors are soothing and relaxing (blue through violet) while others are energizing and freshening (red, orange, yellow). Some colors are neutral – green.
Colors can either clash or be in harmony with one another. Colors can alter the mood of people, as well as their ability to perceive information, learn, and memorize. Changing the wall color typically isn't something that a teacher can do or ask to be done. However, if there's refurbishing scheduled for your classroom, you may want to learn more about colors and their effect, and choose a new beneficial color scheme for your classroom.

Sound: Sound can help to create a relaxing atmosphere indoors, similar to how we feel in nature or how we feel listening to the sound of rain. Feng shui for the classroom suggests placing an indoor water fountain to add natural and relaxing sounds to the classroom. You can also consider using chimes and bells.

Many Chinese cities celebrate the New Year with these magical creatures – groups of people line up in columns wearing one large robe depicting the Dragon. Any other time of the year, you can find the images of this creature all over China – on ceramics, clothing, and in decor.

Dragons are among the most popular symbols in Feng Shui - these creatures command the elements and can change their size from large to the size of a worm. A dragon in feng shui represents success, prosperity, power, good changes, good luck in love, and spiritual growth.

Success and prosperity: having the image of a feng shui dragon in your home or office will help to bring success and help achieve new heights in life.

Good luck in love: they activate and help attract love.

Power and good changes: the dragon creates good Chi energy with its every breath, and improves the life of its owner.

Spiritual growth: dragons symbolize wisdom. According to a 2000 year old legend, the souls of people make a journey into the higher realms on the back of a dragon. In addition, it is a mediator that transmits human desires to the Universe to make them come to life.

How do you use a feng shui dragon? Since these creatures are associated with water, choose one that is colored green, blue-green or golden yellow. Dragons are associated with the east (the energy of the rising sun), so it is best to place its image or figurine in the East of your home or office. Its image can be placed anywhere, because this creature is connected with all major zones; yet, it is going to be more powerful in the east. Dragons strengthen the active and bright Yang energy, so their images are best placed in living rooms or dining rooms, not in bedrooms. The image of this magic creature can decorate the east wall in your living or dining room.

Pearls: Many images depict a dragon holding a pearl in its mouths, or trying to catch the pearl. According to feng shui, the Magic Pearl symbolizes harmony and the unity of opposites, such as Yin and Yang. It is believed that a feng shui dragon without a pearl will get angry and become unable to bring good luck. So, choose the images and figurines depicting them with a pearl in their mouth.

Dragon and Phoenix: in feng shui, Phoenix symbolizes eternal love. When Dragon and Phoenix are shown together, they symbolize the link between masculine and feminine. The combination thereof helps to bring infinite happiness, love and prosperity. An ideal place for such pictures and figurines is a bedroom.

Magic Dragon Tears: Dragon tears are tears of joy that it drops looking at us from the sky. On the way from heaven to earth, the tears turn into crystals. Dragon tears in feng shui are large crystals that dissipate energy and convey a sense of joy, love and power.

"Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate results of your life". Grenville Kleiser

Are you ready to put a new bounce in your step? Or awaken a new challenge, a new path or a long forgotten dream? If you are, start your creative action with positive thinking. Just like when you feng shui a house there are many benefits to feng shui your mind. When you have pure, positive, worry free thoughts, you make being "happy for no reason" look easy. So it is time to clean out the cobwebs in your mind just like you clean out your closet. Throw away clothes and thoughts which no longer fit, and make way for the new. When you are finished cleaning, you will feel like your health, happiness, and enthusiasm for life have just been renewed.

Like a caterpillar in a cocoon, which metamorphoses into a butterfly, you are always transforming. Change your thoughts and you can change your life. Most likely you have heard the saying "you are only as old as you think you are." I have known people in their 30's who sound like they are old and ready to retire, and I know men and women who are in their eighties who have the energy of a 30 year old. We grow old when we lose interest in life and cease to dream, lose our desire to search for new answers, or get stuck in old worn out thought patterns. Keeping our mind positive and receptive to new ideas is one of the major keys to staying young. Like an umbrella, our mind is of no use if it is raining and we don't open it.

We must stay awake and not be hypnotized by the TV or the radio. It is easy to drift into the unconscious and become a prisoner to media concepts. Did you know that there were 50,454 centenarians in the US in 2000 (according to the US Census)? Did you know that we could accomplish more at 65 than at 30 because we have more time? More at 90 than at 60 because everyday we are growing in wisdom, and our understanding of life?

"We are a spiritual "catalyst", and our thoughts and actions have a spiritual reaction. Our thoughts are mirrored in consciousness; what we think is what we see. Receiving the mental equivalent of our thinking is forever playing out in our life. Positive thinking about aging is like putting money into a savings account. Make your perspective on aging become one of your most valuable asset. I used to worry about forgetting a name or what I was going to say. Thinking that I must be getting old, and then I started noticing how many young people had the same problem. Forgetfulness had nothing to do with age, but everything to do with which thoughts are stored in our mind. Now I tell myself "I am wise beyond measure."

We may not beware of it, but the "law of attraction" is always operating. We can see the results everyday in the positive or negative things, places, people, situations and environments around us. To stay young is to surround ourselves with happy people. When you feel inspired, uplifted, or rejuvenated by a person, book, movie, or talk your whole being lights up as well. This recharged feeling opens your mind to the miraculous and suddenly you tap into your own divine wisdom. Our mind is ever so powerful as though each of us is a "point of intelligence" in the Universe; As though the Universe wanted to express itself through us.

Carlos Castaneda said "We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same."

Live for the fun of it, for the pure joy of being! Spread your wings and fly in sheer delight. When you believe strongly with a sincere heart in what you want to attract in your life, you help open the doors for opportunities to enter in. See yourself as a happy, radiant, successful, and peaceful. Affirm living---not dying. Remember your mind does not grow old your mind grows wise. How old do you think you are?

The soothing sounds of flowing water and its relaxing sight is such a delight to everyone. Adding outdoor fountains to your garden, whether indoor or outdoor, gives a more relaxing feel to your own space and adds up to the beauty that nature has to offer. These bamboo fountains can do the trick by lightening up your garden's ambience and setting the mood of your desire. Each has its own uniqueness to it, each showing a different perspective and personality.

Garden decorative items not only add beauty to our gardens but help with relaxation at the same time. Some prefer outdoor fountains with gigantic statues so it catches attention that is also the garden centerpiece. Others prefer simpler fountains since they just want the cool and comforting feeling water fountains bring. For simpler choices, people may prefer bamboo water fountains, since they have that simplistic style and feel and at the same time serve the purpose of being a tool for relaxation and recreation (and to others, entertainment).

If you think that outdoor fountains can be costly, you definitely have to think twice. These bamboo water fountains can be used with your old or favorite planter, outdoor vase, and so on. Turn your old container into a outdoor fountain and it will surely turn out as a masterpiece. Bamboo fountains come in different sizes and styles which will perfectly reflect your garden's theme and mood.

The Adjustable Water Spout with Pump Bamboo Fountain exhibits adjustable arms for the desired height. This classic bamboo fountain comes in 5 different sizes which will suit an outdoor or indoor garden. Its adjustable feature is perfect for those people who want to set and change the mood every now and then.

The Three-Arm Bamboo Water Spout with Pump is ideal for people who like indoor water fountains. This sleek water fountain can fit shallow containers and match your own personal space. It comes in 3 different sizes.

The Fine-Arm Water Fountain Spout and Pump Kit features make it perfect for those wonderful Zen gardens or for indoor spas. It has a wide, low spout which makes no noise at all, showcasing the water's soothing sound. This classy water fountain comes in 2 sizes.

The Classic Water Spout with Pump has a unique Japanese style and authentic caramel color, perfect for those who want an oriental feel. This classic fountain is perfect for indoor spaces.

The Sphere Figurine with Bamboo Base Water Fountain has a different style to it, having a sphere figurine made of stone rest on a sturdy bamboo base while still having that simplistic yet elegant style to it. This elegant water fountain comes in 2 different sizes.