Episode 113: Feng Shui 101: Follow the Qi

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EPISODE 113: FENG SHUI 101: FOLLOW THE QI

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Photo by Gary Barnes on Pexels

Episode 113: Feng Shui 101: Follow the Qi
Anjie Cho & Laura Morris, Mindful Design

Today’s Feng Shui 101 episode is all about qi: what it is, how we work with it as practitioners, and why it’s such an important and foundational concept in feng shui.

We cover:

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Episode 112: Wood Element with Dr Tamsin Lee

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EPISODE 112: WOOD ELEMENT WITH DR TAMSIN LEE

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Photo by Mirko Blicke on Unsplash

Episode 112: Wood Element with Dr Tamsin Lee
Anjie Cho & Laura Morris, Mindful Design

We’re so excited to welcome Dr Tamsin Lee to the Holistic Spaces podcast! We’ve been following and admiring Tamsin and her work for a while, and we loved talking to her in this episode all about the wood element.

We cover:

  • How studying East Asian practices re-connected Tamsin to her cultural heritage and family lineage

  • The importance of spiritual and energetic practices like feng shui, face reading, and divination

  • Why it’s important to take care of your own energy before trying to help others

  • The connection between spring and the wood element

  • Why it’s a good thing to feel angry in the spring

  • How nature can guide us in shifting our lifestyles throughout the year

  • Anjie’s experience of seasonal changes in ikebana and Japanese tea ceremony

  • What we each do to connect to the wood element in the spring

  • What the energy of spring and the wood element feels like

  • What a wood imbalance can look like

  • Why it’s a good idea to dance around your house and move your hips this time of year!

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Dr Tamsin Lee

Bio: Tamsin Lee, DAOM, AEMP is an East Asian medicine doctor community researcher and Daoist face reader. She is the founder of Elemental Archetypes — an online face reading consultation that weaves her family lineage of Korean face reading, and the Five seasonal phases to guide womxn to reclaim their beauty narrative.

Tamsin’s website: elementalarchetypes.com

Tamsin’s Instagram: @elementalarchetypes

Episode 111: Bad Feng Shui Plants

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EPISODE 111: BAD FENG SHUI PLANTS

Photo by Ivy Aralia Nizar on Unsplash

Photo by Ivy Aralia Nizar on Unsplash

Episode 111: Bad Feng Shui Plants
Anjie Cho & Laura Morris, Mindful Design

Have you ever wondered if there are bad feng shui plants that you should avoid in your home? We get a lot of questions about this, so in this episode we’re sharing our perspectives.

We also cover:

  • Best practices for choosing feng shui plants

  • Plants and the five elements

  • Where we see people getting stuck when it comes to the five elements

  • The wood element and spring

  • What we can learn from plants

  • Our tips for taking care of plants (even if you don’t have a green thumb)

  • The importance of observation in caring for plants

  • Laura’s favorite “bad” feng shui plants

  • Anjie’s current favorite plants

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