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Feng Shui Your Life

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I was very pleased to have found this wonderful book. I have read many books on Feng Shui in the last 2 years, and this one was definitely one of the very best ! With lovely pictures, a brilliantly organized -- and easy -- description of the ba-gua and how to use it, and an intelligent, simple, solution oriented approach to lifting the energy/increasing the harmony/blessings of each area/room of your house and garden.
Thoroughly enjoyable reading. The kind of book that you keep. And read again and again. This is a great guide to Feng Shui. It takes away much of the contradictions and confusion presented by other people, yet does not leave out a single important point. Better yet, all the solutions are easy to do !
Jayme Barrett will be someone whose seminars I would attend, and who I would definitely seek a feng shui consultation for in my home !

I first heard about feng shui from a woman who had been a physicist for eleven years, and then decided to become a feng shui practitioner. She found it to be totally consistent with the laws of physics. That made me interested in finding out more about it.

No one could explain it better than Jayme Barrett, who's beautiful book should be on everyone's coffee table! She makes feng shui simple and easy to apply to your home or office right away. Just simple realignment of objects and furniture can help you sleep better, have more harmony in your relationships, and help more money flow to you more easily and Jayme shows you how. In the 24-hour period after I installed a fountain in my wealth center, I received nearly $2500.

Jayme is a true transformational coach with years of professional experience, and her book is a real find!

This book is so much more than placement of furniture or painting your door red. You will want to read it from cover to cover many times. Ms. Barrett is truly an inspired and gifted writer bringing to her audience a way to `Feng Shui Your Life'. Bringing energy into your home and into your life is not a quick fix but a lifelong pursuit. The author gives us many tools to work with in our every day lives. To be able to connect to our energy with our intuition and our sacred spaces brings healing on all levels. This is a great reference, instructional and inspirational book that you will want to revisit many, many times. I am deeply appreciative of the guidance and encouragement I received. If you read this book, you will indeed be grateful for the positive changes you make in your life.

Within a month of owning and utilizing this book my wife and I have already had a couple of fortuitous experiences. Not only is this book a beautiful collection of transforming one's entire life, but the emphasis on the home is what called to me. Teaching yoga, I already know how people's bodies change with dedication, committment, and movement. But, upon putting to use even a few of Jayme's concepts, my and my wife's life has moved in external ways. After cultivating our "Wealth & Prosperity" center, I was paid handsomely to shoot & lead a yoga video... something I've never done. And the following week, when fitting our "Career" center with a fountain, candles, and making that space in our apartment feng shui'd, my wife was offered an opportunity to sing, (her creative talent), with a band that she loves. Two huge shifts in our lives. We're definately continuing to develop the other 7 centers of our home.... and see what happens next. I highly recommend this book, (and yoga - shameless plug for yoga), to create energetic breakthroughs. AND it's beautifully written, photographed, and packaged.

This is a beautiful book...it really is...the pictures themselves are totally and completely inspiring and worth the price of the book alone!

I got this book because I do believe that Energy is everything and everything is Energy and your home is a reflection of that One Energy. Is your house full of old clutter? It could be a reflection of the old emotional clutter you keep inside...is your house nice and perfect? You could be controlling and rigid in your approach to life.

I grew up in a house that was almost like a museum. It was filled with all sorts of pretty things, beautiful things, expensive things but we weren't allowed to touch anything. Sitting on the raw silk couches was especially forbidden unless there was company. This was all my dad's doing. In fact, when my mom was alive, our home was always a little bit on the bohemian side of things; a planter made out of an old coffee can, brightly colored throw rugs on hardwood floors, original artwork done by yours truly matted and framed by my mother, plates that didn't match around an old wooden table my dad had built with chairs found here and there. It was an odd, delightful mix but our home always felt cheerful and relaxing.

After my mom passed away, my dad threw out all this stuff that he now called "junk" and replaced it with Queen Anne furniture and Ethan Allen couches and replicas of famous art pieces. Sure, the end effect was beautiful...but it wasn't approachable...it was kind of like my relationship with my dad.

When I got my own place, an excessively large master bedroom I rented from a delightful couple, I returned to the Bohemian way of life. An old couch with a Indian Tapestry thrown on top, a repainted corner bookcase my grandpa had made back in the early 40s, a persian rug rolled up and found in the corner of my dad's garage and odds and ends furniture that I found at garage sales and in dumpsters all cleaned and repainted. I think I decorated my entire place for about $112.78 but that little room felt much larger than it actually was because into each and every corner of that place, I put my soul into it. My intention behind everything was the intention of Peace and yes, the energy was high and it was healing and it was place for my spirit to grow wings and learn to fly all on its own. Everyone who entered my space/my place immediately felt a sense of whimisical calm and mystical joy.

(At least, that's what I felt every time I entered.)

My current home is also very ecclectic. Sometimes I am a bit obsessive about the amount of clutter that goes on in the house because my wife likes to keep things and to be fair, so do I...but does she really need that birthday card she got when she turned seven? So I turn it into a piece of art so it's not just sitting in a box. We try our best to follow the guidelines of this book but in many ways we just follow the guidelines of our own soul and our life has improved in many wonderful ways.

There are a lot of people who debunk this philosophy of Feng Shui, but I believe everything is a reflection of who you really are inside...EVERYTHING...every piece of clothing you own, every book you read, every song you listen to is somehow a reflection of what is in your consciousness and we all know that it is your consciousness that determines the direction of your life.

At least I pray to the bronze statue of Buddha in my living room that we do...

So go get yourself a fountain, a nice green leafy plant, and a little statue of your favorite Deity and start making your house a place of healing/revealing space/place.

Peace and Blessings.

I've read myriad Feng Shui books over the years, but never one as clear, compelling, and truly motivational and spiritual as this one.

Many feng shui books get caught up in what I think of as the excessive elements of feng shui - or the marketable ones. You won't find many three footed toads or alignment of wind chimes in here. What you will find is solid, sane advice for making your home - and your soul - better places to live.

I have copied out segments of this book and hung them around my house as inspirations, and this is the one book that I return to again and again.

This is a beautiful book; beautiful to look at, beautiful to read, and powerful to follow. It doesn't "should" - it asks questions and thoughtfully suggests alternative ways of clearing the meaningless junk from your home, life, and spirit.

I realize that I'm going against the flow here, but I found this book disappointing. The author likes a kind of design of interiors which is linear and modern. I have nothing against that. What I don't agree about, is that the author tries to convey the message "My own style IS FENG SHUI". No, that's wrong!
For example, the author clearly advises against clutter. Well, I have seen unpleasantly cluttered, messy homes and I have seen "cluttered" homes with a great deal of personality and wellcoming, positive energy. I dislike messy homes, but TO ME, the auhtor's style is exceedingly dry, so dry in fact that it reminds me the rooms of an elegant hospital. There is a picture (repeated in the back cover) of a foyer with blaze orange raincoats hanging from a rack along with blaze orange ... binoculars. To my own personal taste that's Kitch, man! The book reflects a manichaean approach all along, and it reaches the very bottom where plants are listed for being 1) good for feng shui 2) bad for feng shui. This is ridiculous (incidentally, no explanations are provided). Among the plants that supposedly are bad, there are bromeliads and cacti.
The truth is that feng shui arises from an intricate interaction between the outdoor space, the indoor space, and the people who live in there. It's a matter of harmony, sacredness and intention. I was grown with very ancient furnitures and lots of plants of any kind in my parents' home: if you put me in the author's space, I'll get sick (and the other way around, probably). "Creating Sacred Space With Feng Shui" by Karen Kingston undertakes a much better approach because it favors the idea that the people who live the space should do a lot of thinking and work hard to create the conditions for feng shui. What I see in this book is the author's personal opinion of the "ideal" interiors dressed up with a little bit of cheap, cheasy, new age.

I could not put this book down!! After reading Jayme's easy to understand feng shui instructions, I quickly became my own Feng Shui master overnight. Even after making some of the smallest changes in my environment, major shifts starting happening for me immediately. This was a feng shui book I could understand and the beautiful layout and photos made it a joy to read. If you want to make changes in your life, this is the book to read. It also makes the perfect gift for loved ones and friends! Thanks Jayme for all of your encouraging words of wisdom, I can't wait for the next book!

After reading tons of other Feng Shui books, I found "Feng Shui Your Life" to be completely refreshing, positive and enlightening. It is so easy to read, understand and apply the techniques. It is also one of the most beautiful books and I can't stop sharing it with my colleagues, friends and family. It's a perfect gift!

The thing I love the most is that Jayme tells us to trust our intuition in making the best feng shui house for ourselves. There are no rigid remedies, and Jayme helps us to connect with ourselves, the earth, people and spirit. After reading her book, I called Jayme to "feng shui" my home. Not only did we have fun, but she helped me to visualize and transform my house into a place that energizes my goals and dreams. It is more functional, charming and dreamy. I definately feel happy and motivated. I love it!

It's clear that Jayme truly wants people to experience more joy and prosperity in their lives. I really can't thank her enough for being such a positive light in my life. I highly recommend "Feng Shui Your Life" and Jayme's feng shui consultations (www.jaymebarrett.com) to everyone wanting to enhance and energize their life.

What first attracts you to the book is its beautiful, contemporary photographs. Then the book opens itself to you like a beautiful flower'each page like a petal, revealing fresh insight.

Jayme Barret has taken a difficult to understand subject and has brought it to the masses with style, simplicity and beautiful design. You will enjoy her wisdom and attention to detail.

Unlike other books on Feng Shui, you will actually have a good sense of what all the fuss is about. If you are the least bit skeptical, this book will change your mind. All of Jayme's Feng Shui remedies and tips are practical and easy to implement.

P.S. After reading the book, we actually had the pleasure of a Feng Shui consultation with Jayme. She was every bit as wonderful as the book. With professionalism and grace, she showed us many important things we could do to create more energy in our living space. Since then, we have noticed a tremendous change in our lives. We are charged with excitement and many things are going our way. Thank you, Jayme!

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