Product Description

Here is the easy, practical book about changing your life that you''ve been waiting for! 101 Feng Shui Tips for the Home by well-known authority Richard Webster teaches you the basics of this ancient science of balanced living. Feng shui is based on the idea that the universal energy, ch''i, flows everywhere. If it is blocked, problems can occur. In your body, such blockages are corrected with herbs, acupressure and acupuncture. In your environment it is corrected with feng shui. Feng shui is surprisingly simple! Even if your home is not designed according to feng shui principles, there are many things you can do that will allow the ch''i to flow more naturally. The result will be prosperity, health and feelings of deep peace.  The methods include such things as hanging wind chimes to block out extraneous noises or hanging a mirror so that the ch''i can move easily past obstacles. Putting plants and fountains in the proper areas can help, too, as can having pets. This book will show you everything you need to know to keep the ch''i flowing! Feng shui is not the same for everyone. Sure, there are some things that can always be used. But the system divides the energy into five categories associated with the five Chinese elements. Each person has the quality of one of those elements. By determining which element you are - Fire, Earth, Metal, Water or Wood - you can learn which color scheme is right for you in order to bring the most peace and success into your life. And the secrets of the elements and the colors are fully explained in this intriguing book!         You will be surprised at how much difference a small change can make in your life. This book will show you exactly how to make these beneficial changes. You owe it to yourself to get this book!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #201892 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Amazon.com Review
Many books on feng shui are geared toward homeowners, but Webster applies feng shui principles to individual rooms as well as the whole house, which makes 101 Feng Shui Tips for the Home just as useful to apartment dwellers. While his list of tips makes for a quick reference when changing or adding to your decor, Webster includes plenty of information on the principles behind these tips to keep you from making an honest mistake, such as placing too many mirrors in your bedroom. An excellent source for beginners, Webster's descriptive room-by-room walk-through will have you cultivating energy and harmonizing your home's elements in no time. --Brian Patterson

From Library Journal
As defined by Brown, Feng Shui is "a complex integrated system of theory and practice" based on the "underlying premise that everything in your surroundings" can enhance or block energies. Developed by the Chinese over 4000 years ago, this discipline is becoming increasingly popular in the Western world as a new approach to interior design. Brown and Shurety take a similar approach to the subject, providing well-illustrated guides to the principles of Feng Shui and its use in interior design. With its charts and sample room layouts showing how to apply the principles, however, Brown's book is more accessible. Webster takes a more helpful-hints approach, examining the house as a whole and then room by room while offering a list of Feng Shui tips for achieving a desired effect. For a basic, overall approach, Brown's book is the best, although each of these is useful if there is a strong interest in this design approach.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher
For thousands of years, people in the East have been using feng shui to design homes and offices. Over the past decade, more and more people in the West have been doing the same thing, often calling in an expensive expert only to be told that all they need to do is hang a mirror in one of the rooms.
With 101 Feng Shui Tips for the Home by well-known authority Richard Webster, Llewellyn is once again able to provide you with a simple, direct source that gives you the basic theory of how feng shui works then shows you how to do it yourself. You may want to follow the recommendations for rearranging your furniture or simply adding a mirror or fountain to what you already have. All of the methods needed to bring balance to your home and life are right in the pages of this book!
The tips are fun and easy to use. For example, the foot of The tips are fun and easy to use. For example, the foot of your bed should not directly face the door. If the front door is made of more than one panel, make sure they are of equal sizes in order to create harmony and balance. Bathroom and toilet doors should be kept closed. All of these help to allow the ch'i to flow freely through the home. This will bring balance and peace. It will let you sleep better and be happier. And when you do this, your life and health improve.
As you can see, I'm very excited about feng shui. It's a system which really makes a difference and which anyone can use. I sincerely hope you will give it a try. Think of being happier, more peaceful, more rested and having more energy. The secret to this lies behind the doors of feng shui. And with this book, those doors are open for you.

Customer Reviews

Excellent and well-structured guide for the novice
I am very new to feng shui but I wanted to learn more about it and incorporating it into my existing life. I liked the concepts of "The Celestine Prophecy" very much, and was interested in finding out how to maximize "ch'i", which seemsvery similar to the "energy" in CP. 101 Feng Shui Tips was extremely helpful to me. Not only did it explain the basic tenets of feng shui and the underlying philosphy about "ch'i" in a logical way, it provided practical guidance for analyzing your own space. Since I live in an apartment, the room by room discussions were very useful and applicable. I also like how the book didn't require you to have already a "perfect feng shui space". It gave a lot of pointers for maximizing good characteristics AND offsetting less than desirable characteristics. I wouldn't say I'm an expert now, by any means, but I feel like I have some general, practical ideas to use, now. I've heard he's coming out with a book directed specifically to apartment dwellers and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

perfect for beginners!
Well, it's a simple story: I was interested in the subject and picked up a few books that would introduce me to it. All the books I bought were supposedly written for beginners but this is the only one that I was actually able to read and apply from start to end (the others being too complicated or abstract). With 20/20 hindsight, I can honestly say this is the only book that you'll need to start making significant changes to your sorroundings and your life.

Extremely useful, it is sitting on my coffee table right now and I refer to it almost everyday.

If you do not know where to begin, you should begin here
This is the best beginner's book for fengshui. It is clear, simple and well written. The best part is that it is easy to begin. Each of the tips in the book are independent examples. You can pick and choose as you go through the book. If you have never read any thing about fengshui before, you should start here. This book was featured by the FengShui BookClub(tm) on fengshuihelp