Many people are turning to alternative medicine for treating aches, pains, diseases, and even cancer. There are so many mind-body modalities that are being used successfully on their own, or in conjunction with Western medicine. With access to both, we should use the best of both worlds – Eastern and Western medicine. One modality that originated in Chinese Medicine is Feng Shui. We may think of feng shui as more of a way to apply furniture...

The following is a partial excerpt from my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home (Turner Publishing 2010). Walk into a beautifully decorated model home or even your favorite room in the house. What you will find is a natural interplay of the Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The Five Elements are considered the basic building blocks of everything on Earth and within ourselves. It is only natural that we feel best in...

“To live in a sacred space is to live in a symbolic environment where spiritual life is possible, where everything around you speaks of the exaltation of the spirit. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you might find that nothing happens here. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something will eventually happen. ...

Article by Aluna Joy.com with excerpts from Carlos Barrios, author of The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012 At sunrise on December 21, 2012 for the first time in 26,000 years, the Sun rises to conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic. This cosmic cross is considered to be an embodiment of the Sacred Tree, The Tree of Life, a tree remembered in all the...

With the release of my book, 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, I’ve been talking a lot about… well, feng shui. I kept hearing myself make comparisons with feng shui and yoga, such as, ” Feng Shui is just like yoga, but for the home. It is yoga for the home.” After saying this several times, I stopped and really thought about how true this is. Both yoga and feng shui ultimately have the same purpose: balancing and...