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Creating the ambience we love with art and crafts- DIY for Simple and Yet Bold Living!!

9/19/2021

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​It is so difficult to get simple naturally made furniture items in clear bold colors!

One of the things I have been meaning to do for sometime is to have a bold but cozy décor! It's almost impossible to find furniture in such awesome colors. And it's not even about paying a lot of money. Even if one is willing to shell out the cash, such furniture is just not sold here locally in Calgary. The closest thing I could find was some synthetic, pressed wood red side tables in a European big wig furniture chain! ;)
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So, I decided to rely on my creative side and make what I could not find. Transforming this ordinary little pine wood book case into this gorgeous Irish green "work of art" was very simple and yet so satisfying. Yoo hoo! 
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Try it out in your surrounding- bring in some new bold colors to brighten up your surrounding and bring fresh life to your home. Colors are not just about décor- they affect us and we interact with them in many more subtle ways.

Be it feng shui or vastu or any other ancient art of spatial arrangement for that matter as well as psychologists trained in modern healing science- they all speak about the importance of appropriate color in our living space.
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​This simple naturally joyful color is very pleasing to the mind and enlivens the senses- making them even more conscious of nature...

Feng Shui- coloring such artifacts can really help with Feng Shui decoration. Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese knowledge on balancing energies in various areas of the room & the house; which in turn helps to balance various aspects of one's life.

Read further:

  • Abstract art- can help to identify our deeper emotions
  • How simple needle crafts can help to reduce stress and aid with Earth Friendly- Green Sustainable Living
  • ​Bringing in your garden- dried lavender flower bouquet adds a fragrant, rustic touch to your space!
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DIY Lifestyle,   Life Management   and   Energized Space 

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#wholisticliving #fengshui #homedecor #creatingyourdivinespace #sanctuary #divinesanctuary #LawofAttraction   #spatialenergy   #energizedspace   #livingspace
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Bringing in your garden- dried lavender flower bouquet adds a fragrant, rustic touch to your space!

9/9/2021

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Lavender bouquets bring in the beauty and scent of the garden. You can enjoy the scent of a fragrant garden for a long time, by creating dried lavender arrangements. It is a very easy-to-grow herb, and it is also very easy to handle the cut flowers. 
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Lavender can be harvested fresh, dried and then used to make pretty lavender bouquets, wreaths or special potpourri mixes! Other garden bloomers such as coneflowers, bee balm, and roses can be incorporated into lavender bouquets. These strong vertical lines are a stark contrast to the more rounded forms of other summer blooms.
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In addition, you can also wrap stems in rubber bands and let them dry upside-down in a warm, dark place. After the stems have dried, you can arrange dried lavender bunches with other dried flowers or make a large display of dried lavender by combining several bunches. The color of dried lavender is affected by sunlight, so it is best to keep them out of direct sun.

There are many amazing psychological and physiological benefits that one can avail from the lavender flowers. They are a symbol of purity, love, and romance. A dried lavender bouquet like this can bring back great memories or awaken beautiful feelings. 

A dried lavender flower bouquet can be used as a rustic decoration to beautify your space and to infuse your home with a soothing scent. Profound and yet, the relaxing scent of lavender can help you to rest and relax. Ofcourse, dried lavender flowers make for an amazing tea that will help you to get deep rejuvenating rest. But more on that in another post… 

Read further:

  • How to ensure that your living and work space is optimally energized... (Comfortable Living & Life Management series)
  • 5 Simple Vaastu tips to attract abundance and money luck into your life
  • ​Feng Shui Incense (Comfortable Living & Life Management series)
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Feng Shui Incense (Comfortable Living & Life Management series)

4/13/2021

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Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese Art of Placement which brings about harmony and balance in an individual's life- thus leading to a sense of relaxation and well-being. The adepts at Feng Shui claim that the environment plays a very important role in a person's life and state of mental and physical health. The person becomes like their environment.

​Hence if the environment is peaceful and full of joy, a person living there would also feel content and well and along the same lines, if the environment is full of discord and disharmony, then the person would feel uneasiness which would further lead to not only states of deprivation but also states of mental and physical diseases.
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In Feng Shui, we find that incense is predominantly used for the following four important purposes-
  1. Incense is used to cleanse and purify the environment/room space.
  2. Incense is also used to clear and uplift the "air" in one's environment/room space.
  3. Incense is also used in Feng Shui to bring about balance and harmony to the environment in a room.
  4. As an offering to the deity at the prayer altar.

Typically, we find Feng Shui incense which represent the five elements-  Earth, Wood, Metal, Fire and Water. According to Feng Shui each of these five elements have an optimum location in the room/home space and they also need to be maintained in a particular balance to create health and harmony. Such Feng Shui Incenses help by bringing about balancing of these elemental energies.

The other type of Feng Shui incense deal with the type of outcome one currently seeks in their life. Examples of such type of incense are the ones called health, prosperity, recognition, love etc.

Some of the Feng Shui incense are also based on the principles of Chinese Astrology along with the Chinese Art of Placement fundamentals.

Thus, we find extensive incense usage in Feng Shui to balance the energies of a room, which in turn brings about a sense of health, wealth and well-being.

You may also want to check out:

  • One of the easiest ways to clear 'blocked energies' (Comfortable Living & Life Management series)
  • The importance of smudging in Shaman Wisdom- healing within the Shaman tradition​
  • A simple and powerful Zen Buddhist prayer
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How to ensure that your living and work space is optimally energized... (Comfortable Living & Life Management series)

3/17/2021

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Have you ever entered a room and the air seemed so thick and palpable that you could sense with certainty that something was wrong? Well, you felt the strong energy in that room. Probably somebody just had a strong heated argument or even a fist fight in that place and the air still had all that strong energy of anger and hate!

Usually, such energies disperse out with proper aeration and also as other “good and pleasant” things continue to happen in the room. But there are times that something extremely hurtful or hateful (i.e. anything with strong emotion) has happened in a place- that took place over a prolonged period of time. In that case, those energies tend to get stuck and continue to stay in that place. Obviously such negative stuck energies are not going to be helpful and conducive to the well-being of the folks who are in close quarters to that place, particularly living in such a place!
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It is for such reasons that ancient cultures used to conduct special prayers and moving rituals when they moved into a new place. There are special mantra chanting which are also conducted to clear such stuck energies. Smudging is probably the easiest of all remedies and can be easily conducted while praying and sending positive energy and intention- clearing any stuck spatial energy patterns.
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Of course, here we are speaking about negative energies. Since they are the ones which bring about discontent and discomfort. But positive energies can also continue to be there long after those people/instances!

For e.g. I still remember the beautiful trek in Assisi to St. Francis monastery, where St. Francis used to live and pray for years on end. Even as you step into the town of Assisi (in Italy), you feel a kind of calm pleasantness. Even the “energy non-believers” commented on how suddenly everything seemed more calm and serene! That is why visiting temples and other sacred places has such a profound helpful, healing and calming effect on people. 

The other energy that tends to impact the spatial energy of a building/house is how and where it is constructed. For e.g. you may have heard that it is not advisable to sleep with your head in the north direction, since the north pole of our body’s magnetic field will be in constant opposition to earth’s magnetic north pole and over time, this could manifest as ailments and other issues in the body.

Also, some people feel more sense of unease when they are in basements, particularly where it is a few levels beneath surface ground. That is why ancient folks (and even some wise modern day builders) use principles of Vaastu (ancient Indian science) and other such spatial energy considerations while choosing new plots for community planning and building construction.

Just want to mention an important side-point: all electric appliances will have an associated magnetic field (since it is electro-magnetic energy). When electricity is passing thru the wires, magnetic energy is also present at right angles to it, so in an outward vector!

Because of this it is advisable to ensure that all major electric appliances (including television) are placed much away from your place of rest and relaxation. So not having heavy electric appliances like television in your bedroom will help in creating a soothing ambience and allow your body to relax better.

You may also want to check out:

  • One of the easiest ways to clear 'blocked energies' (Comfortable Living & Life Management series)
  • ​How Shamans use incense to cleanse, heal and empower people and places
  • ​The importance of smudging in Shaman Wisdom- healing within the Shaman tradition
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Comfortable Living,   Life Management   and   Energized Space 

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#vaastu #shastra #fengshui #smudging #incense #energycleansing  #homedecor  #MaitreyiParadigm #VastuShastra #indianfengshui    #LawofAttraction   #AttractAbundance   #spatialenergy   #energizedspace   #livingspace
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Take caution when decorating your home with Horse photos and paintings (Comfort Living series)

3/15/2021

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​We all put up several paintings and wall-hangings in our home. Artwork that is truly in sync with our personality or that which brings up special, happy memories are particularly effective in making us feel cared for and nurtured. This is true for all the décor in our house, but wall-art in particular tends to have a strong subliminal effect on our psyche.
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Because of this, both Feng Shui and Vaastu Shastra provide many guidelines on the type of paintings and wall-art we should have/not in our home. In case you are not familiar, Vaastu Shastra is the ancient Vedic science of Architecture and Spatial energetics that ultimately serve to enhance the lives of those who inhabit in a particular space- such as a home, office, shop and so on. Feng Shui on the other hand is the Chinese spatial guidance to improve a person’s overall well-being.
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​Even though both these methodologies serve a similar purpose their guidance can vary and personally I have found that it is important to keep both their principles in mind and it is very helpful to adapt as many principles as possible from both these systems.

Now coming back to wall-art… as per Vaastu Shastra, it is extremely inauspicious to hang any kind of painting, photo-images, sculptures or any other home décor items depicting horses in the house!! Even though this guidance is about all decorative items, it is particularly applicable for wall-art, as our wall hangings have maximum impact on our subconscious mind. 
 
​This also applies to any kind of religious artwork! Many people who follow the Vedic principles in their life, tend to have the famous scene from Mahabharat, where Lord Krishna is driving Arjun’s chariot, as wall-décor in their house. Even though it is great to have an image of Lord Krishna in our home, having an image of horses in the house is definitely not recommended.
 
Such art work tends to create fights, arguments and stress in the lives of people living in the house. There always seems to be some kind of strife and/or discord that people will experience between themselves. Such a home does not have the cherished spatial energy of peace and tranquility.

So, something to keep in mind as you plan out your living space. Fill your surroundings with artifacts that help to improve and enhance your well-being and stay clear of decorating your home with horse-paintings or images!

Special Note:   There are some schools of thought which do indicate that having a horse painting of running horses (running towards you) when placed on the east wall of the house can bring much vitality into the home and all its residents. There is some truth to the matter and like with all home decoration photos and paintings, one really needs to understand the exact type of picture that would truly be beneficial. So, if you are in doubt then it is better to steer clear of animal photos and instead pick from myriads of  other options.

You can read more about  How to ensure that your living and work space is optimally energized... (Comfortable Living & Life Management series).
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#vaastu #shastra #fengshui #horse #artwork #painting #homedecor #WealthandFortune #MaitreyiParadigm #VastuShastra #Wealth #Fortune #indianfengshui    #LawofAttraction   #AttractAbundance   #spatialenergy   #energizedspace   #livingspace
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5 Simple Vaastu tips to attract abundance and money luck into your life

8/27/2020

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​Vaastu Shastra is an ancient Vedic science for the placement and geometry of land, plots, buildings and other living spaces. Many consider it as the Indian Feng Shui. Though unlike Feng Shui, Vaastu also addresses the engineering and architectural points that need to be considered for building construction (depending on its proposed use). 

Though money may not be a solution for all of life's problems, it is definitely very sought after! Here we present 5 simple vaastu tips to attract more money into your life.
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    But when one's heart is true and the decision is made to "be the best that one can be", then each challenge merely seems like a stepping stone, to be overcome to reach and experience new heights of existential living.

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