Mindful Homes: Create healing living spaces with mindfulness and feng shui

What a beautiful book! The author shares her rich understanding of Feng Shui in a language I deeply resonate with and appreciate. Her words are both simple and yet profound as they invite us to practice Feng Shui as you would a spiritual practice - to gently and compassionately ask for the unseen to be seen so that we can come home to our wholeness, and live in greater alignment with our true nature. It is filled with insights, rituals, and exercises that help us celebrate our interconnectedness with our environments and all of life. I am grateful to the author for her beautifully crafted book and I will definitely be gifting this book to others.

I placed this book in a spot in my apartment that I walk past dozens of times each day, intentionally. It sat on a wooden bench just under the lower left corner of my television screen, and that was intentional too, just like the soapstone laughing Buddha that blended into the center of the lower edge of the tv. Both are reminders of my intention to be present and mindful in the midst of ordinary, everyday activities.While I am not a student of feng shui per se and may not be able to tell you what is included in a bagua mandala, I am able to open to a random page in this book and find something meaningful and resonant. The experience is akin to discovering medicine I didn't know I needed. If you are the kind of person who does need a specific page to refer to, or a place to begin, I recommend pages 20-21. There you will find not only a guide to how to use this book, but also wise guidance about how to live your life.The book itself is a thing of beauty, to hold and behold. It invites our senses in and at the same time encourages us to take our senses out into our own homes and surroundings to directly experience the natural magic and beauty around us, patiently waiting to be discovered.There is so much more I could say but much of it has already been said by other reviewers. A bow of gratitude to Anjie Cho for birthing this very special book and offering us so many gateways into the teachings and practices of feng shui. This medicine is so needed in our world, in these times. Thank you.

I love this book! Anjie Cho, infuses her new book with a sense of ease and joy in the process of making a home that supports our health and happiness. Her message resonating throughout the book is to see, feel and trust my experience first. To not take her word for it, but to explore and try some suggestions and see how it feels.Anjie's advice and practices are down to earth and expansive at the same time. I find “keep it simple” to be helpful, by choosing just one area of the home to work with at a time. I really needed to hear that since I can get overwhelmed with ideas about what I'd like to change in every room. I'm inspired and encouraged by her words to allow my own wisdom to come forward. “Become the designer of your life. When we change our homes, we change our lives”, says Anjie.Physically, the book is a pleasure to hold, to touch, to look at… It’s been a constant companion since I got it. It has Anjie’s gentle and kind demeanor! Every single page has a gorgeous photograph. She demystifies the Bagua, gives rituals and practices to try… Anjie has skillfully packed this book with so much juicy content!Finally, I really appreciate Anjie’s deep respect for her teachers and the traditions she’s trained in. The depth of her practice comes through and is offered to us in the form of this book as a true helper on our individual paths. Thank you, Anjie Cho! What a gift this book is.

Anjie Cho masterfully weaves the practice of mindfulness with the art of feng shui to create a new paradigm for how to understand and relate to our homes.As a designer, I tend to spend most of my time on the visuals of a space, but this book has opened my eyes to the importance of pausing to understand and connect with how I feel in that space. Cho’s heartfelt tone and delightful images inspired me to tap into my own intuition to “see” how my space can support the life that I envision. With a unique range of mindfulness practices, ranging from rituals and meditations to the placement of crystals and the symbolism of colors and shapes, I learned creative and thoughtful approaches that I could easily incorporate into my existing design process.Whether you are a designer or DIYer, Mindful Homes will reframe your relationship with your home and provide simple yet rich invitations to create spaces that reflect the life you desire.A note for designers, if you are new to mindfulness or feng shui, I would recommend reading the first five chapters first (either in order or in the order you feel drawn to) so you have an understanding of such foundational principles as yin and yang or the flow of qi before you dive into practices for bedrooms, kitchens and work spaces in the later chapters.

Mindful Homes is overflowing with so many practical ways that we can work directly with qi in our living spaces. Not only am I inspired to make adjustments that are suggested in the book, I am also thinking about mindfulness in a whole new way as it relates to the spaces I inhabit. This invitation feels refreshing and has important implications for how we engage with things both in our everyday life and the larger world outside the front door - "or the mouth of qi". The text is also written in a personal tone so it feels like I'm right there studying with Anjie one-on-one. Mindful Homes is a a must have for anyone interested in feng shui, the five elements, and creating spaces that have strong life force.

Very inspiring book and fun to apply to my home

You too can live in harmony with your home through Anjie's beautifully written and simple to follow book Mindful Homes. Anjie takes you on a journey to discover the basics of feng shui and how you can apply them to your home to uplift and allow the home to work with you. A must read for anyone whos ever wondered about feng shui and would like to know more or for those well versed. A great addition to any coffee table or book shelf.