Creating Luminous Spaces: Use the Five Elements for Balance and Harmony in Your Home and in Your Life (Feng Shui, Interior Design Book, Lighting Design Book)

A luminous space is restorative and nurturing. It's a place that inspires you, helps you achieve your goals, and ignites your personal power. This book will teach you how to create luminous spaces using the wisdom of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. These natural elements will give you a stronger, deeper connection to nature and promote more joy and peace in your life. Learn how to determine which element reflects your true nature and apply the five elements to achieve balance and harmony in your home and in your life. Real stories of how the elements impact our lives are included along with space clearing exercises, meditations, and practical ways to create a home that will enhance your wellbeing. It will change the way you think, how you view your surroundings, and how you live." Dr. Eva Selhub , author of Your Brain on Nature and Your Health Destiny #1 Bestseller In Interior Design, Lighting, and Energy Ancient and global modern design come together in this down-to-earth workbook and guide for home interiors. Fun with feng shui. The Five Elements of feng shui refer to an ancient Chinese system that brings the cycles and benefits of nature to your home interior. Part spiritual growth workbook and part treatise on the power of nature, Creating Luminous Spaces brings an energy boost to home interior design. Natures elements (of style). Discover which of natures elements represents your energy. Should you enhance your home with natural light or a fishbowl? New organizational habits or tall, vertical lines? Featuring practical exercises, meditations, and real stories about clients and students, as you embark on this mind-body-spirit connection with your home, youll find out If you have read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up , Feng Shui that Makes Sense , or The Holistic Home , and are ready to create a home-life balance and incorporate feng shui into your life, then youll love Creating Luminous Spaces . Ancient and global modern design come together in this practical guide to interior design, biophilic design, and feng shui for your home. Part spiritual growth workbook and part treatise on the power of nature, Creating Luminous Spaces is your practical guide to giving your home a refreshing energy boost. In this inventive approach to interior design, Maureen K. Calamia blends modern trends with the five elements of feng shui, an ancient Chinese system that brings the cycles and benefits of nature to your home interior. With inspiring ideas and practical information, Calamia will help you discover which of nature's elements represents your energy. Should you enhance your home with natural light or a fish bowl' New organizational habits or tall, vertical lines' Featuring practical exercises, meditations, and real stories about clients and students, as you embark on this mind-body-spirit connection with your home, you'll find out how: -Indoor lighting and lighting design can strengthen the fire element -Organizational behavior is influenced by the metal element -Space planning with plants nourishes the wood element -And more! The secret of luminous spaces Where do we start? Every space has energy and consciousness Our homes mirror our lives Bringing the light in The path of the five natural elements The wood element The fire element The earth element The metal element The water element Creating luminous spaces What is your true nature? Creating your luminous spaces. Inspires readers use feng shui and the five elements of Chinese philosophy to create a better home space and improve their lives.