The Holistic Home: Feng Shui for Mind, Body, Spirit, Space

by Laura Benko

Overview

Rule the world and take control of your emotional and mental health from where you sit, stand, and sleep. Chapter by chapter, learn how to tackle it all—relationships, clutter, health, communities, inner balance, and more—by looking within your immediate environment to make direct connections in your life.

The Holistic Home is based on an original lifestyle concept focused on creating a dynamic, healthy, and thoughtful space within yourself and your home by combining three planes of action—mind, body, and spirit—that result in profound change.

The condition of the mind affects the psychology of how you dwell: subconscious influences, decorating with intention, and allowing your emotional issues and challenges to manifest in your space. The physical aspects of your design space, such as furniture positioning, design elements, sustainability, wellness, and organization, are representative of your relationship with your body. And finally, the spirit refers to all the invisible energies within you and your home—feng shui, atmosphere, and the soul of your home.

Years ago, author and holistic feng shui expert Laura Benko was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Around that time, a book serendipitously fell on her head. She took this as a much-needed sign to devote the next decade of her life to research and hundreds of transformative holistic design consultations. Her clients’ real-life, inspiring stories, along with specific actions and tips, have become the foundation for The Holistic Home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634502344
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	01/19/2016
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Laura Benko has utilized her skills as a modernizer of Feng Shui in brand new, trailblazing ways for more than a decade. Known for yanking Feng Shui into the twenty-first century while still honoring age-old traditions blended with her own comprehensive holistic approach, she has helped hundreds of clients undergo transformations within themselves and in their homes. She is a regular magazine contributor, a popular lecturer at Pratt Institute, and was named the City’s Best Feng Shui Expert by New York Magazine. She resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 When Life Hits You on the Head, Listen 1

Chapter 2 Starting Clean: De-cluttering Your Mind, Body, and Spirit 14

Chapter 3 Get in Your Groove: Taking Cues from Nature 56

Chapter 4 Go Deeper: Subconscious Symbolism in Your Home 83

Chapter 5 Get In Position! Rule the World from Where You Sit, Stand, and Sleep 109

Chapter 6 Yin and Yang: Finding Your Balance 126

Chapter 7 Living with Intention: Creating a Home with Soul 142

Chapter 8 Sustainable You: Green Mind, Body, Spirit, and Space 173

Chapter 9 Holistic Excellence: When It All Comes Together (or Not) in People, Places, and Things 196

Acknowledgments 216

The Holistic Home Index 217

Editorial Reviews

“After reading The Holistic Home, you’ll never look at your own space and self in the same way again. Laura connects the dots between how we dwell in our homes and the challenges in our lives in an enlightening and groundbreaking way.” —Mallika Chopra, founder and CEO of Intent.com

“After reading The Holistic Home, you’ll never look at your own space and self in the same way again. Laura connects the dots between how we dwell in our homes and the challenges in our lives in an enlightening and groundbreaking way.” —Mallika Chopra, founder and CEO of Intent.com

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