BIOGRAPHY

ALEX STARK is an internationally recognized consultant, advisor, and teacher on issues of creativity, efficiency, and design. A graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, he is a practitioner of Feng Shui and European Geomancy. He advises on issues of design and placement for residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities, urban settlements, health care facilities, and on issues of institutional and personal transformation.

Alex was born in La Oroya, an important mining town in the central Peruvian Andes. After attending the American School of Lima, where he graduated with honors in 1967, Alex studied art history at Yale University under a scholarship provided by the Ford Foundation. In 1971 Alex was named Scholar of the House for his original work on 16th century Peruvian architecture. His early thinking on architecture and urban planning was influenced by George Kubler, a foremost scholar of Pre-Columbian and 16th century colonial architecture in Latin America, who was his thesis advisor under the Scholar of the House program. After graduating from Yale College, he attended the Yale School of Architecture, where he studied architecture under Charles Moore.

Upon graduation in 1974, Alex joined the United Nations Development Program for the Eastern Caribbean and was assigned to the island nation of St. Lucia. He was part of a team that created a new Master Plan for port and resort development. He was subsequently hired by the Department for International Development (UK) to assist in the establishment of the development wing of the St. Lucia Town and Country Planning Office.

After his return to the US in 1978, Alex began studying alternative ways of approaching built environments, based in part on his research on ancient architecture while at Yale. Inspired by Chinese and Japanese classical architecture, Alex apprenticed with Grandmaster Thomas Lin-Yun, then head of the Black Hat Tantric Buddhist sect of Feng Shui (BTB). He later studied classical compass feng shui with Roger Green at the Feng Shui Network in the United Kingdom. During this period, he also studied dowsing and Celtic mythology with Richard Creightmore, a renowned English geomancer.

In addition to these studies, Alex has also apprenticed with Don Oscar Miro-Quesada, a curandero shaman in the tradition of the Northern Coast of Peru.

Alex founded Alex Stark Feng Shui in 1995. Projects during this stage focused on health care facilities and healing centers. Important examples of Alex’s feng shui applications include the Bellevue Hospital  Intensive Care Unit (New York City) and the Continuum Center for Health & Healing (Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City). In 2011, Beth Israel established a department of Integrative Medicine to provide complementary therapies to all departments of this important institution. Alex's firm contributed to the redesign of the Oncology ward, funded by the Urban Zen Foundation, a non-profit started by Donna Karan to support alternative and complementary approaches to medical care.

In addition to health care, Alex has also contributed to educational and governmental Institutions. Notable examples include the Doerr-Hosier Conference Center at the Aspen Institute, the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, the University of Minnesota, and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York City.

Commercial clients include Whole Foods Market, Douglas Elliman, Conde Nast Publications, NBC News, Hyatt Corporation, Morgan Stanley, Prudential Douglas Elliman (NY), Tower Investments (CA), Tarragon Development (FL), Willowbend Development (MA), Corcoran Realty (NY), and many others.

Alex has also been involved in the design of spas and hotels, large-scale housing projects such as Port Imperial (Weehawken, NJ), as well as in sustainable land development.

Alex's work has been featured on NBC, CNN, PBS, the Arts & Entertainment Channel, The New York Times, Town & Country, New York Magazine, Business, Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Interior Design, Metropolis, Residential Architecture, Interiors, Spirituality and Health, ID Magazine, Aspen Magazine, The London Evening Standard, Best Life Magazine, and many others. He has received a design citation for his feng shui work by the Boston Society of Architects.

Alex has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, Regents College in London, Yale University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Minnesota Medical School, the University of Minnesota College of Architecture, Naropa University, the American Institute of Architects, the American Holistic Medical Association, the Symposium for Health Care Design, the International Academy for Design & Health, the Center for Health Care Design, and the International Conscious Design Conference.

Alex has taught feng shui, geomancy and shamanism at the Feng Shui International Network in London, the European School of Feng Shui in Amsterdam, and the French School of Geomancy in Paris. He is in the faculty of the Omega Institute, Hollyhock, the Long Island Feng Shui Institute (NY), the Golden Gate School of Feng Shui (CA), and the Feng Shui Alliance (NJ).

In 1980 Alex married Carla Porch, an American writer and photographer. He became a US national in 1987. The Starks live in Berkeley, CA and have one child, Adriana, born in 1989.

SELECTED PROJECTS, 2000 - 2012:

Castries Harbor Master Plan
-- Building Types: Cruiseship Harbor, Docks, Transshipment Center, --
------Administration Buildings, Housing Development, Community Facilities
-- Address: Castries, St. Lucia
-- Client: United Nations Development Program
-- Architects: UNDP Eastern Caribbean Planning Project, St. Lucia
------Town & Country Planning Office, St. Lucia

Conde Nast Publishing Corporate Headquarters
-- Building Type: 30-story Office Tower
-- Address: 4 Times Square, NYC
-- Client: Conde Nast Publishing
-- Architects: Fox & Fowle, NYC

Continuum Center for Health & Healing
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq ft Health Clinic
--Address: 245 5th Avenue, New York, NY
--Client: Beth Israel Hospital, NYC
--Architects: Guenther Petrarca, NYC

One Hudson Park Condominiums
--Building Type: 168-unit Condominium Tower
--Address: River Road, Edgewater, NJ
--Client: Tarragon Development, NYC
--Architects: Gruzen Samton, NYC & Walker Group, NYC

The Center for Discovery Pediatric Campus Master Plan
-- Building Types: 500 acre campus: Residences, Hospital, --
--------Management Buildings, Farms & Conference Center
-- Address: 621 Old Rt 17, Harris, NY
-- Client: The Center for Discovery, Harris, NY
-- Architects: G5 Architects, NYC
-------- Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, NYC

270 Broadway Tower Condominium
-- Building Type: 500,000 sq ft Condominium Tower
-- Address: 270 Broadway, NYC
-- Client: RAL Development Corp., NYC
-- Architects: Guenther Petrarca, NYC

St. Mary’s Duluth Cancer Center
-- Building Type: 150,000 sq ft Cancer Hospital
-- Address: East 1st Street, Duluth, MN
-- Client: St, Mary’s Duluth Hospital Group
-- Architects: HKS, Dallas, TX

St. Mary’s Duluth Wellness Garden
-- Building Type: 1-acre Hospital Garden
-- Address: East 1st Street, Duluth, MN
-- Client: St, Mary’s Duluth Hospital Group
-- Landscape Design: Derek Young, Minneapolis

Highland Lake Traditional Neighborhood Development
-- Building Types: 100-acre Land Development: Residences,
-------- Commercial, Conference, Spa, Preserve
-- Address: Highland Lake Rd., Hendersonville, NC
-- Client: Kerry Lindsey, developer
-- Architect: Ed Lastein AIA, Asheville, NC

Renfield Center for Nursing Education
-- Building Type: 15,000 sq ft Office & Education space
-- Address: 350 East 17th Street, NYC
-- Client: Beth Israel Hospital, NYC
-- Architects: G5 Architects, NYC

Aspen Institute, Doerr-Hosier Conference Center
-- Building Type: 25,000 sq ft Conference Center
-- Address: 1000 North 3rd Street, Aspen, CO
-- Client: The Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO
-- Architect: Jeff Berkus AIA, Santa Ana, CA

Lyford Urban Community Master Plan
-- Building Type: 600-acre mixed use community
-- Address: Lyford Road, Rockford, IL
-- Client: Nigam Properties & Develop. Corp.
-- Architect: David Barrett Architects, Boulder, CO

Corcoran Realty Group
-- Building Type: 40,000 sq ft Headquarters and Satellite offices
-- Address: Madison Avenue, New York City
-- Client: Corcoran Realty Group
-- Architect: David Howell

Prudential Douglas Elliman Realty
-- Building Type: 18,000 sq ft Office Headquarters
-- Address: 1995 Broadway, New York City
-- Client: Prudential Douglas Elliman
-- Architect: various

Morgan Stanley
-- Building Type: 35,000 sq ft Office Headquarters
-- Address: 1585 Broadway, New York City
-- Client: Morgan Stanley
-- Architect: Skidmore Owens & Merrill

Bellevue Hospital ICU
-- Building Type: 80,000 sq ft Intensive Care Unit Hospital
-- Address: 460 1st Avenue, NYC
-- Client: Bellevue Hospital, NYC
-- Architect: G5 Architects, NYC

Lynmar Winery Tasting Facility & Caves
-- Building Type: 200 acre Vineyard & Wine Tasting Facility
-- Address: 3909 Frei Rd, Sebastopol, CA
-- Client: Linmar Winery, Sebastopol, CA
-- Architects: Baum Thornley, San Francisco, CA

Maimonides Medical Center Master Plan
-- Building Type: Master Plan for 10-acre Medical campus
-- Address: 4802 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219
-- Client: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
-- Architects: Perkins Eastman, NYC

Zackin Publishing
-- Building Type: 25,000 sq ft Office & Editorial Building
-- Address: Hawley Road, Oxford, CT
-- Client: Zackin Publications, Waterbury, CT
-- Architect: Ames & Whitaker, Waterbury, CT

Fritz Institute
-- Building Type: 15,000 sq ft Office Space
-- Address: Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA
-- Client: Fritz Institute, San Francisco, CA
Architect: Baum Thornley, San Francisco, CA

Essential Therapy Yoga Studio
-- Building Type: 10,000 sq ft Yoga & Massage Spa
-- Address: Manhattan, NYC
Client: Essential Therapy
-- Design: Carlos Araque

Kieselstein Cord
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq ft jewelry & accessories production facility
-- Address: Manhattan, NYC
-- Client: Barry Kieselstein Cord
--Design: Barry Kieselstein Cord

Pompei AD Architects
-- Building Type: 15,000 sq. ft. architectural studios
-- Address: 459 Broadway and 161 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
-- Client: Pomei AD, New York, NY
-- Architect: Ron Pompei, Colin Brice, AIA

Trio Condominiums
-- Building Type: 202-unit condominium development
-- Address: East Palisades, Bergen, NJ
--Client: Tarragon Realty Corp.
-- Architects: My Studio, Boston, MA

Gerald Metals Headquarters
-- Building Type: 30,000 sq. ft. office complex
-- Address: Washington, Blvd, Stamford, CT
--Client: Geral Metals, Inc
-- Architects:

The Today Show
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office suites
-- Address: Rockefeller Center, New York City
--Client: NBC News
-- Architects: Nancy Wayne

A Perryville Junction Retail & Office Complex
-- Building Type: 75,000 sq ft Retail & Office Complex
-- Address: Perryville Road, Rockford, IL
-- Client: Nigam Properties & Develop. Corp.
-- Architect: David Barrett Architects, Boulder, CO

South Denver Cardiology Hospital
-- Building Type: 170,000 sq ft Hospital & Cardio Rehab Center
-- Address: Mulberry Road, Denver, CO
-- Client: South Denver Cardiology Associates
-- Architects: Davis Partnership & Studio Completiva

Maimonides Cancer Center
-- Building Type: 70,000 sq. ft. Cancer Hospital
-- Address: 6300 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219
-- Client: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
-- Architects: G5 Architects, NYC

Whole Foods Markets, Kensington High Street, London
-- Building Type: 78,000 sq ft Supermarket Store
--Address: Kensington High Street, London, UK
-- Client: Whole Foods Markets Atlantic Division
-- Architects: Bottino Grund & SBLM

Whole Foods Markets, Bowery & Christie Place , NYC
-- Building Type: 70,000 sq ft Supermarket Store
-- Address: East Houston Street, Manhattan
-- Client: Whole Foods Markets Atlantic Division
-- Architects: Bottino Grund & SBLM

Whole Foods Markets, Lincoln Park, Chicago
-- Building Type: 80,000 sq ft Supermarket Store
-- Address: N. Kingsbury Street, Chicago, IL
-- Client: Whole Foods Markets Mid-West Division
-- Architects: Mark Cavagnero Associates

One Brooklyn Bridge Park Condominiums
-- Building Type: 900,000 sq ft Mixed Residential/Commercial
-- Address: One Furman Street, Brooklyn, NYC
-- Client: RAL Development Corp
-- Architects: Vincent Cangelosi AIA, NYC

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
-- Building Type: 10-acret Spiritual Learning Center & Gallery
-- Address: Wappinger Falls, NY
-- Client: COSM Alex Gray
-- Architect: Keith Critchlow with Alex & Allyson Gray

Rancho Cuchuma Wisdom Center
-- Building Type: 40-acre Spiritual Learning Center
-- Address: Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico
-- Client: Mehrad Nazari, Developer
-- Architects: Rob Quigley AIA, San Diego, CA
-------------------Living Design Systems, Santa Fe, NM

Vento Restaurant
-- Building Type: 5,000 sq. ft. bistro and bar
-- Address: Tribeca, NYC
--Client: BR Guest Retaurants
-- Design: Tara Oxley

Sikkema Jenkins Gallery
-- Building Type: 12,000 sq. ft. art gallery
-- Address: 530 West 22 Street, NYC
--Client: Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
-- Design:

Cal City Urban Development
-- Building Type: 10,000 acres of Mixed Residential/Commercial
--Address: California City, CA
--Client: Strata Equity Group
-- Architects: Forma, Irvine, CA

Abbott Northwestern Institute for Health & Healing
-- Building Type: 12,000 sq ft Out-patient Clinic
-- Address: Minneapollis, MN
-- Client: Abbott Northwestern Hospital
-- Architect: Choy Leow

Wellness Garden, St. Mary's Duluth Medical Center
-- Building Type: 1-acre Healing Garden
-- Address: Duluth, MN
--Client: St. Mary's Duluth Medical Center
-- Architects: Derek Young, Minneapolis, MN

Bridle Path Estates
-- Building Type: 460-acr Residential Development
-- Address: San Bernardino County, CA
--Client: Strata Equity Investments
-- Architects: Forma, Irvine, CA

Level V Restaurant
-- Building Type: 2,500 sq. ft. night club and bar
-- Address: Tribeca, NYC
--Client: BR Guest Retaurants
-- Design: Tara Oxley

Autism Campus Master Plan
-- Building Type: 60-acre pediatric campus; residences & education
-- Address: Harris, NY
--Client: SDTC The Center for Discovery
-- Planning: Dirtworks, NYC
--Design: Turner Brooks AIA

Village Care Nursing Home
--Building Type: 50-bed nursing home
-- Address: Manhattan, NY
--Client: Village Care of New York
-- Architects: Perkins Eastman

College of Architecture, University of Minnesota
-- Building Type: 80,000 sq. ft. educational facility
-- Address: Minneapolis, MN
--Client: College of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
-- Architects: Steven Holl

Elk Run Development Master Plan
-- Building Type: 1800-acre mixed use development project
-- Address: Pine Island, MN
--Client: Tower Investments, LLC
Design: Geoff Griffin

Carrus Institute
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. research and conference center
-- Address: Harris, NY
--Client: SDTC The Center for Discovery
-- Architects: G5 Architects and David Rosenberg

T SALON
-- Building Type: Tea-house stores
-- Address: Manhattan and Beverly Hills
--Client: T Salon and T Emporium
-- Design: Lola Bodansky and Hans Knutzen AIA

National Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
-- Building Type: 120,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Austin, TX
--Client: Whole Foods Markets
-- Design: HKS, AIA and Bottino Grund, AIA

Mid-Atlantic Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
-- Building Type: 40,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Rockville, MD
--Client: Whole Foods Markets Mid-Atlantic Division
-- Design: Bottino Grund, AIA and Anthony Imamura, Interiors

North-Atlantic Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
-- Building Type: 25,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Cambridge, MA
--Client: Whole Foods Markets North-Atlantic Division
-- Design: Bottino Grund, AIA

North-East Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Edgewater, NJ
--Client: Whole Foods Markets North-East Division
-- Design: Bottino Grund, AIA

Northern-California Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Emeryville, CA
--Client: Whole Foods Markets Northern-California Division
-- Design: Bottino Grund, AIA

The Samueli Institute
-- Building Type: 35,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Alexandria, VA
--Client: The Samueli Institute
-- Design: The M Group

Canyon Rim Residential Development Master Plan
-- Building Type: 815-acre residential development project
-- Address: Fayetteville, WV
--Client: Optima Properties
-- Design: Nelson, Byrd, Woltz AIA

Hacienda at Fairview Valley Master Plan
-- Building Type: 1,555 acre Residential Master Planned Community
-- Address: Apple Valley, CA
--Client: Strata Equity Group
-- Architects: Forma, Irvine, CA

Wadi Ram Eco Spa Resort
-- Building Type: 1,750-acre luxury eco-resort development
-- Address: Wadi Ram, Kingdom of Jordan
--Client: Najwa Tourism & Development
-- Design: Vladimir Djurovic & Sahel Alhiyari

Karesansui Healing Center and Eco-Resort
-- Building Type: 4-acre retreat and healing center
-- Address: Pahoa, Hawaii
--Client: Karesansui Healing Center
-- Design: Jane Barthelmy

The Residences at Liberty
--Building Type: 37-story Condominium Towers
--Address: Liberty National Golf Course, Jersey City, NJ
--Client: Willowbend Development, NYC
--Architects: Gruzen Samton, NYC

Brand Union
--Building Type: 18,000 sq ft Office Headquarters & Satellite Office
--Address: New York, NY & San Francisco, CA
--Client: The Brand Union, NYC
--Architects:

Fiamma Restaurant
-- Building Type: 10,000 sq. ft. restaurant and private eating
-- Address: Soho, NYC
--Client: BR Guest Retaurants
-- Design: Stephen Hanson

Restaurant DNA
-- Building Type: 5,000 sq. ft. restaurant
-- Address: Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada
--Client: Alex Cruz
-- Design: Bruno Braen

Pierot Shipping
-- Building Type: 8,000 sq. ft. office space
-- Address: Wall Street, NYC
--Client: Jacques Pierot Jr. & Sons, Inc.
-- Design: Parsons & Fernandez-Castelerio PC

Pure Yoga
-- Building Type: 25,000 sq. ft. yoga studio
-- Address: 86th Street, NYC
--Client: Equinox Fitness
-- Design: Paul Boardman AIA, NYC

Equinox Spa at Crystal City
-- Building Type: 8,000 sq. ft. spa & yoga studio
-- Address: Crystal City, Los Angeles
--Client: Equinox Fitness
-- Design: Paul Boardman AIA, NYC

Rancho La Puerta
-- Building Type: 3,000 acre spa & fitness campus
-- Address: Tecate, Baja California, Mexico
--Client: Rancho La Puerta
-- Design: Sarah Livia Brightwood & Chris Dreyer

Port Imperial
-- Building Type: 4,300-unit condo and mixed use development
-- Address: Weehawken, NJ
--Client: Roseland Propert
-- Design: Various

Club Mansfield
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. athletic club and spa
--Address: Rue Mansfield, Montreal, Canada
--Client: Club Mansfield
-- Design: Anderson Architects, Montreal

Urban Zen
--Building Type: 15,000 sq ft Complementary Medicine Cancer Ward
--Address: First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY
--Client: Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC
--Architect: David Fratianne, NYC

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
-- Building Type: 45,000 sq ft acupuncture clinic and school campus
-- Address: Portland, OR
--Client: Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
-- Design: Ankrom Moisan

Bread & Circus
-- Building Type: 80,000 sq. ft. bakehouse
-- Address: Medford, MA
--Client: Whole Foods Market
-- Design: Bottino Grund, AIA

La Maestra Community Health Center
-- Building Type: 50,000 sq ft health clinic
-- Address: San Diego, CA
--Client: La Maestra Community Health Center
-- Design: Richard Yen & Associates

Rivers Edge
-- Building Type: 236-unit apartment building
-- Address: Weehawken, NJ
-- Client: Roseland Property
-- Design: RTKL Associates, McGinley Design

Waterside School
-- Building Type: 50,000 sq ft elementary school
-- Address: Stamford, CT
-- Client: Waterside School
-- Design: Education Lab

San Jeronimo Valley Community Center & Lagunitas School District
-- Building Type: Elementary school campus
-- Address: San Jeronimo, CA
-- Client: San Jeronimo Valley School District
-- Design: various

Fortuny
-- Building Type: 10,000 sq ft showroom
-- Address: New York City
-- Client: Fortuny Textiles
-- Design: Bary Dixon

getsatisfaction.com
-- Building Type: Corporate Headquarters
-- Address: San Francisco, CA
-- Client: getsatisfacion.com
-- Design: Adam Smith

Turnbull & Asser
-- Building Type: 16,000 sq ft showroom and offices
-- Address: 57th Street, NewYork, NY
-- Client: Turnbull & Asser
-- Design: Sterling Plenert

LECTURES & CONFERENCES 2000 - 2012:

University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Architecture
Berkeley, California, 2012
"Hospitals, Healing, and Feng Shui"

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
Portland, Oregon, 2012
"Feng Shui Principles and the Design of OCOM facilities"

Hollyhock Retreat Center
Cortes Island, British Columbia, 2011
"Feng Shui applications for Every Day Living"

General Electric Lighting & Electrical Institute
Cleveland, Ohio, 2011
"Feng Shui and lighting in Retail Environments"

3 Generations
New York City, NY 2011
"What Does a Free-Genocide World look like?"

University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Architecture
Berkeley, California, 2010
"Architectural Applications of Feng Shui in Health Care"

Hollyhock Retreat Center
Cortes Island, British Columbia, 2010
"Sacred Space: Creating Sacredness in the Landscape"

New York Open Center
New York CIty, 2009
"A Peruvian Healing Ritual: in celebration of the Winter Solstice"

New York Open Center
New York CIty, 2009
"Andean Traditional Healing"

University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Architecture
Berkeley, California, 2009
"Defining Architectural Layout with Feng Shui"

Naropa Univerity
Boulder, Colorado, 2009
"Walking with the Dragon: Influences of Topography on Civilization"

Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY, 2009
"Feng Shui Techniques for Personal and Collective Power"

Hollyhock Retreat Center
Cortes Island, British Columbia, 2009
"Sacred Space: Creating Sacredness in the Landscape"

Boulder Mountain Lodge
Boulder, Colorado, 2009
"Sacred Space: Creating Sacred Space for Home and Office"

The Samueli Institute
Alexandria VA, 2009
"Buildings that Heal: Case Studies of Feng Shui in Health Care"

Roger WIlliams University
School of Architecture
Bristol RI, 2009
Energetic Criteria in the Design of Healing Environments"

The Center for Health Care Design
HealthCare Design '08 Conference
Washington DC, 2008
"Buildings That Heal: Recent Examples of Feng Shui Applications in Health Care"

The Life Science Foundation
Ways of Knowing Symposium
Minneapolis, MN, 2008
"The New Healing Paradigm: Exploring Cultural-Based Healing Traditions"

The Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, New York, 2008
"Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui, Geomancy & Sacred Geometry"

International Conscious Design Conference
New York, New York, 2007
"Advances in the Use of Feng Shui in Medical Facilities"

Corcoran Sunshine Realty Group
New York, New York, 2007
"Feng Shui and Real Estate Development"

The Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, New York, 2007
"Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui, Geomancy & Sacred Geometry"

William McDonough & Partners
Charlottesville, VA 2007
"Principles of Feng Shui in Planning and Development"

The New York Academy of Medicine
Meristem Forum, New York, NY 2007
"Restorative Commons for Community Health"

The Center for Discovery
Re-Discovering Autism Conference, Harris, NY 2006
"Creating Environments Accessible to People with ASD disabilities"

25th Energy & Sustainability Conference, Duluth, MN 2005
“Topography & Human Destiny: How Landscapes affect Human Life”
“Home Sick Home: Family Health & the Environment”

Whole Foods Markets
Visioning Conference, Newport, RI, 2005
“Demystifying Feng Shui: How Feng Shui sees Retail Markets”

University of Minnesota, College of Architecture
Feng Shui Symposium, 2005
“Feng Shui Topography and Site Planning”
“Feng Shui and the Urban Fabric”

The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
COSM Lecture Series, New York City, 2005
“Sacred Space and Human Destiny”

The American Institute of Architects
Lecture Series, Duluth Chapter, Duluth MN, 2005
“Buildings That Heal: the Role of Built Environments on Health”

American Holistic Medical Association
28th Scientific Conference, Philadelphia, 2005
“The Role of the Home Environment on Family Health”
“The Impact of Adolescent Initiation on Public Health”

International Feng Shui Seminars
Heaven & Earth Conference, San Diego, CA, 2005
“Topography and Human Destiny”
“Sacred Architecture: Principles and Forms”

University of Minnesota Medical School
Center for Spirituality & Healing, Minneapolis, 2004
“Feng Shui Principles in Health Care Design”
“Design of Healing Gardens”

International Feng Shui Seminars
Heaven & Earth Conference, St. Luis Obispo, CA, 2004
“Impact of Feng Shui Principles on Institutional Design”

International Academy for Health & Design
The Therapeutic Benefits of Design, Toronto, 2003
“Energetic Factors in Health Care Design”

American Holistic Medical Association
26th Scientific Conference, Albuquerque, 2003
“The Impact of Ritual in the Healing Process”

Symposium on Health Care Design
Design of Health Care Facilities, Boston, 2003
“Feng Shui and the Design of Health Care Facilities”

Smithsonian Institute & ProCultura
Healing Traditions of the Americas Conference, Wash DC, 2002
“Traditional Wisdom in the Modern Health Center”
“ Earth Healing and Feng Shui”

American Medical Holistic Association
25th Scientific Conference, Montreal, 2002
“The role of Feng Shui & Geomancy in Healing”

Perkins Eastman Lecture Series, NYC, 2002-2003
“Feng Shui Principles and Architectural Design"
"Design Criteria for Health Care Facilities"
"Topography & Human Destiny"

Hardy Holtzman Pfeiffer Lecture Series, NYC, 2002
“Feng Shui and the Design of Institutional Facilities”

Reading University, Reading, UK, 2001
“Landform and its Impact on Human Destiny”

Regents College Summer Session, London, UK, 2000
“Feng Shui and Western Geomancy”

Golden Gate School of Feng Shui, San Francisco, CA
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2005-2012
-- "Walking the Dragon: Feng Shui Topography - Module 1"
-- "Walking the Dragon: Feng Shui Topography - Module 2"

New England School of Feng Shui, Leominster MA
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2003-2008
-- "Land Form and Geomancy"
-- "Feng Shui for Business"
-- "Rituals and Spiritual Practice"
-- "Sacred Space and Human Destiny"

Long Island Feng Shui Institute, Oyster Bay, NY
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2002-2008
-- "Space Clearing Techniques"
-- "Ancestors and Divination: Principles & Techniques"
-- "Journey to Sacred Space: Creating Sacred Architecture"

Feng Shui Alliance, Edgewater, NJ
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2003-2008
-- "Rituals and Spiritual Practices"
-- "Feng Shui for Business"
-- "Sacred Geometry"

The Path of Love and Power, New York, New York
Shamanism Apprenticeship Series, 2002-2007
-- "Love & Power : The Path of Mastery"
-- "Creating Sacred Space: Rituals & Magic"
-- "Intent & Personal Power: Achieving without Effort"
-- "Wrestling with the Shadow: The LImited Self"
-- "Divination & Prophesy: Talking with the Gods"
-- "Offerings & Sacrifice: Bartering with the Gods"
-- "Geomancy & Sacred Landscape: Healing the Planet"
-- "Clearing Space, Curing Illness: Healing the Physical"
-- "Love, Body, Mind & Spirit: Healing the Whole"
-- "Birth, Death & Dying: The Eternal Self"

European School of Feng Shui, Amsterday, Holland
Feng Shui Certification Program, 2001-2007
-- "Shamanism & Native American Healing Techniques"
-- "Topography & the Earth Spirit"

Feng Shui International Network, London, UK
Feng Shui Certification Program 2000-2003
-- "Feng Shui and its Relationship to World Shamanism"
-- "Divination & the I Ching"
-- "Building Rituals & Earth Energies"

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