our process
No matter what project you are considering,
our services can provide invaluable tools to help you
optimize any environment.
The list below summarizes the process we follow
in a typical consultation.
1. Get to Know each Other
In order to help you, we first need to know your current situation, goals, and challenges. An initial interview will discuss such topics as productivity, profitability, teamwork, client satisfaction, and client loyalty.
In the case of a private consultation, we will inquire about your career, finances, relationships, family, and health.
2. Establish the Basics
There is no such thing as “generic” feng shui.
All consultations need to be tailored to the specific requirements of the site and to your own goals and objectives.
Our goal is a strategy that will maximize opportunity and success while simultaneously eliminating vulnerability and misfortune.
3. Define a Set of Goals
In order to generate measurable results, we narrow down our efforts to a handful of clearly stated goals. Often, we phase these goals over time.
It is also possible to adjust them later on, as priorities shift in response to improvements.
4. Provide an Estimate
Our team will provide a written estimate specifying scope
of works, procedures, and fees.
All estimates are final.
There will be no additional or hidden costs.
5. Work Within your Budget
We always provide recommendations that are suited to your
financial and operational capabilities.
We are supported by a multitude of techniques and methodologies
that can adapt to varying situations, whether in new of existing
construction, large or small.
6. Evaluate the Site
Once our fee proposal is accepted, we begin by analyzing the site and its surrounding topography, roads, and orientation.
This site analysis acts as the foundation for all subsequent
investigations and is the starting point for all assessments of the
project’s feasibility and potential.
7. Analyze Architectural Plans
Floor plans, elevations, and renderings are evaluated to determine positive and negative qualities in the existing layout or in proposed designs.
Our main goal is to ensure smooth flow and proper containment of energy in all entries, hallways, lobbies, and common areas.
8. Analyze Interior Design
Individual rooms, private spaces, and other amenities are assessed
in order to determine any potential vulnerabilities to prosperity,
careers, relationships, or health.
Recommendations are made for enhanced materials, colors, or
furnishings that might promote additional success.
9. Provide Recommendations
Our findings are summarized in a written report that includes drawings, supply schedules, and installation details.
All recommendations are geared to the goals previously established.
Our strategy is to enhance positive qualities on site while simultaneously neutralizing or eliminating negative ones.
10. Implement and Follow-Up
Our team will work with your architects, designers, and installers in order to expedite the necessary recommendations.
We will follow up on our goals for a period of no less than 12 months in order to make sure you are getting results. If these are not forthcoming,
we provide additional input at no cost.
11. Periodic Maintenance
Long-term success is dependent on changing conditions in external markets or circumstances, as well as on your own internal affairs.
Thus, we recommend periodic maintenance for all projects.
Our team will advice you on optimal timing and maintenance methods, many of which can be self-implemented.
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Please contact us directly for
estimates, time tables and additional information.
We are delighted to be of help!
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The following slide shows provide examples
of the various areas in which we can provide services.
ARCHITECTURE
With degrees in architecture, psychology, and management, our team can interphase with your architects and interior designers seamlessly, helping them to integrate your goals with the myriad restrictions, regulatory mandates, and engineering constraints ubiquitous in any construction project.
In addition, our techniques can complement architectural programs by fostering greater coherence with the natural world and cosmic influences. The result can be an environment greatly enhanced in its capacity to promote health, social connectivity, sustainability, and success.
CALA BY STEVEN HOLL, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, MINNEAPOLIS
REEBOK HEADQUARTERS BY GENSLER ARCHITECTS, DRYDOCK, BOSTON
DOERR HOSIER CONFERENCE CENTER BY JEFF BERKUS, ASPEN INSTITUTE, ASPEN, COLORADO
RESIDENCE BY HARIRI AND HARIRI, SAGAPONAK, NEW YORK
RESIDENCE BY RICK JOY, POLANCO, MEXICO CITY
RESIDENCE BY FIONA McKLEAN, JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
RESIDENCE BY ROMAINE ORTHWEIN, PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THE CIT BUILDING IS A TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH HUB IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA
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SITE PLANNING
Although commonly understood as an art of placement, feng shui is primarily a tool for planning. Using its methods, it is possible to create buildings integrally connected to the land and its power, and which can actively promote the potential of a family, business, or organization.
Because of our training in architecture and planning, our team understands what your designers are dealing with and can communicate with them on their own level. This saves time, effort, and resources.
PORT IMPERIAL BY K. HOVNANIAN, WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY
ST. LUCIA HARBOR BY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA
JACK LONDON SQUARE BY STEVE WORTHINGTON, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
HILLTOP MALL REDEVELOPMENT BY LBG REAL ESTATE, RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
70 MEMORIAL PLAZA BY GALLIN BEELER DESIGN, PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK
HIGHLAND LAKE COMMUNITY BY KERRY LINDSAY, FLAT ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA
RANCHO LA PUERTA BY SARAH BRIGHTWOOD, TECATE, MEXICO
XALA RESORT DEVELOPMENT BY RICARDO SANTA CRUZ, CHALACATEPEC, MEXICO
WILD ROCK COMMUNITY BY CARL FRISCHKORN, NEW RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA
NAJWA RESORT AND SPA BY SIRIN MASRI, WADI RAM, KINGDOM OF JORDAN
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INTERIOR DESIGN
Feng shui has been mostly understood by the public as an alternative approach to interior design. Although partially true, this simple definition misses the potential it has to dramatically impact on the lives of a home’s or workplace’s occupants.
Using techniques that span from common sense placement of furniture to highly complex astrological, energetic, and ritual tools, the interior of a space can be tailored to promote specific outcomes, create new and growing opportunity, advance careers, foster health and wellness, and improve relationships.
RESIDENCE, POLANCO, MEXICO
SWAROVSKI HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY
RESIDENCE, BRENTWOOD HILLS, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, MERIDA, MEXICO
TWO BUNCH PALMS SPA, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, MALIBU, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA
LYNMAR WINERY, SEBASTOPOL, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
RESIDENCE, KENSINGTON, LONDON
RESTAURANT DNA, MONTREAL, CANADA
RESIDENCE, VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENCE, ASPEN, COLORADO
RESIDENCE, BOULDER, COLORADO
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GEOMANCY
Geomancy is the study of the energies in the land. It includes evaluations of land form (the shape and organization of land masses) as well as of underground formations such as fault lines, aquifers, and mineral deposits. This study includes both geological understanding as well as information derived from dowsing.
Geomancy is also concerned with negative impacts any of these factors can have on health and performance and has developed techniques to diagnose the presence of anomalies in the energy matrix of a given landscape. Known collectively as Geopathic Stresses or Geostress, these are factors that can impact directly on health and wellbeing, and which can also have an effect on work and productivity.
For additional information on geomancy, please consult here.
XALA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, JALISCO, MEXICO
JACK LONDON SQUARE, OAKLAND, CA
HURLEYVILLE URBAN PLANNING, HURLEYVILLE, NU
HILLTOP MALL, RICHMOND CA
ST. MARY'S DULUTH ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL, DULUTH, MN
PORT IMPERIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WEEKAWKEN, NJ
ST. JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL, PONTIAC MI
RANCHO LA PUERTA, TECATE, MEXICO
RANCHO PERDIDO, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA
TWO BUNCH PALMS, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA
WADI RAM ECO SPA, WADI RAM DESERT, KINGDOM OF JORDAN
LYNMAR ESTATES, SEBASTOPOL, CA
WHOLE FOODS MARKET, USA, CANADA, AND THE UK
CENTER FOR DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, ROCK HILL, NY
AVENTURA CORPORATE CENTER, AVENTURA, FL
MADERO WINERY, MONTERREY, MEXICO
PATRICK DOLLARD HEALTH CENTER, HARRIS, NY
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BUILDING RITUALS
Building rituals can be used to prepare the land for use, to clear out unwanted energies in existing buildings, to bless or consecrate land and buildings for a particular purpose, and even to help with serious problems such as illness or misfortune.
Rituals can also be used to correct more serious problems such as Geopathic Stresses (negative energies in the land), unwanted legacies in existing buildings, financial misfortune, poor health, bad neighborhood energy, and even ghosts and hauntings.
For additional information on rituals, please consult here.
Ground Breaking ceremony at Port Imperial, a 4,500-unit residential development in Weehawken NJ. In attendance are the developer, engineers, architects, contractor, and publicist.
Ground Breaking ceremony at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland OR. In attendance are members of the College's Board, civic authorities, and medical staff.
Yu Wei Rice Blessing at the ground breaking ceremony for the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland OR.
A Yu Wei Rice Blessing at the site of Marbella, a condominium project in Jersey City NJ. In addition to promoting very strong positive energy, Rice Blessings are effective corrections for land problems, technical issues, labor disputes, and leadership deficiencies, among others.
Preparation of the Yu Wei Rice Blessing using rice, alcohol, and cinnabar, Cinnabar is a mercuric oxide that removes negativity and promotes strong chi. This ritual is part of the Black Hat Sect Tantric Feng Shui tradition.
The preparation of rice, alcohol, and cinnabar is ready to be cast to the four compass directions at this ground breaking ceremony for a new conference center in Aspen CO.
Construction of a cairn – a device used to correct Geopathic Stress – at the Center for Discovery's Hurleyville NY campus. Members of the medical staff helped create this ancient geomancy device.
Staff of the Center for Discovery blessing a cairn used to control Geopathic Stress at the Grahamviille NY campus
Staff of the Center for Discovery blessing a cairn used to control Geopathic Stress at the Grahamviille NY campus
Construction of a larger cairn that will be part of a wall enclosure for a parking lot at the Hurleyville campus of the Center for Discovery
Construction and dedication of a cairn used to connect a site to the mountain seen in the background. This technique allows a smaller site to benefit from the power of a much large one.
Tools used in a residential Space Clearing. In addition to these items, a Space Clearing usually involves the use of incense, sounds, and ritual chanting.
An altar set up for a residential Space Clearing ritual. Often we include the home owners and their families as participants in the ceremony.
An offering made specially for a residential Space Clearing ceremony. Flowers are a central motif in these rituals.
Additional elements that can be incorporated into an offering. These might include objects from the vegetable, mineral, and animal kingdoms, as well as specially made crafts, jewelry, or art.
An offering under construction for the Grand Opening of a Whole Foods Market Headquarters in Northern California. The photos shows the ingredients organized around the central offering which will be assembled into one packet wrapped in paper.
An offering in its final form. All of the ingredients shown in previous photographs have been assembled into a particular shape and in a ritually proscribed sequence. When complete, it is wrapped into a small bundle.
An offering in place in the floor slab of a residential condominium building. Concrete will be poured over the reinforcing rods, making this offering permanent.
Installation of a mineral quartz crystal into floor insulation of a condominium project in New York City. This intervention was necessitated by the presence of a subway line and an underground water course directly below the site
A specially cut quartz crystal – known as a Vogel – attached to reinforcing rods in the foundations of 426 Park Avenue, a skyscraper under construction in Manhattan NYC. This is used as a correction for underground water lines.
Specially constructed metal tubes that contain mineral quartz crystals to be installed within iron columns and beams at 425 Park Avenue, a skyscraper under construction in Manhattan, NYC
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SACRED GEOMETRY
Sacred Geometry is concerned with the shapes, proportions and ratios that, when used to create a space or an object, can imbue it with spiritual power. Derived from fundamental principles found ubiquitously in nature, Sacred Geometry has been used in the design and proportioning of structures since antiquity. Even such modern luminaries as Le Corbusier have used its principles to influence the design of buildings such as the Ronchamp Chapel.
Sacred Geometry can take the form of geometrical shapes or mathematical ratios, such as those found in the platonic solids or the Fibonacci series, but it can also accommodate symbolic forms.
For additional information on Sacred Geometry, please consult here.
MATAGIRI, MOUNT TREMPER, NEW YORK
DOER HOSIER CONFERENCE CENTER, ASPEN INSTITUTE, ASPEN, COLORADO
LIGHT HOUSE, XALA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, JALISCO, MEXICO
SIDDHA YOGA ASHRAM, VALLE DE BRAVO, MEXICO
UNIX GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY
WADI RAM ECO SPA, WADI RAM, KINGDOM OF JORDAN
CHAPEL OF SACRED MIRRORS, WAPPINGER FALLS, NEW YORK
HOLLYHOCK LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER, CORTES ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
RENFIELD CENTER FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE, BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL, NEW YORK CITY