feng shui manhattan: "7 Feng Shui Mistakes That Can Give You Bad Vibes" by Realtor.com - 06/25/17 01:44 PM
I am happy to share I was interviewed by Realtor.com in regard to providing insight into the world of Feng Shui. Throughout the article you will also read great tips from fellow Feng Shui Experts on what to avoid when Feng Shui-ing your home. Enjoy and happy Feng Shui-ing!
To read the full article, click on: "7 Feng Shui Mistakes That Can Give You Bad Vibes"
 
 
 
 
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feng shui manhattan: Is Having Different Flooring in Every Room of the House 'Bad' Feng Shui? - 06/24/17 08:57 AM
From a Feng Shui perspective, the flooring represents one of the main foundations of your home. Choosing a floor design that is continuous through out your home is a common suggestion as this represents strong supportive energy [chi’]. When each room has different flooring, the energetic foundation could become weakened. 
The exception to this is if you choose to vary the floor design within the kitchen and bathroom. This is usually due to the function of the space. Let that be flooring which can stand possible spills in the kitchen and steam from the bathroom. 
 
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feng shui manhattan: Feng Shui Bagua Map Basics for Your Home - 06/21/17 07:29 AM
The Feng Shui Bagua map (also called ba-gua or pakua) is one of the main tools utilized in Feng Shui to analyze the energy of any given space. For this particular post, I am focusing on the BTB [Black Hat] bagua map of Feng Shui.  
Translated from Chinese, bagua literally means "8 areas.” You could perceive the bagua map as an energy map or life station map, that is superimposed over an entire floor plan, single room or yard to show where the eight corresponding energy meridians are located. 
 
What are the eight Ba-gua Map life sections?
 
Health & Family [Ancestors] Wealth & … (7 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Feng Shui and Shamanic Drum Meditation Workshop July 14th, 2017 - 06/20/17 11:15 AM
Healthy Living with Feng Shui and Shamanic Drum Meditation
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Laura Cerrano explores how your home and surroundings can affect your mindset, emotions, behavior and overall health. You will learn how to combine several forms of Feng Shui and intuitive thinking to create powerful practical solutions.
She will guide you through the various dynamics of Feng Shui, including Yin and Yang principles, the Five Elements, understanding how to read and understand the Ba-gua map and implementing Transcendental Cures. Students are asked to please bring a floor plan of their home so they could participate in placing an active Ba-gua map … (3 comments)

feng shui manhattan: 5 Ba-gua Map Life Sections Not to Be Ignored When Feng Shui-ing Your Home - 06/20/17 09:10 AM
Feng Shui is estimated to be around 5,000 years old. It’s a lifestyle practice that provides environmental healing for the body, mind and spirit by harmonizing your home and office. The Ba-gua map is one of many tools utilized to help identify strengths and weaknesses within those given spaces. It also provides the opportunity to illuminate insights into the conscious and sub-conscious minds of those occupants as the home and work environments become metaphors of one's life.  
 
The Ba-gua map is a grid of nine life section which can be laid upon an entire floor plan or single room. By doing … (4 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Feng Shui Cave-Dwellers: Is This How Feng Shui Began? - 06/16/17 11:22 AM
As I am conducting research for my Feng Shui book, I have been coming across some really interesting Feng Shui tidbits. In this case I went back to the most basic question, Where did Feng Shui first originate from?  
 
It's important to note, exact historical records for when Chinese Feng Shui was officially established is still a bit murky. Based on research published in 2006 by Hong-Key Yoon, an associate professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, he theorized the first Geomancers were cave-dwellers in the Loess Plateau of China’s north in search of ideal cave sites to call … (4 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Healthy Living with Feng Shui and Shamanic Drum Meditation July 14th, 2017 - 06/12/17 09:55 AM
Healthy Living with Feng Shui and Shamanic Drum Meditation
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Laura Cerrano explores how your home and surroundings can affect your mindset, emotions, behavior and overall health. You will learn how to combine several forms of Feng Shui and intuitive thinking to create powerful practical solutions.

She will guide you through the various dynamics of Feng Shui, including Yin and Yang principles, the Five Elements, understanding how to read and understand the Ba-gua map and implementing Transcendental Cures. Students are asked to please bring a floor plan of their home so they could participate in placing an active … (2 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Is Feng Shui Helping To Increase the Sales of Homes In California and New York? - 06/09/17 12:43 PM
 
 "A survey of 500 Chinese Americans conducted by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and the Asian Real Estate Association of America found that 86% think feng shui will make a difference in their future home buying choices. Additionally, 79% of these Chinese-American home buyers said they would pay more for a house that followed follow feng shui standards." source - Fortune
So in short, yes Feng Shui could assist in raising the selling price. This means it would be a wise investment for brokers, agents and developers to either learn and/or team up with Certified Feng Shui experts when constructing, buying or selling a … (5 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Meet Laura Cerrano of Feng Shui Manhattan in Sherman Oaks California - VoyageLA Magazine - 06/06/17 05:54 PM
I was interviewed by VoyageLA Magazine last month and it so happened the article went live on June 5th, (my birthday!) The article highlights the stepping stones of what it took to create and build Feng Shui Manhattan to its current status and where it's evolving to. There is much more to this story and those chapters are in process. Enjoy! 
Read Full Article by clicking on: Meet Laura Cerrano of Feng Shui Manhattan in Sherman Oaks California
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feng shui manhattan: FREE Feng Shui Workshop on June 8th, 2017 at Arcadia Public Library in California - 06/06/17 04:57 PM
Join Certified Feng Shui Expert Laura Cerrano and discover how your home and surroundings can affect your mindset, emotions, behavior and overall health. You will learn how to combine several forms of Feng Shui and intuitive thinking to create powerful practical solutions. She will guide you through the various dynamics of Feng Shui, including Yin and Yang principles, the Five Elements, understanding how to read and understand the Ba-gua map, implementing Transcendental Cures and much more! Don’t miss this special program.Laura is the second generation of Certified Feng Shui Experts and a graduate from SUNY New Paltz with a double Bachelors’s … (1 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Feng Shui and Design Psychology - 06/06/17 04:47 PM
As I was conducting research for my Feng Shui book I came across various articles on 'Design Psychology,' a UCLA Architecture/Interior Design program. In short, Design Psychology conducts interviews to understand the environmental history (clients' mental and emotional connection) of that given space. Based on the clients' responses the Design Physiologist chooses certain colors, lighting, textures and arrangement of the space to assist in balancing the emotions and well-being of those occupants. 
 
Sound familiar? Feng Shui is the same (environmental healing for the body, mind and spirit), using the 5 elements theory (fire, earth, metal, water and wood) which make up human physical and emotional … (3 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Feng Shui Co-Panel Discussion for Douglas Elliman Alexander Team NYC - 05/29/17 08:11 AM
 
Last week I had the pleasure of teaming up with fellow New York Feng Shui Consultant Judith Wendell of Sacred Currents. We were invited by Douglas and Elliman Real Estate Alexander Team to conduct a co-panel discussion at 230 Central Park South in New York City offering an rich overview of the benefits to knowing Feng Shui in real estate.   
 
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feng shui manhattan: Happy Memorial Day from Feng Shui Manhattan - 05/29/17 06:18 AM
Honoring those who Serve-Memorial Day
Many of you know from my mother's (Carole Provenzale) past post that her father Peter F. Provenzale served as a Navigator on the B-17 Bomber during WW2. Here is a breif post to honor him and the crew that flew with him.
Peter F. Provenzale with the Argonaut II during World War Two. He is on the top row standing 2nd from the left
This crew baled out of this airplane on their 24th mission. It landed in the English Channel.
Damage to left wing on Peter F. Provenzales' fist mission
During his first mission, B-17 Navigator Peter F. Provenzale was struck by bullets but, … (2 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Happy Mother's Day from Feng Shui Manhattan - 05/14/17 04:28 AM
Taking a moment to wish all those mother's out there, parents and friends who have also stepped into the motherly role, a very warm, loving Mother's Day! May you all enjoy this day of honor (which is really ever day) and sending much love to our departed mothers. Love and light. 
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feng shui manhattan: I Need to Cut Down Healthy Trees in my Yard, Is that Bad Feng Shui? - 04/30/17 04:23 PM
I recently met with my Feng Shui client from Massachusetts. I have been working with her family for three years and for this particular visit she was interested in landscape re-design with feng shui. Long story short, my client told me they were in process of removing 10 healthy trees. When I heard that, my heart sunk. 
Living the lifestyle of feng shui promotes a harmonious interaction with nature.When you already have the beautiful support, protection and various other benefits tree spirits (yes we believe even trees have spirits) provide us with. Ideally, you aspire to keep them around, while of course being practical … (3 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Wishing You all a Happy Easter from Feng Shui Manhattan - 04/16/17 05:17 AM
Taking a moment to wish those who celebrate, a Happy Easter. And in general, have a happy and peaceful Sunday. What will you be doing today to honor today? For me, I have a wonderful day planned out to just rest up (after writing this post), exploring the aquarium with family out in Riverhead, NY and then enjoying a delicious meal. 
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feng shui manhattan: Survey that Explores Top Reasons for Why People Request a Feng Shui Consultation - 04/13/17 12:19 PM
As some of you know, I am in the process of researching various topics and facets that will help create my Feng Shui book. This anonymous survey is contributing to this research. Only 10 easy basic questions are being asked for this segment which explores the Top Reasons for Why People Request a Feng Shui Consultation. Your participation would be most helpful and appreciated.
 
Click on Top Reasons for Requesting a Feng Shui Consultation to take the Survey
If you do not participate in the survey, please pass along to someone who is interested in Feng Shui and share this with them. 
Thank you in advance! 
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feng shui manhattan: Respecting the Environment is Respecting Yourself: The War on Climate Change - 03/28/17 05:44 AM
The new White House administration is making a strong hold to curb the Climate Action Plan launched in 2013. There is clear scientific and medical data that defines negative impacts to the human body and mind when living in an unhealthy environment. I was curious to see what else I could learn in regard to the affects of pollution and in particular coal mining since that is the key concept being discussed. 
The possible positives of bringing coal mining back could help increase jobs for those in the coaling industry.
Let's say that happens. Then we need to ask is there even a high demand for coal? I turned to Bloomberg.com for that answer and … (9 comments)

feng shui manhattan: FREE Feng Shui Workshop at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library on March 27th, 2017 - 03/27/17 06:21 AM
Join Certified Feng Shui Expert Laura Cerrano and discover how your home and surroundings can affect your mindset, emotions, behavior and overall health. You will learn how to combine several forms of Feng Shui and intuitive thinking to create powerful practical solutions. She will guide you through the various dynamics of Feng Shui, including Yin and Yang principles, the Five Elements, understanding how to read and understand the Ba-gua map, implementing Transcendental Cures and much more! Don’t miss this special program.Laura is the second generation of Certified Feng Shui Experts and a graduate from SUNY New Paltz with a double Bachelors’s … (8 comments)

feng shui manhattan: Six Days Left to the 27 Day Feng Shui Transformation Challenge - 03/21/17 03:51 AM
Welcome to the 27 Day Feng Shui Transformation Challenge! 
Starting March 1st to March 27th I will post one daily Feng Shui Tip On:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/adoptingFengShuiwithLauraCerrano/
 
 FREE to participate! 
We already started, yet its never too late to jump in! There is 6 days left.
 
The tips will vary from practical changes for your home while also delving a bit deeper into self awareness. By choosing to accept this challenge you will intentionally and actively commit to transforming the energy of your home and self. 
During your process of transformation, feel free to share before and after photos with the areas of your home that you changed. Also be observed … (3 comments)

 
Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher  (Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)

Laura Cerrano

Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Locust Valley, NY

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