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An Ode to the Special Color Black

Out of all colors, Black, you are definitely the most self-absorbed. You transmit and reflect no light, you reveal nothing, and you do no...

Jamie Bass

How Our Environments Affect Our Reactions to Stimuli

(For an overview of why we react to different stimuli, see our last post, Why We React the Way We Do.) As we mentioned in our last post, ...

Jamie Bass

Why We React the Way We Do

The greatest thing about feng shui is that it works because it’s based on the proven ways that people react to different stimuli in their...

Jamie Bass

An Ode to the Special Color White

White, are you even a color? We know you are the absence of all pigment and the reflection of all light wavelengths. You diffuse nearly a...

Jamie Bass

18 Common Scents and How to Use Them with Intent

Aromatherapy, which uses natural plant extracts and oils to promote health and well-being works by exciting different receptors in the no...

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The Critical Role Our Noses Play in Feng Shui

Our sense of smell is our most primal sense. It is attached to the oldest part of our brain. Smells affect us on a deep level, and we oft...

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An Ode to the Color Green

Green, what color feels more alive than you? You represent freshness, youth, rejuvenation, newness, and feeling centered. Like your siste...

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How I Learned About the Subtle Relationship Between Safety and Feng Shui

The concept of safety, although almost always focused on the singular outcome of preventing harm, is actually an incredibly versatile one...

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The Man Who Planted Trees

I wanted to share this well-known, freely-available short story published in 1953 called "The Man Who Planted Trees" by Jean Giono. It's ...

Jamie Bass

An Ode to the Color Orange

What an interesting mix of symbolism you are, Orange! You are situated at the midpoint between Yellow and Red and incorporate the charact...

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