Category: Chinese Cultural Tips
Chinese New Year Customs for a Healthy & Prosperous 2020
This year on January 25th, the world will celebrate the beginning of a new lunar year. In the Chinese calendar, this is described at the 4711th year and is the…
What Factors Influence Our Destiny?
Why where you live matters. From a young age, I have always been curious about the factors that influence our destiny. As I navigated the world around me, I was…
What’s the process of building a new home with good Feng Shui?
So many new home builders call me “wanting to include Feng Shui” in the design and building process thinking it is to appeal to the Chinese buyer. But, the truth…
Chinese Grandmother’s Laws of Life
Over the years, I have had many Feng Shui and Metaphysics teachers. One of my favourite teachers was Lily Chung. In many ways, she was not only a teacher to…
Chinese Customs: the Lion Dance
Asian Cultural Insights and Tips By Martha Dahlen Adapted from: nationsonline.org According to traditional Chinese belief, the lion signifies courage, stability, and superiority. The Lion Dance is performed to chase…
How to Design Your Destiny and Create Success in 2016
A wise teacher said something years ago that has stuck with me ever since – “Suffering occurs when we are not in alignment with our Destiny”. Said another way from…
The History of Feng Shui – Burial Feng Shui
My first real introduction to Burial Feng Shui was 2006 on a Feng Shui tour of China. I had read in my early studies on the subject and theory of…