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Feng Shui establishes harmony
By Tsewang Lama
Published:
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Media Credit: Adam Masloski
Jan Gembol presents the second part of Feng Shui Friday in Atwood�s Little theatre. Gembol is a counselor in the SCSU counseling, career and academic support center and is also a certified Feng Shui consultant.
Friday, Jan Gembol presented the second series of Feng Shui at Atwood Little Theatre. Gembol is a counselor in the Counseling Center, she has practiced the ancient Chinese art for four years and is a certified Feng Shui consultant.
Feng Shui, the Chinese term for "wind and water," is a complex multilayered ancient Chinese art of placement, which seeks to create balance and harmony with nature.
Feng Shui might sound like interior decoration, but it is different to the effect that it focuses on the flow of energy in space. Although Feng Shui is an ancient art, it seem to attract a large adult audience and is making its way into modern Western Culture.
"Feng Shui is a growing and popular concept in our culture," Gembol said. It is about space in terms of room, bed, office and places where people spend a lot of time.
The concept of Feng Shui lies in four principles, the belief that everything animate and inanimate is energy, being the foremost.
The art of Feng Shui uses nature as a guide to arrange things in our daily life activities and homes.
The goal of Feng Shui is to enhance the flow and movement of "Chi"- energy-by finding appropriate placement of things that will bring prosperity in one's life. Gembol believes that Feng Shui is a tool that can be used in a variety of ways to improve one's life.
Some attendees of the first series shared their experiences about how they managed to alter their placement according to Feng Shui art and how the change affected their lives.
Gembol also talked about the "Bagua" concept in Feng Shui. In the "Bagua" principle, aspects of life such as health, wealth and careers are all associated with colors and elements of the earth.
For instance, red represents fire as an element and it is the fame aspect of life. The art of Feng Shui deems it important to place things according to this Bagua concept which can be applied to a building, floor or just a single dormitory room.
Gembol talked about auspicious situations, like having the bed farthest from the door, freeing space of clutter and honoring the space in the center by placing a mirror or crystal which enhances the flow of energy in nature.
Possessing things like wind chimes, bells, aquariums, flowers, mirrors and aromas in your home will aide the smooth flow of energy in the house.
Attendees were informed on how to place and adjust things in their lives and personal spaces.
"It's good to think about things in life that we might tend not to think about often enough," said James Caufield, a library faculty member. "You think about furniture clutter, but you also think about love, wealth, health and career."
For attendees like Karen Dahl, sophomore and natural environment major, Feng Shui is more about using philosophy to explain the arrangements of things tuning to nature. Dahl also expressed her desire to apply Feng shui principles to change the general set up in her room.
The event was organized by staff and faculties of SCSU Health and Wellness committee and cosponsored by the women's center
