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Feng Shui & Bali Here I Come!

Photos of Surf Haven Bali, Seminyak
This photo above is of Surf Haven Bali is courtesy of TripAdvisor

 

Woo hoo I’m all excited not just because I have an awesome summer holiday in Bali to look forward to but my spiritual path seems to be opening up right now just as the Age of Aquarius dawns : )
Photos of Surf Haven Bali, Seminyak
(This photo on the right is of Surf Haven Bali is courtesy of TripAdvisor)

Yes I have so much to tell you at the moment. I’m being coached over the internet via Skype or web by the amazing Kristin Sweetly Morelli who is a US based entrepreneur. It’s an 8 day immersion course and I am on day 6 of learning how to work with my energy. Already the difference in my approach is effective and has really brought about a boost in my creativity. Not only that I feel that all my passions in life are finally linking together in a holistic way that serves me practically too. Astrology, Feng Shui, Yoga, Surfing and Social Media & Health Food are all passions of mine along with Interior Design. For the last couple of months I’ve been doing some soul searching and had my husband and my birth charts above my desk for me get a deeper understanding of both of us (we happen to have the same birthday, both Sagittarius only I’m a year older!!). There are huge things going on Astrologically at the moment – today is a full moon in Aquarius. If you want to know more about this I recommend American Astrologer Kelley Rosano’s blog and YouTube channel. My interest in Feng Shui has led me to Google about space clearing and low and behold the world leader in Space Clearing (one art of the Chinese practise of Feng Shui) lives in the UK! She is called Karen Kingston and she spent 20 years living in Bali where the practise of Feng Shui is ingrained in their culture!

I can’t wait to go to Bali and find out first hand all about Feng Shui and energy in space. One of my goals is to de-clutter my house and get it flowing with good energy (chi) and I’ve realised from the coaching course I’m on, I am not alone. It’s one of the things that people seem to struggle with most. This is what I’m going to concentrate on – helping as many people as I can as quickly as I can be the best they can be in their homes by de-cluttering and designing their dream homes. Would you like to join me on my journey? Please leave a comment for me below, I’d love to know how I can help you and the most inspring challenge/comment I will respond to personally for free! Come on over to my facebook page here and post a photo the room you need help with!

Postcards from NY!

Word Trade Fair 1939 Depicting the Skylon and Perisphere on a Postcard
New York’s Wolrd Trade Fair 1939 Depicting the Trylon and Perisphere on a Postcard by Keystone

Recently I made the trip of a lifetime to New York and California for my honeymoon for 3 weeks. I’ve never been to the USA before and so it was all the more exciting.

One of my interests is looking at the future – this fascinates me not only on a contemporary level but also looking historically at what we thought would lie ahead of us. I like to see what is going on and one of the ways I do this is by joining forums such as the Technology Strategy Boards’ “Knowledge Transfer Networks” or “KTN’s” essentially a knowledge forum.

The Technology Strategy Board is a government body that promotes technology through businesses in the UK. It links the public sector to private companies small and large to work on live projects together in an innovative way.  Forums or “platforms” as they call them have different themes such as Low Impact Buildings or Assisted Living. Within these platforms lie the KTN’s (knowledge forums) such as Modern Built Environment. Read more here

http://www.innovateuk.org/ourstrategy/innovationplatforms/lowimpactbuilding.ashx

A programme called Catapult Centres is also fascinating; these are technology and innovation centres which aim to bring the best of the academic research world and join it with industry, promoting the UK to gain business here and abroad.  One of the most exciting is their Catapult Centre entitled “Future Cities” – the location is still being decided. Read more about the Catapult Programme here:

https://catapult.innovateuk.org/about-catapult

Another of my passions is the 1920’s and I have collected a few interesting things in Paris from the 1920’s such as postcards from the original Art Deco exhibition in Paris in 1925 and a fashion newspaper also printed in the 1920’s.  Imagine my joy when I found these postcards depicting the New York World Fair of 1939 – a vision of the future as they saw it then the Trylon and the Perisphere on these postcard drawings were actually built .  The fair was “Building the World of Tomorrow”. Even better the guy that sold them to me was a young child and saw these very buildings at the fair himself!

Read more on the World Trade Fair here:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/display/39wf/frame.htm

Night Visual of The Skylon and Perisphere of the New York World Fair of 1939
Night Visual of The Trylon and Perisphere of the New York World Fair of 1939

What do you collect and why I’d love to hear from you – please post pictures of things you have collected to my facebook page here http://www.facebook/spinriverdesign