Kirsten M. Lagatree
Venolia, Carol
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by SH The physical environments we live, work and play in have a direct, but often unrecognized, effect on the harmony of our lives. Becoming aware of our interactions with these spaces and making changes to improve them can help create balance and emotional well-being. Healing Environments provides ways in which to reconfigure our lifestyles and surroundings that will enhance our lives and spiritual beings. For instance, adding accents of silver, the color of the moon, can aid creativity, soothe emotions and soften the ambience in our surroundings. An architect by profession, Carol Venolia guides us beyond the structural dimensions and into the sensorial realms of the spaces we inhabit. This book is presented as a way to get to know ourselves and evaluate our environments, as well as to teach us how the components of color, sound, temperature, light, arrangement and texture can be cultivated to create a healthier and more fufilling existence. Excerpted from Healing Environments by Carol Venolia (as appears in The WomanSource Catalog & Review). Copyright(c) 1988. Reprinted by permission, all rights reserved A friend of mine found another way to change his environment via his perceptions. His heart was in the Sierras, but his work was in San Francisco. He made his peace with the city by knowing the origins of its parts: the granite veneer on his high-rise office building was quarried in the mountains; his drinking water came from the snowfall of the Sierra Nevada; his Victorian row-house was built from the redwood forests; the sun that shone on him also irritating, but necessary requirements for... read more
McClintock, Mike
From Library Journal McClintock's newest book is a collection of his columns from the Washington Post. Covering everything from air-conditioning to zoning, the two- to four-page treatments are arranged in calendar format. However, outside of June's "Summer Cooling" and December's "Dealing with Cold Weather," this attempt to order the material works marginally at best. Although they are too short to provide in-depth information, the entries are sound and sensible enough to start readers thinking in the right direction. Punctuating each main article is a "Just Ask" Q & A box. As might be expected, the material has a random and rather disposable quality to it. Libraries should judge their need accordingly. Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll. Lib., Dryden, N.Y. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Prowler, Donald
Bibliography: p. 259-267. Includes index.
Gill Hale
Cox, Kathleen
Amazon.com Much like the Chinese feng shui, Indian vastu is an ancient practice of spiritual philosophy and science. By analyzing the orientation of your home and placing your furnishings in an arrangement that best fits your constitution, you can introduce more harmony and tranquility to your life. Vastu Living is designed to help you discover which primary element you most identify with (fire, air, earth, or water) and to create a living or working space that will both inspire and calm you. Author Kathleen Cox, a longtime proponent of vastu and an expert on Indian culture, says "an orderly and harmonious space leads to an orderly and harmonious inner life, which is so necessary for the good health of the body, mind, and soul--and by extension, of everything that exists around us." In the first half of the book, Cox explains the key concepts of vastu, including descriptions of Indian deities, the elements from which the universe was created, and the positive and negative forces that are in everyone's lives. "Unless our home is conducive to inward thinking," Cox says, "we can never really find an everlasting inner peace." The second half of the book tackles the practicalities of applying vastu to your home and office. Diagrams are included to help you map your space and to consider how to rearrange your furniture (or even swap entire rooms) for an optimal flow of energy and a content soul. Cox quietly and convincingly champions this blend of spirituality and efficiency. Well written and thoughtful, Vastu Living is an excellent introduction to millenniums-old Indian wisdom. --Dana Van Nest From Library Journal Vastu, based on the Hindu Veda texts, is the ancient Hindu system for "organizing the spaces in which we live and work for optimum harmony"Da system from which Feng Shui is often said to derive. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part explaining the principles that make up Vastu and the second describing how to incorporate its principles to create a harmonious environment in the home or office. Purchase if there is an interest in a holistic, spiritual approach to interior design.... read more Book Description Vastu-the ancient Hindu science of design and architecture-is widely practiced in India, where it originated thousands of years ago during the flourishing Vedic civilization. Now, in Vastu Living, veteran journalist and India expert Kathleen Cox has written the first general introduction for Western readers to all aspects of vastu, arguably the world's oldest holistic discipline-one that compellingly marries the scientific and the spiritual realms.
Collins, Terah Kathryn
Midwest Book Review For thousands of years, the Chinese have used the teachings of Feng Shui to enhance their lives. Now, these powerful principles are translated into a practical and thought-provoking guide for people in the Western world. Kathryn Collins is an instructor in Feng Shui and she explains why the arrangement of your home and workplace affects every aspect of your life, including your relationships, your heath, and your finances. She takes you on a step-by-step journey through your own home and office, opening your "Feng Shui eyes" to see the problems (and the solutions) in your physical world. The Western Guide To Feng Shui is a fascinating collection of many stories about the positive changes that have occurred in people's lives after making Feng Shui adjustments. The Western Guide To Feng Shui is highly recommended for all metaphysical reference book collections. Ingram Feng Shui teacher Terah Kathryn explains why the arrangement of readers' homes and workplaces affects every aspect of their lives, including relationships, health, and finances. This informative text takes readers on a step-by-step journey through their home and office, opening their "Feng Shui eyes" to see the problems and the solutions in their environment.