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Flip the Script: Practices for Housing

Andrea Hylen
5 min readFeb 10, 2024

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Day Seventy-seven

Practices for Housing

“A luminous space is a place that is restorative and nurturing. It is a place that emits a light from within. It’s a place that feels like home and is secure and safe. It is a place you have affection for. It’s playful and inspirational as well as a place where you can breathe and expand your vision. A luminous space is full of vitality and life. A luminous space supports you in achieving your highest goals and igniting your personal power.” ~Maureen K. Calamia, Creating Luminous Spaces: Use the Five Elements for Balance and Harmony in Your Home and in Your Life

Let’s begin with Feng Shui:

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese art of arranging buildings, objects, and space in an environment to achieve harmony and balance. Feng shui means “the way of wind and water.” It has roots in early Taoism but is still popular today, having spread throughout China and even to Western cultures. ~National Geographic Society

Feng Shui is based on the belief that you can arrange your space with objects to allow for flow of chi, energy, and that will support love, career, relationships and more.

One of my favorite books on Feng Shui is The Western Guide to Feng Shui by Terah Kathryn Collins. Her book takes an ancient practice and…

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Andrea Hylen
Andrea Hylen

Written by Andrea Hylen

Founder of Heal My Voice and The Incubator. Life Scientist. Live house-free. Widow. Mom of Adult Daughters. Grief. Writing Sexuality. Evolutionary Woman

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