WEBVTT - Feng Shui 101 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.600 I've always thought of functional as like just in my home, 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:10.280 but then I know that also your work space is 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:14.760 important to have like everything situated. One of the main 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:19.720 benefits of function is having a home or space that 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.680 supports you rather than one that creates more obstacles for you. 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:27.319 As far as colors in the home, is it better 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:31.520 to have more neutral colors brighter colors? That depends on 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:34.240 what kind of energy you want to bring into your home. 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.000 What up, y'all? Happy Monday and welcome to another episode 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:44.280 of chick Ease and Chill. I'm your host, cheek Ease, 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.200 and today we have an episode that's going to help 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.320 you create a better living space. If you didn't know, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.959 I recently moved, so I've been organizing and rearranging furniture. 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.000 I think I've been doing a pretty good job. But 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:58.080 there's always room for improvement, which is why we're going 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.639 to be talking about functuate to day. Oh my god, 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.279 I love functuate. So let's get right into this episode 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:12.560 of Cheeks and Chill. So what exactly is functually? That's 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.959 a great question, and we have a wonderful and the 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.560 perfect guest to answer this question. I think there are 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:19.880 a lot of definitions floating around, so let's get straight 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.600 to the expert to find out what it is exactly. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.160 Our guest today is Angie Cho. She's a New York 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.880 based functually expert and architect. She's a co founder of 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.440 the Mindful Design School, which is a functional a school. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.080 She's also the co host of the Holistic Space podcast. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:37.399 Hi Angie, it's so great to have you. How are you. 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:41.319 I'm good. How are you? I'm good? Thank you for 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.160 being here with us, being on my podcast. I am 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.240 very very curious. See, the thing is, I've heard about 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.840 functually and I kind of know what it is, but 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.480 thank goodness for you, because, like you are a professional 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.160 at this, So can you explain to me and to 0:01:56.600 --> 0:02:00.800 the people that are listening, like, what is functually exactly? Sure? So, 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:05.920 functual is a Chinese philosophy and it's a way of 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.920 looking at your space and your environment. And the words 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:14.280 functuy literally translate to wind and water. So if you 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.560 think about that, wind is like your breath and water, 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.080 you know, we need to be hydrated, and so those 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.080 are the two basic elements that humans need to thrive, 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.919 and it connects us to the natural world, So functual 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:33.960 as a way of looking at our environment specifically, like 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.480 our homes are built, environments are spaces, and seeing how 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:42.720 we can position ourselves to take advantage of things and 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.240 to be in the best place that we can be 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.440 in our homes and in our lives. What are the 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:52.600 benefits of functually? I think um one of the main 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:57.520 benefits of functualit is having a home or space that 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:01.520 supports you rather than one that creates or obstacles for you, 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.840 that makes things more difficult, makes you frustrated. Because I'm 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.600 sure everyone's been in a place or lived in a 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.800 home where they just felt bad all the time, or 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.800 they just like, we're stressed out by the home and 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:18.200 it made them unhappy. So if you can set up 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.400 your home so that it's supportive, that it creates a 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.440 place that you can rest, Like even the basic things 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.519 like if you like live in a place that's hard 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:30.480 to get, like your friends have a hard time finding it, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.960 or your neighbors are really loud, all those things come 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.280 into play with your well being. So okay, yeah, because 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.080 I've always thought a functually as like just in my home, 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:44.240 but then I know that also your workspace is important 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.240 to have like everything situated. So so does it have 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:51.160 to do with like furniture are for instance, like wall 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.360 decre like with everything, or is it just more furniture. 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:58.280 It's everything, It's not necessarily furniture or wall decore, but 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.280 it can include that it's your environment and it doesn't 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:03.760 have to be just your home. It can be your workspace. 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.360 Functually was originally developed actually to locate the grave sites 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.280 of your ancestors. So looking at like the most optimal 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:16.320 placement for anything that we have, like so our homes 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.159 are workspace is anything that we build on the earth. 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.480 And it doesn't have to be a calm energy can 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.240 be whatever energy you need. So maybe if it's a 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.400 glam room that you need to get ready, and maybe 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.719 you don't want it to be calm and sleepy, but 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.200 in a bedroom you would want it to be calm 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:36.760 and sleepy. But maybe in your office you also don't 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.560 want to be sleepy. In your office you want to 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.400 be more active. So depending on the function of the room, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.599 like functionally looks at the practical aspect of what is 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.520 happening in the space, and then you look a little 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.400 deeper at that and see how that affects you, what 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.599 it symbolizes, and how you can shift it to be 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:59.640 more aware or more mindful of what's happening in that space. Okay, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.600 So basically you yourself me, I would set the intention 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.320 in that room as to what benefits I want to 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:10.080 get from it, right, Yeah, you can also do that too, Okay, 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.200 So explain to me, for instance, my office obviously, because 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:15.840 it's it's an important place, how would I even start 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:19.520 to just get the function a going in there? So 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.840 with your office, there's a few things that you want 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.200 to look at functual wise, and one is like, what's 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.080 the purpose of the office. So say it's your main 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.760 home office or your main office that you're you're spending 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:37.760 time in, and you want to be focused probably, right, 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.240 you want to be generally in general people want to 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.760 be focused, they want to get things done creative, and 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.360 you don't necessarily want to be there all day either, right, 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.600 So you want to pay attention to what you're looking 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.520 at and what you are facing while you're working, while 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.719 you're at your desk, So like, are you looking out 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.040 the window or so if you look out the window, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.479 maybe your energy isn't with what you're working on but 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.040 your kind of daydreaming will kick out the window and 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.599 then you sit there like all day and you don't 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.360 get anything done. Or if you're looking at your kitchen 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.160 all the time, maybe you just get up and go 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:16.040 eat a lot because you're staring at your your refrigerator, 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.720 or if you're looking at your bed, you're kind of 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:23.239 thinking about like sleeping, or like your work life balance 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:25.360 is not so good because also when you're in bed, 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.480 in your office is in your bedroom, it's so much 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.200 easier to just get up and say, Okay, I'm just 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:33.720 gonna write that email really quick. Or you're always thinking 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.279 about work that's right in front of you, okay, because 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.960 right now my desk, I have an L shaped desk 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.760 and my back is to the wall and the windows 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.800 behind me. That's good, okay perfect. I was gonna ask 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.680 you that because in my mind, I thought, well, maybe 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:49.920 I should have it where I'm looking out. But now 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:51.920 now that you're saying that that makes sense. It's like 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.280 I could just focus on what I'm doing. And it's 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.919 crazy because I just recently moved everything in my office 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:59.480 because I felt like it was off, and I'm like, okay, wait, 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:01.480 I need to move this. So I moved my desk 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.440 where I'm facing the door, but my back is protected. 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:05.640 I kind of feel like I want my back to 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.880 be protected, and I feel like I've been able to 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:11.320 focus more so. In every other office that I've had, 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:14.920 I'm always facing a window, and it's because I love 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.880 natural light. But in this one, in my home office, 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:20.160 I don't know if I feel like I go in 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:21.800 there and I do my work and I and I 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.240 get out, you know what I mean, which is generally 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.400 what we want. I don't want to be there all 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.040 day and on my walls. Right now, I have the 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:32.120 name of my podcast in an led like sort of 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.480 like lamping, and it's you know, chickens and chill, and 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:38.160 then generally everything is pretty clean. I just have like 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.160 the pictures of my mom and like some of my accomplishments. 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.920 Like that's good, right, Yeah, that's really great to have 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.400 In the signage of your podcast is are you looking 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.000 at that? I'm not it's behind me? Should I be 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.680 looking at it? Actually? Behind you? Is good? Because well, 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.800 first of all, having your desk position so you can 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.320 see the door is really good, and having a wall 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:01.800 behind you because that's supportive and um, if it's behind you, 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.880 it's good in the sense that your podcast is there 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.440 to support you. It's it's holding you up, it's supporting you, 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.640 it has your back in a sense, and so that's 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.720 really positive. And pictures of your mom is good because 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.920 maybe she's an inspirational person to you. Very Yes, so 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.480 those are all great things. What else did you say there? 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:23.800 You know, I have like magazines where I've been like 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.880 the front cover. I have like just accomplishments, like little 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.400 awards that I've that I've Yes, that's really great to 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.160 have because all of those things really support your work. Like, 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:37.040 for instance, they say that like some celebrities they get 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.480 on a treadmill and they kind of run towards like 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.840 what they want, like an an oscar or something, and 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.280 so it's like you're moving towards what you want. So 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:49.960 you could also have something that you're facing that constantly 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:53.960 reminds you of your goals and aspirations. Okay, so this 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:55.840 is my next question. I'm so glad you said that 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.960 because I have my vision board. I did a vision 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.440 board this February and I have it in my closet 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.680 right now. Should I move it to my office? Well, so, 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.960 closets and functional represent things that are even if it's 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:12.160 like a big walking closet, it's something that's a little 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.400 bit hidden in private, like someone visiting you or guests 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.800 wouldn't necessarily go into your closet, right, just someone that 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.320 is very close to It's really private. And so the 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.960 vision board is great, but maybe created that with some 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.480 personal things in mind. But if you do put it 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.640 out somewhere that you can see, it will kind of 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:36.480 step it up to making it manifest more outwardly in 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:40.679 the outward world. Oh okay, perfect. I did have another 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:44.640 question because I don't have any natural plants in my office. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.280 I have they just gave me for my birthday, um, 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.959 a fake plant, which is really cute. So that's one 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.280 question the plants. Should they be fake or real? And 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:57.479 then I also put a Buddha fountain that's flowing constantly 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.520 in the office. What do you feel or what do 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.559 you think about that? As far as functually goes, So, 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:06.240 plants are great. Ideally you want a living plant if 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.400 you can manage it. If someone has, say like a 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:14.120 vacation home or someplace that they're not in, often it 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.720 would make more sense to have a fake plant. But 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:19.880 if you do have a fake plant, it should be 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:23.920 like so realistic that you would go up to it 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.040 and touch it. So ideally, you want to have something 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:31.640 that's living and growing because it actually has more life 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:36.160 energy and it asks something of you, right, whereas a 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:40.080 fake plant is kind of like a dust collector. If 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.960 you can, you should go for the real thing, just 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.360 like you know, you would want like a real friend 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.920 in your life, not a fake friend, right, So you 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.000 want to have something that's very authentic. And I think 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.040 that you're absolutely right, Like that's a great way to 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:54.600 look at it. Do I want real friends or fake 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:57.880 friends exactly? Of course? And we water the plant, you know, 0:10:57.920 --> 0:10:59.280 And I talked to my plants. I have a lot 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.360 of real it. I believe a lot in real plants 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.200 all over my house. This is the first big plant 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:04.760 that they gave me, and I thought, okay, it's perfect 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.240 for my office, but maybe I'll move it. But yeah, 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:09.320 you're right, they do as something of you they want, 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.280 you know. I talk to them. I put on music, 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.880 classical music for my plans, and I water them, and 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:15.520 you know what I mean, Like I just feel like 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.360 they're living and they're growing, So it makes so much sense, 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.080 Like do you want a friend or people to support you, 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.880 or a partner that you're interacting with, or do you 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.520 want something that just doesn't move and just will look 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:31.000 pretty right? Yeah, oh my gosh, Okay see okay, So 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.960 now as far as the fountains, I have a fountain 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.560 outside my home, I have a Buddha fountain, and then 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.640 I have a little Buddha fountain inside the office, and 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.360 then one in my living room in the entrance. Okay. 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.640 So in functually, like water is one of the five elements, 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:51.600 and water can also represent wealth and prosperity. And you know, 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:55.120 just like if you try to hold water in your hands, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.040 what happens. It starts, yeah, going through your fingers, It 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.240 starts pouring a half for an hour. Yes, So just 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.000 like with money too, if you try to hold onto it, 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.000 you only have that and it's slowly come trickles out 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:09.320 of your hands. But if you're giving away money, if 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:13.000 you're spending money, if you're investing in good things in 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.800 the world, it'll all come back to you. So water 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:20.000 represents this movement. And and you talked about things being stagnant, 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.120 it's not when you have stagnant water it starts to 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:27.160 smell bad, it's no longer healthy. So you want to 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:32.160 have moving water like a fountain, to represent bringing in 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:36.200 fresh energy, fresh cheat which is life force energy, to 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:41.079 bring in more abundance and bring in more prosperity, because 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:45.520 we as humans really need water, right, and we need 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.760 fresh water. So if you have like a fountain in 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:52.000 the front of your house or like the living room one, 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.160 or outside of your house, ideally you want to have 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:59.480 the flow going towards your home. It's not the money. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.640 Isn't flow going away, so Buddha might maybe it goes 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.280 up and out. Yeah, it goes out of the head 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.760 and then down. Yeah, So that's kind of neutral. But 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.200 if you wanted to get one that was directional, then 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.200 you would want to have it directed towards the house 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.640 because the ideas you want the water to float towards 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:25.760 you and not away from you. Now, as far as 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.280 colors in the home, I I love I believe a 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.120 lot of also in colors, even the colors that we wear. 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.679 But in the home, is it better to have more 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:38.440 neutral colors brighter colors? Well, that also depends on what 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.360 kind of energy you you want to bring into your home. 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.720 So I always ask people to like, what is like, 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:48.439 what's your favorite color? My favorite color? Oh, it changes 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:53.720 right now, I have to say it's purple. So you 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.320 can have like you can bring in color and small 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.000 ways like with accents and have purple around you. But 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:02.360 there's also different tone to purple. Right, Purples a color 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:06.880 that invites in abundance and prosperity, but also like self 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:11.800 worth and confidence, and it's very like elegant, and so 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.839 having that in your like splashes of that in your 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.720 bedroom could really support all those qualities in your in 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.960 your office. To Actually, purple works in a lot of 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.200 ways because purple is red and blue, so it's kind 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:28.120 of a mix of red, which is fire energy, and blue, 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.040 which is wood energy. The fire is kind of obvious, 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:36.080 it's like passion, inspiration and being seen in visibility and 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:41.400 being recognized and recognition, where the wood energy is growth 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:46.120 and transformation and movement and new beginnings and things starting, 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.640 just like the energy of spring or when um like 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:54.040 a seed is opening up and becoming a tree. So 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.000 having those things together is a really great color. So 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:01.200 maybe you know there might be reasons why you're your color. 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.240 Your favorite color changes depending on what you need, but 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.240 like in general, like for your bedroom, sometimes you want 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:10.080 to avoid like very active colors, like a lot of 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:15.240 red is maybe too stimulating and distracting. And sometimes like 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.880 people have like black bedrooms because that's getting kind of 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.400 popular now, but that can be difficult if you're depressed, 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:25.920 because it makes you more depressed. Okay, So black black, 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.480 I mean I wear a lot of black. Is that 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.240 necessarily necessarily bad? But what do you feel about the 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.480 color black? I mean I wear a lot of black too. 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.760 I like black, but but it's different when it's on 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.280 your walls, like when it's on your environment, because usually 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.480 when you wear it, you're not you can't even you 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:44.680 don't look like see yourself. So black is related to 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:48.600 wisdom and water energy, but it can also lead to 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.720 depression if if you're already prone to it. So I've 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.480 noticed some people, like a couple of my students right now, 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.960 have black in their bedroom and they both have problems 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:02.040 with depression. So I had to say, like, babe, you 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.520 need to change your wall color. But if someone doesn't 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:09.440 have any problems with depression, then black could be okay. Okay, 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.960 And what about neon? Those are just more active colors 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.440 that you would call them right, like just brighter, which 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:18.360 means yeah, so brighter, or more bold colors or more 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.840 primary colors, so like, for instance, neon colors. If you 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.400 had that in your bedroom, especially if you had insomnia, 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.560 maybe not a great thing because it's very stimulating, but 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.720 it's more appropriate like in your office, like you said, 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.760 like a lit up sign. And one time I had 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.600 a client put one right at their front door to 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:40.640 bring in more more energy because the front door represents 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.920 how energy comes to you. It's like your connection to 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.080 the world. So I really wanted to get her to 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:51.440 bring in more energy from the outside world. Okay, now 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.640 that you're you're talking about that reminds me because when 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.760 I had a salon, someone had told me that it 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.720 was good to put a mirror right in the interest. 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:02.160 When they walked in and they said it was good 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.000 for the functional I was like, okay, I just did it. 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:07.600 But what do you think about that? There's different ways 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.240 of thinking about mirrors, because there's dozens of schools of 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.560 functional and some of them say the mirror in front 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:16.600 of the door is not good because it pushes the 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:19.960 energy back out. Well, let me tell you I did 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:23.159 not do well they're financially So that's why I was like, 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.160 let me ask, because it was a big as mirror 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.560 that they made me by, and I listened, and I 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.840 wish I would have it was it did not do 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.080 well financially, it was not it wasn't fluent well I mean, 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:37.240 but actually the functionary practice, it's okay to have the 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.600 mirror across the door, but it depends on what it's reflecting. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.560 I see, okay. And now talking about people that are, 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.600 you know, purchasing new homes or moving into new apartments, 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.440 what do you suggest that they avoid when they're looking, 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:55.480 you know, or either looking or moving into a new place. 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.920 I would say the number one thing is to make 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.840 sure that you pay attention to your first experience of 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:08.880 the space, especially if you're an adult and you're you're 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.560 not like retired or something, but because if you're retired, 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.679 it's a little bit different. And I'll explain in a second, 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.520 But on your way to see the house or the home, 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.639 did you get lost or is it really hard to 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:25.480 find the front door, or did you like have some 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:30.440 kind of negative omen or like just paying attention because 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:34.720 that can represent how the energy comes to you. If 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.159 you live in that home. So like, if you have 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:43.119 problems finding the home, then opportunities and energy good energy 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:47.960 will have difficulty finding you too, so that trickles down. 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:51.679 But if you're if you're older and retired, maybe that's okay. 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:53.600 You want to kind of stay hidden, you don't want 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.800 people to find you. But in general, most people want 0:18:56.880 --> 0:19:00.440 like opportunities coming to them. They want to meet new 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:04.080 people or maybe meet a partner. And so if the 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.440 front door is really hard to find, or the doorbell 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:09.760 doesn't work, or like there's no number on the door, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.960 or the house all of those things, if you can't 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.919 find the house, then how is like your future partner 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.080 going to find you, or how is like that amazing 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:23.480 job opportunity going to find you if you can't even 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.280 find it easily. So then from true has a lot 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:28.639 to do with like the intentions you set forward, what 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:30.560 you're looking for in your life. I mean, like you said, 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:32.479 an older person, if they're looking where they don't want 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:36.960 to be found, then it's okay because that's what they want. Okay, perfect. 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:38.919 I mean I had some idea and I feel like 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.240 my inner self knows a lot of this, But now 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.800 I'm so glad that I'm asking you all these questions. 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:46.840 I feel like it makes more sense all around. Well 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:50.919 if your intuition and your common sense really play a 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.879 great part in it, and also a lot of it 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:57.880 is common sense. Okay, as far as beds, I once 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:01.240 heard that having your bed or your feet when you're asleep, 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:04.040 when you're lying down on your bed facing a doorway, 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:07.720 is not good. So ever, since I heard that years ago, 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:11.040 I said, Okay, I've always placed my bed where it's 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:13.600 completely my feet are away from the doorway. Does it 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:16.840 have to do with functual at all? Yeah, So you 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.360 know how you talked about having your desks so your 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:21.040 back is up against the wall and you can see 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:24.240 the door. So that's called the commanding position, and you 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:28.080 also want to have that for your bed too, if possible. Um, 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.360 it's really important for your bed actually, So you don't 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:33.479 want to be position so that, yes, your feet are 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:36.000 pointing straight out the door, or that the doors to 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:39.160 your back or behind you. You want to be able 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:41.600 to lay in bed and like lean up against your 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.680 headboard and see the door without being directly in line 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.280 with the door, so you're kind of diagonal that way, 0:20:47.320 --> 0:20:51.680 you can see all of the energy coming towards you 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:55.720 can see all your opportunities and you're not surprised while 0:20:55.760 --> 0:21:00.119 you're sleeping and you're in a safer position. NA, So 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:05.439 I'm good. My bed is good. Good, My position is great. Okay. 0:21:05.520 --> 0:21:08.080 Now as far as your bed being high or low, 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:11.639 does that have anything to do? Yeah, you probably wanted 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:14.880 higher rather than low, because again, like when things are 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:17.439 too low, it causes more depression. So it depends. If 0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:20.719 you're totally okay with you know, you're not depressed at all. 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:24.160 But when if you have a tendency towards the depression 0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:27.560 and you have a very low bed, it's like it's 0:21:27.600 --> 0:21:29.680 so hard to get up, you know, and you can 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:32.439 just like roll off your bed into onto the floor. 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:36.080 And when you're up higher or in a normal height bed, 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:39.160 you feel more uplifted and it could help raise your 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:42.480 energy levels in your mood. Oh my gosh, it's I'm 0:21:42.480 --> 0:21:45.400 going to tell my brother this because Johnny, he lives 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:47.200 here with me. His his name is Johnny, my little brother. 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:49.280