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My New Best Friend: Feng Shui, My Way
By Veronica Chambers
Then she went through each room and carefully assessed the layout. She didn’t use a grid — because that’s not the type of feng shui she does. Her style is more about positioning of what’s already there, a spiritually minded interior decorator.
She suggested we move our couch, which was against the window, to a solid wall so that we would have a “mountain energy” behind us. She said our bedroom had a very romantic, very sexy energy (which pleased my husband to no end, as he’s convinced that this assessment was made while Melani gazed lovingly at a picture of him). But when she asked us which side of the bed we slept on, we discovered that I was sleeping on the yang (masculine) side of the bed and Jason was sleeping on the yin (feminine) side. Turns out, we had been on the correct sides when we first moved in. But once the baby came, we switched sides so that Jason could be closer to the baby’s co-sleeper. Melani said this was common — we gravitate towards the more natural, balanced energy, and then we lose our way. She said that if we went back to the correct sides of the bed, Jason would feel more confident and I would feel more taken care of.
What about money? I asked. Is there a way to align our home so we can make a lot of money? (I didn’t mention the skirt from Prada’s spring collection that I was really lusting after and a surprise windfall would enable me to make the splurge.) Melani did suggest that one way to increase prosperity (besides cleaning out my entirely junky office) was to fix the broken things in the apartment. The hutch that held our wedding china was missing two knobs. Several of the doors in the apartment squeaked. “Squeaky doors aren’t good,” Melani said. “It sends a message to the subconscious that something is wrong. It causes you to question things that don’t need to be questioned.”
So my husband fixed the knobs on the hutch, we replaced the bulbs that had blown out in various rooms of the apartment, and we put some WD-40 on all the squeaky doors.
It’s only been a few weeks, but this is what I have to report: We love the new layout of our living room. Moreover, so do all of our friends and family. When people walk in, they say, “God, it looks great in here! What did you do?”
I haven’t had an influx of cash that would justify a trip to Prada, but money has been turning up in the most unusual of places. I found two small checks that I’d forgotten to deposit, then I got a residual check for an episode of a television show that I wrote many moons ago.
When I met with Melani, she said that there’s a Chinese expression that says, “What’s most important is how one moves forward in life. It’s less important where one is going.” And I can honestly say that I feel after my feng shui session that I’m moving forward in my life — with a desire to treasure all that I have, materially and emotionally, and a heart that is ready to receive even more.
For more information, contact Melani Lewandowski at 856-802-1988 or visit melanilewandowski.com. An initial, 3-4 hour consultation averages $700.
She suggested we move our couch, which was against the window, to a solid wall so that we would have a “mountain energy” behind us. She said our bedroom had a very romantic, very sexy energy (which pleased my husband to no end, as he’s convinced that this assessment was made while Melani gazed lovingly at a picture of him). But when she asked us which side of the bed we slept on, we discovered that I was sleeping on the yang (masculine) side of the bed and Jason was sleeping on the yin (feminine) side. Turns out, we had been on the correct sides when we first moved in. But once the baby came, we switched sides so that Jason could be closer to the baby’s co-sleeper. Melani said this was common — we gravitate towards the more natural, balanced energy, and then we lose our way. She said that if we went back to the correct sides of the bed, Jason would feel more confident and I would feel more taken care of.
What about money? I asked. Is there a way to align our home so we can make a lot of money? (I didn’t mention the skirt from Prada’s spring collection that I was really lusting after and a surprise windfall would enable me to make the splurge.) Melani did suggest that one way to increase prosperity (besides cleaning out my entirely junky office) was to fix the broken things in the apartment. The hutch that held our wedding china was missing two knobs. Several of the doors in the apartment squeaked. “Squeaky doors aren’t good,” Melani said. “It sends a message to the subconscious that something is wrong. It causes you to question things that don’t need to be questioned.”
So my husband fixed the knobs on the hutch, we replaced the bulbs that had blown out in various rooms of the apartment, and we put some WD-40 on all the squeaky doors.
It’s only been a few weeks, but this is what I have to report: We love the new layout of our living room. Moreover, so do all of our friends and family. When people walk in, they say, “God, it looks great in here! What did you do?”
I haven’t had an influx of cash that would justify a trip to Prada, but money has been turning up in the most unusual of places. I found two small checks that I’d forgotten to deposit, then I got a residual check for an episode of a television show that I wrote many moons ago.
When I met with Melani, she said that there’s a Chinese expression that says, “What’s most important is how one moves forward in life. It’s less important where one is going.” And I can honestly say that I feel after my feng shui session that I’m moving forward in my life — with a desire to treasure all that I have, materially and emotionally, and a heart that is ready to receive even more.
For more information, contact Melani Lewandowski at 856-802-1988 or visit melanilewandowski.com. An initial, 3-4 hour consultation averages $700.
Originally published in Philadelphia Home, Spring 2008
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