That's space, Julia.

Hi, everyone.

It's Sam.

Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Wednesday.

I was recently in the Sonora Desert in Arizona where I attended a workshop on Feng Shui.

If you don't know, Feng Shui is a system of organization and an art to placing objects

in a way that promotes harmony in your home and in your life.

It's really about what our environment reflects back to us.

The rooms of our home all tell a story.

And since we wake up to the same room day after day, this story is retold to us constantly.

Today I'm going to talk a little bit about Feng Shui and share some of the things that

I learned and benefited from with this practice.

Since this workshop, I have been tending to our house a little more carefully.

I spend time noticing details and then decluttering small spaces when I have a spare moment.

Because I know that decluttering is key to the story of our house reflecting peace.

One of the principles of Feng Shui that connects beautifully to mindfulness is the idea of

keeping all spaces in our home about 50% empty.

And this tells the story that we're open to receiving more, that there's space for new

people, experiences and knowledge to come into our lives.

Essentially, this reflects what we do when we meditate.

When we meditate, we're making space, we're inviting creative ideas, new experiences

and relationships to enter our lives by digesting what we've been thinking about and experiencing

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