It started like any other dream. Hazy focus on a place that I recognized as an abandoned industrial complex. Nothing but concrete and steel all around. I was with a few friends, just talking. Then we went into water that was in a concrete channel, as if it were a river. We dipped underneath and […]
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Five Tips to Bring Nature into Your Home
A really interesting house trend to watch is called biophilic design. Biophilic design has been around for a couple of decades, but has grown in popularity so much in this past year because it’s all about our affinity to nature and our love of living things. And since the pandemic lockdown in 2020, with lots […]
Nature Helps Us Heal
Our human wellbeing is directly linked to the wellbeing of this planet. This isn’t some crazy, far-fetched idea. In fact, it’s pretty logical and I don’t believe anyone would contest it. It seems pretty reasonable, that if our planet is trashed, so we will be, too. The sad thing is that our modern culture has […]
Feng Shui and Biophilic Design
What is biophilic design and feng shui? Feng shui is an intuitive art developed thousands of years ago from the observation of nature, common sense and gut instincts. It was designed primarily to locate the best land for building, and we believe it was first used to site ancestral burial grounds. Feng shui is a […]
Peace Out, Negative Energy. How You Can Organize Your Home For Well-Being.
Originally appeared in mindbodygreen. During my workday, I sit inside at a computer to write, research, and connect with people. But I always need those daily breaks to walk outside, breathe the fresh air, feel the sunlight on my skin, and appreciate life. Sound like you, too? This attraction to the outdoors has a name: […]
How to Create a Feng Shui Moss Garden
For all of you who are “plant-killers” (and, egads, there are quite a few of you!) I stumbled upon this wonderful idea to help bring life and greenery into your space: indoor moss gardens. What I love about these gardens is that they are easy to make, easy to care for and downright cheap! In […]