A Guide to Creating Positive Energy with Your Tropical Garden
Watermark Publishing announces the release of Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens, the newest book by feng shui expert Clear Englebert. A nationally acclaimed feng shui teacher and consultant, Englebert presents a thorough guide to landscaping and maintaining your tropical garden to create positive energy in the home. The garden, he notes, is your first and best opportunity to invite good energy, balance your home in its surroundings and protect it from harsh or threatening energies. Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens—a lavish, full-color, 216-page book—provides simple, easy-to-implement solutions, from using a property’s natural features to selecting plants and where to locate them.
In Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens, a follow-up to his best-selling Feng Shui for Hawai‘i (Watermark Publishing, 2008), Englebert offers simple solutions to challenges like these and, unlike many other feng shui guides, provides more than one option for correcting a problem. “In and of itself, feng shui is not an aesthetic art,” he says. “An ugly presentation can still be technically correct from a feng shui standpoint. With this book, I hope to guide you in creating a beautiful and traditionally correct garden.”
Color photographs and easy-to-comprehend line drawings throughout the book illustrate key concepts. Detailed lists of plants suited for specific purposes (and appropriate to the tropical climate) are included, with example photographs of numerous specimens.
Clear Englebert has taught feng shui in Hawai‘i and California and consults on homes, gardens and commercial spaces throughout the Islands. He has been featured on television and in a variety of print media and has published two previous feng shui titles for a national audience, Feng Shui Demystified and Bedroom Feng Shui, in addition to Feng Shui for Hawai‘i, now going into its third printing.
Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens (ISBN 978-1-9356901-5-3) is priced at $22.95 in soft cover and will be available in mid-February at bookstores, online booksellers or direct from the publisher at www.bookshawaii.net.
[gn_divider]Book Signing & Class Schedule:
Book Signings (each includes a brief presentation and Q&A session)
Sat., Feb. 18, 11am – noon, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall, (808) 737-3323
Mon., Feb. 20, 11am – 1pm, Dragon Gate Bookstore, Chinese Cultural Plaza, 100 N. Beretania, (808) 533-7147
Sat., Feb. 25, 11am – noon, Barnes & Noble, Ala Moana, (808) 949-7307
Free Library Talks
Talks will focus on exterior uses of feng shui. Plant selection and placement will also be covered. 30% of each purchase of Feng Shui for Hawai‘i Gardens sold at these events will be donated to the Friends of the Library.
Tues., Feb. 21, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Liliha Library, (808) 587-7577
Wed., Feb. 22, 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Waimanalo Library, (808) 259-2610
Thurs., Feb. 23, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, Salt Lake Library, (808) 831-6831
Sat., Feb. 25, 3:30pm – 4:30pm, Aina Haina Library, (808) 377-2456
Sun., Feb. 26, 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Pearl City Library, (808) 453-6566
Intensive Feng Shui Classes
Each class lasts three hours and costs $30. No pre-registration required. $20 refund issued at the last class for any student who attends all four. Classes will be held in the Hukilau Private Meeting Room, Executive Centre Hotel, 1088 Bishop Street (Ewa/makai corner of Bishop and Hotel). Validated parking.
Introduction to the Feng Shui Bagua | Sat., Feb. 18, 6pm – 9pm
Explains the Bagua map, a nine-area grid that lies over the floor plan, identifying the Wealth and Relationship areas, which are briefly touched on during this class and covered in depth during the next class. Additional topics: Yin and Yang; the Five Elements and their application to furnishings; the power of color.
Wealth & Relationship: The Two Power Corners | Sun., Feb. 19, 1pm – 3pm
A continuation of the previous class, but can be attended separately. The class focuses on the two important back corners of a room or home. General feng shui tips on harmony and prosperity are included.
Interior Chi Flow | Fri., Feb. 24, 6pm – 9pm
Introduces Chi energy, the most basic feng shui concept. Explains how to maximize Chi’s beneficial flow and retain it. The importance of doors and windows is stressed, as well as how to use feng shui cures. Additional topics: locating the powerful spots within a room; countering harsh energy within the home, such as open beams and ceiling fans; furniture selection and placement.
Garden Feng Shui | Sat., 25, 6pm – 9pm
Using your garden to attract energy to your property. The importance of the approach to the home is stressed. Topics covered include: positioning a home correctly in the landscape; identifying negative energy from neighboring structures and how to deflect it; harmonizing your home with the surrounding landform; the four archetypal energies; mauka/makai orientations.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Digital Media Kit
Event Schedule
Clear Englebert’s website: www.fungshway.com
*Source: Watermark Publishing press release
