Episode 113: Feng Shui 101: Follow the Qi

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EPISODE 113: FENG SHUI 101: FOLLOW THE QI

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Today’s Feng Shui 101 episode is all about qi: what it is, how we work with it as practitioners, and why it’s such an important and foundational concept in feng shui.

We cover:

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Episode 112: Wood Element with Dr Tamsin Lee

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EPISODE 112: WOOD ELEMENT WITH DR TAMSIN LEE

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Photo by Mirko Blicke on Unsplash

We’re so excited to welcome Dr Tamsin Lee to the Holistic Spaces podcast! We’ve been following and admiring Tamsin and her work for a while, and we loved talking to her in this episode all about the wood element.

We cover:

  • How studying East Asian practices re-connected Tamsin to her cultural heritage and family lineage

  • The importance of spiritual and energetic practices like feng shui, face reading, and divination

  • Why it’s important to take care of your own energy before trying to help others

  • The connection between spring and the wood element

  • Why it’s a good thing to feel angry in the spring

  • How nature can guide us in shifting our lifestyles throughout the year

  • Anjie’s experience of seasonal changes in ikebana and Japanese tea ceremony

  • What we each do to connect to the wood element in the spring

  • What the energy of spring and the wood element feels like

  • What a wood imbalance can look like

  • Why it’s a good idea to dance around your house and move your hips this time of year!

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Dr Tamsin Lee

Bio: Tamsin Lee, DAOM, AEMP is an East Asian medicine doctor community researcher and Daoist face reader. She is the founder of Elemental Archetypes — an online face reading consultation that weaves her family lineage of Korean face reading, and the Five seasonal phases to guide womxn to reclaim their beauty narrative.

Tamsin’s website: elementalarchetypes.com

Tamsin’s Instagram: @elementalarchetypes

Episode 059: Art in Everyday Life with Marcia Shibata

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EPISODE 059: Art in Everyday Life with Marcia Shibata

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I’m so excited to have Marcia Shibata, my wonderful Ikebana teacher, back on the podcast. Marcia joined us back in December of 2016(!) to discuss Ikebana, but for this week’s podcast, Marcia and I talk art in everyday life, or dharma art. We’ll discuss art through the western and Buddhist lenses, how to make art part of everyday life and how important it is to make space in our lives.

  • What is dharma art?

  • Western art and Buddhist art

  • Dharma though flower arranging

  • Inspiration for art

  • Competition in art

  • Creativity and making space

Thanks so much to Marcia for sharing her wisdom with us again!

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Marcia Wang Shibata is a Master Shambhala Kado/Ikebana Instructor within the Shambhala Buddhist community and co-founder the Shambhala Kado Ridgen School of Ikebana. She is a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Having studied and practiced in both a major classical and modern Ikebana school, she teaches from the view of nature’s innate wisdom and Buddhist/Shambhalian compassionate warriorship.

Ms Shibata was further bestowed the title of “Artist to the Kalapa Court” in autumn 2013 by Sakong Mipham Rinpoche. 

Episode 032: The Way of Flowers with Marcia Shibata

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THE WAY OF FLOWERS WITH MARCIA SHIBATA

Welcome back to the Holistic Spaces podcast! This is our next-to-last podcast this year, and we have such an amazing guest. Marcia Shibata is a Master Shambhala KADO instructor, classically trained in Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, and has studied with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in the Shambhala Buddhist community. She's also the co-founder of the Shambhala Kado School and is my spiritual mentor in addition to my KADO and Ikebana teacher. I'm so happy to welcome her insight around the path of flowers and bringing them into your holistic spaces.

  • What is KADO?

  • The meaning of "holistic"

  • Thich Nhat Hahn's "interconnectedness"

  • Our connection to nature

  • Flowers, "the jewels of the planet"

  • Flowers and your environment

  • Disposing of flowers

  • Bringing flowers into your space holistically and mindfully

Thank you so much, Marcia, for sharing your knowledge and advice for including flowers in our holistic spaces. I hope each of you will consider these ideas when choosing aspects of nature to add to your homes.

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Tune in after Christmas for our final 2016 podcast and tips for setting intentions for the new year!

Marcia Wang Shibata is a Master Shambhala Kado/Ikebana Instructor within the Shambhala Buddhist community and co-founder the Shambhala Kado Ridgen School of Ikebana. She is a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Having studied and practiced in both a major classical and modern Ikebana school, she teaches from the view of nature’s innate wisdom and Buddhist/Shambhalian compassionate warriorship.

Ms Shibata was further bestowed the title of “Artist to the Kalapa Court” in autumn 2013 by Sakong Mipham Rinpoche. 

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