Feng Shui literally translates as wind and water.  
 
Water is the seen, our physical environment and the wind is the unseen, internal environment. We see the effect of the wind as ripples across the surface of the water.  
 
Feng Shui suggests that adjustments in our physical surroundings, the seen which may be quite subtle can cause profound changes in our life experience, the unseen.  
 
We liken this to the effect of a small pebble dropped into a lake, water is displaced which we see as the ripples across the surface. Even when those ripples are no longer apparent to the human eye, they continue out unseen to the edge of the lake and into the earth.  
 
Feng Shui was developed over 3000 years ago in China. There are two principle schools of Feng Shui thought, Form School and Compass School. Form school developed where there is form and shape to the land, Mountains, Valleys, Lakes, Streams and Rivers. It considered positioning based on the lay of the land, elevated for breezes but close to a water source for drinking and bathing. Compass School developed in the plains of China where very little form exists. It took Form school knowledge and refined it according to direction such as the rising and setting of the sun and has been refined to observations based on a person's date of birth.  
 
I refer to Feng Shui as "Earth Wisdom", principles practiced by people of all cultures everywhere in the world. We explore the application of some of those principles to modern buildings and their locations.  
 
In particular we consider the flow of energy known as "Chi", the Classic Configuration, the Foundation Principles and the 3 core concepts. We will also examine the Bangui and explore the 5 elements and the elemental cycles, discovering how the application of these principles can be successfully applied to make our lives enjoyable, safer and more efficient.