Episode 2

002 An Introduction to Feng Shui with Amanda Sophia, Founder of International Feng Shui School

Published on: 22nd March, 2022

In this episode, I talk with my Feng Shui teacher, Amanda Sophia, about her connection to China and how she found her way to Feng Shui. We also talk about our rituals: we recorded this episode at the beginning of February, which is the beginning of Imbolc in Ireland, where Amanda Sophia lives. She shares with us how she honors that time of year through sacred practices and rituals. Amanda Sophia also shares a few recommendations to help you shift your space and care better for yourself.

Amanda Sophia is a Feng Shui Master, a Celtic Priestess, and self-love guide. She is the founder of the International Feng Shui School and training program. Her sincere appreciation of community guided her to establish The Inner Circle, a Feng Shui membership site. She also founded the Priestess Awakening School, a year-long journey of the Celtic wheel that leads participants inward to discover, cultivate, and embody their authentic wisdom and power using ancient rituals.

Episode Highlights

07:02 - Explanation of Imbolc &  candle lighting

13:11 - What home is for Amanda Sophia & her connection to Ireland

17:18 - How Amanda Sophia come to Feng Shui and her connection to China

27:03 - How to start shifting energy in your space now

33:21 - Rituals Amanda is using now to connect back to herself

40:34 - Details about Amanda Sophia's programs and what she has coming up

46:14 - Card pull for this episode (from the Moon Void Tarot)

Featured in this Episode

Featured tea: Blue Chamomile from Paru Tea Bar.

Featured Tarot deck: The Moon Void Tarot by Stefani Caponi

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Website, where you can find more information about her courses and membership program.

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Rachel is a Mystic, Reiki Master, Tarot Reader, Feng Shui Practitioner, Energy Healer, and Holistic Interior Designer, whose intimate connection to her intuition and ancestral roots enabled her to rise above a challenging childhood and blossom into the powerful and impassioned healer she is today.

Committed to empowering others by teaching modalities that support connection to intuition, Rachel hosts workshops and retreats focused on the ancient practices of Feng Shui, Tarot, crystals, herbs and oils, ritual and ceremony, astrology and metaphysics — in addition to live and virtual new moon and full moon circles.

Rachel also lends her harmonious and balancing acumen to the creation of energetically aligned spaces through Holistic Interior Design. Since earning her Associates Degree and Certificate in Interior Design 2005, she has created and collaborated on a multitude of award-winning residential and commercial spaces, including Realm of the 52 Remedies (with Onairos Design), all while becoming certified in Classical Flying Stars Feng Shui through the International School of Feng Shui (2015), studying the practices of Land Healing, Ritual, and Ceremony under Amanda Sophia & Alex Stark in Ireland, and with "House Whisperer," Christian Kyriacou.
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