Episode 3

003 Feng Shui 101 with Rachel

Published on: 24th March, 2022

Following my conversation with my Feng Shui teacher Amanda Sophia in Episode 2, I’m diving a little deeper into Feng Shui with a 101 lesson. In this episode, I give an overview of the three principles of Feng Shui, the three different kinds of luck, the energy of the Chi, and the Bagua Map. I cover the nine areas of the map and their placement within your home. I also offer some of my tips for getting started with Feng Shui. I’ll get into more details about many of these topics in future episodes, so if this interests you, you will soon have a chance to learn more!

Episode Highlights

02:45 – Card pull from the Radiant Crystal Cards by Bouchette Design

05:01 – The meaning of Feng Shui

05:37 – The three principles of Feng Shui

06:07 – Feng Shui and shifting Chi

06:35 – The three different kinds of luck in Feng Shui

07:30 – A breakdown of the energy of Chi

08:15 – An overview of the elements

09:48 – The Bagua Map, the 9 areas, and their placements

14:11 – My recommendation if you want to get started with Feng Shui

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Featured tea: Earl Grey Lavender, Paru Tea Bar

Featured oracle deck: Radiant Crystal Cards by Bouchette Design

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Holistic Interior Design Podcast
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Welcome to The Holistic Interior Design Podcast — where your space becomes a tool for healing, alignment, and beauty.

I’m Rachel Larraine Crawford, your host, guide and interior designer. I work with conscious homeowners, wellness practitioners, and boutique hospitality brands to create intentional spaces that feel as good as they look.

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Rachel Crawford

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.
Rachel's work has been featured in several exhibitions, including KAABOO, a music, comedy, culinary and art festival held in Del Mar, CA, where as part of an experiential art installation by Carly Ealey and Madeleine Tonzi, she created a crystal grid below the piece, clearing the participating auras before entering the installation. Her designs have been published in San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, Modern Luxury Magazine, San Diego Magazine, Exquisite Weddings, Style & Decor and Serendipity Magazine.

You may also connect with Rachel on a regular basis through Patreon, where she is is creating Mystical Rituals and Sacred Spaces, providing Tarot Readings, and nurturing spiritual connections.

Her Interior Design Projects can be found here Tigerveil.com