One thing I love about being back in Vermont is hearing the little stream behind the house where I grew up. For many, many years, the sound of the water streaming over the rocks lulled me to sleep, kept me company throughout the starry night, and welcomed me back to waking at the break of day.

Click play to listen to today’s edition & hear the little stream:

When I moved to the desert in 2002, I didn’t consciously miss the sound. But one day, while out in the canyons hiking with some new friends, a strange rustling noise caught my attention. What is it? I wondered. I told my friends to go on ahead. When I found the source, a bright little stream flowing just beyond a bend in the trail, I sat down in rapture, and rested there, tears on my cheeks, a long, long time. Ah. The sound of water.

I never forgot again.

One of the central teachings of Feng Shui is the understanding that everything in our environment affects our energy in some way. Every object in your home, your office, your surrounding environment supports, sustains, or diminishes your energy in some way.

This week, I am finding joy in the practice of exploring the gifts of the energy-forms in my environment.

Would you like to join me in this practice?

It takes less than a minute, although you can go longer if you like.

Here’s how:

*Simply allow yourself to drop down out of “busy” mode, in which you move through your home, office, or environment in order to “get somewhere,” and instead, allow yourself to BE in your environment with a soft focus. Ahh. That alone is so nice!

*Invite all your senses to open up to the experience of being there. What do you hear, smell, see, touch, taste, feel?

*What objects stand out for you in some way, either positively or negatively? Is there something missing?

*Choose one small thing to remove, shift, or add. Removing any clutter is always a great place to start.

*Or you can choose any object to hone in on and ask, “Does this help me feel connected with the source of my own radiant life energy?
Wishing you a wonderful week!
Namaste,
Erin