This week we celebrate episode 400 (!!!) with a seasonal conversation about the autumn equinox and its meaning in feng shui practice. We explore the shift from expansive yang energy toward quieter yin energy and share three practical rituals to help align your home and habits with the season. We discuss why this turning point matters in both nature and home practice, then offer three simple rituals to help you gather, simplify, and reset for the months ahead. Tune in for practical, seasonal ways to align your spaces and energy with the rhythm of the year.

We cover:

-The equinox signaling the transition into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere

-The seasonal change and its connection to feng shui fundamentals, including the five elements, the bagua, and the movement between yin and yang

-Autumn as a season of harvest, gathering, preserving, and preparing for winter

-The metal element energy as a symbol of contracting, refining, clarifying, completing, and letting go

-Three simple feng shui rituals to welcome the autumn
…and much more!

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[01:40] Welcoming the autumn equinox
[04:02] Harvest, gratitude, and seasonal reflection
[05:43] Feng Shui, yin-yang, and the Metal element
[10:19] Ritual 1: Harvest and winter preparation
[13:31] Ritual 2: Let go and simplify your home
[16:14] Ritual 3: A Metal element sound ritual
[18:33] Autumn’s invitation: reflect, release, and carry forward
[19:39] Closing and ways to stay connected

What happens when we change on the inside, but our homes haven’t caught up? In episode 403, we explore how feng shui can help us reshape our spaces to reflect who we’re becoming. Looking to the bagua mandala, we offer practical steps to create a home that supports your changing needs, priorities, and growth. Implementing feng shui in your life is an ongoing and lifelong process, and today's episode is a reflection on just that.

We cover:

-Taking note of what no longer fits
-Creating space for something new
-Supportive redesign through a feng shui lens
-Using the five elements to support who you are becoming
-Accessing the bagua to best support your new path
…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Register for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant workshop, available for a limited time

Harmonize your Home with Feng Shui Plants

Enhance your qi, prosperity and wellness

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:06] Redesigning your home while redesigning your life
[3:34] Start with awareness: noticing what no longer fits
[6:23] Creating physical space for what’s new
[9:47] Using feng shui to support personal change
[10:49] The five elements: choosing the qualities you need more of
[14:05] Using the bagua to reflect on where change is happening
[16:49] Start slowly and make one meaningful shift at a time
[18:29] Reflection: does your home support who you’re becoming?

As we transition into November, the energy shifts toward a deeper yin season. This month invites us to slow down, reflect, and prepare for the quieter months ahead. To kick off November 2026, we are once again sharing a monthly qi forecast. We cover how we can align energetically with the qi this month, what we can learn from this month’s solar terms, and what’s in store for each of the Chinese zodiac animals. Plus, Laura shares a tarot reading for the Holistic Spaces podcast listener community.

We cover:

-Solar terms for November 2026
-How to align with the qi of the month
-What the moon cycle tells us
-A very seasonally appropriate tarot reading
-What the different animals of the zodiac should be on the lookout for
…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

🔗Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

🔗Register for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant workshop, available for a limited time

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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MORE QUESTIONS

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:24] Qi Forecast for November 2026
[1:36] Understanding the Yin Season and Reflection
[8:21] November Zodiac Forecast
[11:40] Ways to Align with November Qi
[13:57] Tarot Reading Insights for November
[22:49] Practical Feng Shui Tips for November
[28:44] Conclusion and Call to Action

Can space reading be learned, or is it an innate gift?

This week on the Holistic Spaces podcast, we explore a core feng shui question—and the answer is both practical and empowering: space reading is absolutely learnable.

But it isn’t just about memorizing feng shui tools or following a set of rules. It’s about developing observation, intuition, discernment, and practice together.

In this episode, we explore the balance between structure and sensitivity, and how feng shui can be both a system and a living, embodied practice.

We also reframe intuition: not as something you’re simply born with, but as something that can deepen through study, repeated observation, and experience.

We cover:

-The difference between learning feng shui tools and how to actually read a space

-Feng shui as a balance of yin and yang

-The practical building blocks of reading a space, including the five elements, bagua, forms, shapes, colors, materials, arrangements, and rituals

-Feng shui guidelines work best as perspectives and tools, not rigid prescriptions

-The value of lineage, community, and learning from teacher to student as part of developing feng shui fluency
…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

🔗Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

🔗Register for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant workshop, available for a limited time

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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MORE QUESTIONS

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:02] Reading a space: tools and observation
[2:11] Yin and yang in feng shui practice
[4:44] Learning the foundational feng shui tools
[6:18] Developing “yin yang eyes” through practice and community
[7:26] Guidelines, frameworks, and learning to listen
[9:45] The observation skills behind reading a space
[10:52] Skill versus intuition
[12:34] The answer: yes, reading a space can be learned
[14:45] Closing thoughts and upcoming offerings

In this episode, we continue our five elements series with a conversation about metal and its connection to autumn. We are once again joined by our mentor, feng shui master teacher Katherine Metz, to explore metal as wisdom, refinement, right action, and the ability to let go with precision and grace.

Together, we move beyond the idea that metal is simply rigid or controlling. We discuss its quieter, yin qualities: reflection, joy, completion, clarity, and the wisdom that develops through life experience.

We cover:

-Metal as the element of wisdom and how hardship can reveal valuable insight

-Metal’s qualities of clarity, precision, refinement, structure, and right action

-Metal’s relationship to letting go, including releasing regrets, outdated habits, and things that no longer serve us

-Metal’s role in communication, advocacy, and using language that is clear, precise, and considerate.

…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Pure Professor with Katherine & Anjie

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Register for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant workshop, available for a limited time

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[05:39] What metal means in feng shui
[06:59] Metal as color, shape, material, and quality
[09:34] Metal as wisdom and clearer expression
[16:15] Metal in the five-element system
[21:44] Metal as alchemy and filtration
[22:54] Joy, wonder, and curiosity as metal qualities
[24:42] Reviewing, refining, and reconnecting in autumn
[28:20] Gratitude, harvest, and releasing attachment
[31:33] Grief, sadness, and the work of letting go