Key concepts to describe the Knowledge & Self-Cultivation area include:

• Taking the time to connect to and care for your mental, emotional and spiritual self

• Finding calm and peace in order to focus your mind


• Gaining new knowledge and experiencing flashes of insight.

Stories applying Feng Shui to this area include:

• A wife and mother finding the courage to attain independence


• A family struggling with decision-making allowing answers to arrive, and then acting upon them


• A chef desiring an opportunity to showcase his creativity who found a new job allowing him to do that


• A meditator/yoga student/massage therapist who just needed to balance her too-much-of-a-good thing space.

Seijaku = The profound stillness and peace found in moments of solitude and quiet reflection.