I am a master of the old style of Feng Shui. My training did not arise from book learning. It grew out of manipulating space to create love, radiance and power in the lives of my children.

In l963, I started working with chi (the Chinese word for energy) consciously after my first child was born and I saw how radiant he was. I saw his energy, I actually perceived it; and I could see when it collapsed and I could see when it was full and bright. I began manipulating things in the environment that would cause his chi to stay radiant. This was my first education in chi and Feng Shui, though the effort to practice Feng Shui was not conscious. My only goal was to create happiness in my child. (My daughter, Jeanette Maguire, who later apprenticed under me, often says that I stumbled into Feng Shui.)

I continued to experiment with keeping the chi bright and vibrant with all four of my children as they were growing up. During this time, I also began teaching piano, using the same observation skills with my students I was using with my children. (My son, Carl Maguire, is a professional musician in NYC). In1983 I read the first Feng Shui book published in the U.S., Feng Shui: The Chinese Art of Placement by Sarah Rossbach. It was then that I realized that what I was doing had a name, and it was, in fact, a very old art.

For over 40 years, I have been watching and learning what moves people’s chi and I have been practicing Feng Shui for more than 20 of those years. I feel constantly renewed and energized by the realization that working with chi in personal environmments creates a ripple effect that goes out in concentric rings, out into the world, where it affects everything. Today, I travel internationally, teaching, lecturing, and practicing Feng Shui. And I love it!

-Jackie Patricia