What does that mean? Everything is energy. Every item on your walls, every item in your drawers, and every piece of furniture is vibrating, pulsating with life energy. Some items vibrate faster and some of them vibrate slower. You are made of energy too. All of your "solid" muscles and bones and cells are made up of the same pulsating life energy. The items in your home can (and do) respond to your thoughts, your prayers, and your intentions. Plants, water, and crystals are particularly effective at sending and receiving energy. Plants respond to being talked to, they respond to classical music, and they respond to prayer. Moving water generates negative ions which fill the air with their life promoting electrical charge. Crystals are known to uphold the positive energy called "chi" in your home or office. So even if you say to yourself, "I can't move my couch," "my bed only fits against this wall," or, "but I like the way this looks here! I don't want Feng Shui to take that away from me," don't worry. Feng Shui won't take anything away from you. The goal is for you to love where you live and to feel nurtured and supported where you work. And you don't always have to move stuff in order to achieve that.

—Ariel Towne, Everyday Feng Shui