Israeli woman brings feng shui back to its Chinese homeland

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

BEIJING (AFP) — Feng shui is a burning passion for Dana Elarviv, but it was by mere chance that the 35-year-old woman was introduced to the ancient Chinese philosophy.

As a young real estate agent in her native Israel in the early 1990s, she was asked to find an apartment for a Chinese diplomat, and thought she had dug up exactly what he wanted.

"When we walked in he just kind of briefly stood there and looked ... showing 'this is not for me'," she said. "He just said it had bad feng shui."

Having got a rough idea of bad feng shui, Elarviv decided it was time to find out about good feng shui.

It was the start of an interest which 14 years later has brought her to Beijing, where she is now co-owner of A Matter of Chi, a feng shui consultancy.

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