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.