As you can see in the menu on this webpage, it’s my ambition to host wellness practices that honors nature, in an octagon shaped house. Why is that, you might ask.

I came up with this idea, already in 1999, when I practiced a lot of Qigong, and began learning about Feng Shui. In these practices, there is something called a BaGua, that represents the natural elements and how these interact with each other. The BaGua is an octagon symbol.

To further it even more, building an octagon shaped house, also is to be able to offer a variety of practices that are founded in the spirit of each natural element, as well as aspect of life. In Lifecoaching, we often talk about creating life-work balance, with a wheel, or a pie, where each piece makes up the whole and where the goal is to not have too much of something and nothing of something else, but rather balancing these into a whole. An octagon shaped house enables rooms to be designed like pieces of a pie, coming together as a whole, with the café in the middle. And made of bamboo, because it’s eco-friendly and fairly cheap.

You can read more about this idea here and here.

The house above, is a smaller version that I just stumbled on, while out for a walk today in my neighborhood. Inspiring!