Look, Feng Shui has no mystical qualities in my book, but it certainly has aesthetic qualities that fixes a lot of problems I have seen in horrible architecture and home design here in North America.
I can't explain it but it gives a feeling of calm like a proper Japanese or Chinese garden does. If anything, think of a Feng Shui guide as just an Asian Interior Designer. My aunt's condo was designed so that when you enter the front door, the first door in your face is the bathroom door! A Feng Shui guy suggested she buy one of those folding rice paper and wood screens (from Superstore!) and place it into the foyer, blocking direct entrance or seeing into the bathroom and wow, it makes the whole place more comfortable and nice looking.
Don't believe in the silly things like burying Chinese coins in the corners of your rooms or whatever for luck...but hey we all know that superstitition can have a real calming placebo effect on people. Just look at hockey players. It's strangly reassuring to have objects or talismans sitting around.
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