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Show The Park Record A-8 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 23-26, 2010 MARKETPLACE NIGHTLY LODGING TALLY Projected Tally for the week of January 25,2010 - January 31,2010 Harness the energy of your space 1 14,000 2.000 . 0.000 " 8.000 Feng Shui experts want to design your home and office By ANDREW KIRK Of the Record staff *. The benefits of Feng Shui design have been eStnbraced by numerous Ilortune 500 companies and individuals are increasingly realizing its benefits to finances, relationships, Health, career advancement, productivity and even creativity. t Park City consultant Rita ^ingh said she loves it for tjie personal alignment it brought her life. Now Singh and interior designer Ruth Pate] are offering Feng Shui Results for Park City homes and businesses. You can't practice Feng Shui without moving furniture, and you can't design an interior without understanding how spaces affect a person's psyche, emotions, energy level and thought. "Put them together and it creates tangible results people can really feel," Singh There's nothing to "•believe" with Feng Shui. Q's based upon scientifically-conducted observations of the Earth and the human experience over 6,000 years, Singh explained. At its most basic, Feng Shui is about cjeating an environment that channels good energy ajnd blocks bad. J There are several schools of Feng Shui, Singh practices Chinese Classical and Western. They both focus qjn where "luck" originates. ijti Western, an interior is cjesigned to generate luck within the person. In Chinese Classical, a room is designed to aid the flow of luck from the Earth through a space. "We're not islands, we're not separate; everything has energy fields," she said. "Everything is interrelated by the energies around us." A perfect example is how the dispositions of the people around us affect our own, Patel said. If a coworker is angry, it's hard for us to feel good. When Feng Shui is done well, a place has the type of energy appropriate for its purpose. We want our homes to be sanctuaries, and our offices to be vibrant. For example, Singh said many Park City homes are built on high ledges. According to Chinese Classical Feng Shui, that means their home's Qi is likely to flow away from or out of the home. This will likely result in money trouble. The remedy is to use landscaping and other design features to create a U-shape around the home and insulate its Qi. In Western style, a home or office will be decorated with art, colors, images and even mottos that motivate and inspire. It should be designed to generate the desired effect, she explained. Both schools focus on energy, but go about achieving it in very different ways. They cannot be mixed and matched, Patel said. For people who cannot afford a consultant and designer, Singh and Patel also offer "do-it-yourself" coaching. "There's no excuse not to improve your space," Singh Total Visitor Nights: 76,002 up 5.5% Weekly High: 11,973 (Sat..) Nightly Average: 10,857 Year-To-Date: 381,920 down-6.1% Nightly Lodging Tally Estimates Occupancy At: 47% Computed by adding the projected number of visitors per night for the week. Actual number of overnight visitors may vary due to last-mimife reservations and walk-ins. SOURCE: PARK CITY CHAMBER/BUREAU Continued from A-7 FilmUtah at festival PHOTOS COURTESY OF FENG SHUI RESULTS Ruth Patel and Rita Singh are Feng Shui experts. They can design a space, like the one above, to improve the inhabitants' creativity and productivity. said. To check out what Feng Shui can do for you, workshops are being offered in February. The first, hosted by Right At Home on Bonanza Drive, will be Feb. 6 from 3 to 4 p.m. The second is taking place at Golden Braid Bookstore in Salt Lake City on Feb. 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. talking about how to create Romantic spaces coinciding with a Valentine's Day theme at the store. Feng Shui Results designed some of the areas EXPLORE THESE PREMIERE PARK CITY PROPERTIES 2525 within Dr. Stephanie Singer's office in Kimball Junction. "Rita took such great thought and care to create a warm feel to my office waiting room and bathroom with sensible pieces at low cost. I would recommend her highly," she said. Feng Shui Results & Design Services Rita Singh and Ruth Patel wv/w. fengshui • results. com 801 -634-9839 or 435-503-0240 Producers submit a budget and a script to the Utah Film Commission. If both are approved, when the project is over the producer proves their expenditures to a state auditor, and if it meets a threshhoid, a certain percentage is returned. The system is set up to accommodate large productions as well as small independent films. The more spent, the more saved, Corser explained. Being able to show the savings to an investor is great business practice for these filmmakers. Consequently, the incentives offered by a state become a major deciding factor in choosing locale. Not every community has had good experiences hosting production sets, but Corser said many of those problems have been solved within the industry. "'Filmmakers have a ten- dency to think they rule the world... it comes from them having a job they've got to get done," he acknowledged. But being good guests in n town is in the long-term interest of the producers, he said. They've learned from past mistakes and make sure filming is a good experience for everyone involved, he said. Corser's dream is to get more television shows filming in Utah. Those productions stick around a few years, in contrast to a few weeks for films. They're a great boon to local economies and benefit the state in multiple ways. FilmUtah can be found on stands at Sundance, Slamdance and X-dance film festival locations. The next issue is planned for June in time for the fall festivals. Corser said. A seminar will be held at The Yarrow Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to introduce FilmUtah and discuss the topic, "Financing Your Film: Avoiding Pitfalls from Development to Distribution." For more information, visit filmutah.org. Celebrating 10&* Years In Business! 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