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Chakras are vortexes of energies in the subtle body.The etheric body is the very first layer in our aura and is closest to the energy system of our body. Healthy chakras keep our mind, body and spirit living in harmony. A closed chakra caused by energy blockage, be it emotional or spiritual will create disharmony, causing the chakras to go into excess or lack there-off. This induces a state of lethargy and disorientation and eventually leads to physical illnesses.

Let’s Chakra balance and design our home!!

We connect with the universe through our astral body and the chakras that energize us in a reciprocity that envelops us as a whole. Our home is an extension of our energy so a happy house is a happy you!! Lets integrate the chakras in our home in a way that we understand and connect.

The Root or Base Chakra is associated with stability and survival and governs the Kitchen, Toilet. The kitchen is where we sustain ourselves so a clean, bright and cheerful atmosphere keeps the chakra happy. An antique Indian sideboard or manjoosh carved in old wood works splendidly as an island where family gives you company while cooking their favorite meals. Grounding woods and earthy colors of vintage carved barn doors for the pantry, the tree of life nourishes us. Decorate with fresh fruits and flowers, sustaining the source.This chakra is also where any energy is eliminated from our body, so the toilet should not have any leaks or issues as that drains energy. The old door console made from antique doors and studded with iron and brass converted into a bathroom cabinet gives the earthing element. Decorate with broad leaf plants and distressed wood planters.

The Sacral Chakra is connected to the center of creativity, and could be your extra room where you paint or write blogs. Orange, burnt reds, russet beaded sari tapestry hanging from an old carved distressed wood mantle give the aura of creative energy. Accent with sheer sari curtains and toss pillows and feel the creative juices flow.

The Solar Plexus Chakra is our personal will, social connections and governs our emotions and discipline. The family room and laundry room are connected to this chakra. Do you feel happy and connected sitting in your family room or isolated? A stunning vintage ochre yellow intricately carved cabinet or a distressed wood yellow coffee table will bring in new energy. My friend decorated her laundry room beautifully with an antique Indian armoire using it to store the laundry and cleaning supplies, a practical and beautiful statement!

The Heart Chakra represents love and compassion and I immediately connect it to green plants that are scattered all over my house. The bedroom is the zone for the heart chakra and the seat of divine love. A beautiful antique door makes a magnificent headboard, the door panels hung on either side giving the eclectic touch. Beautiful carved consoles make unique nightstands and the bedding is soft and lovely pashmina woven coverlets giving the plush and luxurious feel.

A clear hallway keeps the energy flowing from each room to the other and the Throat Chakra governs communication. Clean hallways and your work station or computer areas connect to this chakra. We connect to the world via the internet, yet the electromagnetic charge around us is disturbing to our energy field. Earthing old door study tables take away this charge and balance us so we may vocalize in a happy and concise medium. Blue carved hall tables and vintage armoires in turquoise also energize this chakra.

The Ajna or Third Eye Chakra is the master chakra that balances all the other chakras yet is open only when all the others are balanced. Wisdom and intuition and connected to the source the Ajna chakra is your sacred space or your meditation room where you connect with your inner self. Abundance in all aspects of life is governed by this chakra and violet is the colors that resonates with it. Yantras and divine sculptures of Shiva, Ganesha and Durga raise the vibrations of this space.

The crown chakra is our link to the universe, the thousand petalled lotus that surrounds us with its love. The entry door in the ancient times would be carved with beautiful motifs of lotus and divine symbols attracting the cosmic energies towards our home and welcoming all that is good.

Designing with furniture and architectural elements of ancient times gives meaning to our collections and energizes us with its beautiful vibrations.

We analyze several housing market indicators in order to present an in-depth breakdown of Glendale Homes Market comparing February 2009 to February 2010.

Summary of Key Points

Key Statistics, Glendale, CA: Median Sales Price (113.16%), Median Days on Market (140.29%), and Number of Units Sold (-31.37%), Sales Price to List Price Ratio (Feb 09 95% – Feb 10 98%)

The City of Glendale has shown a very impressive recovery with the Median Sales Price shooting through the roof. Median days on market and number of units sold categories have suffered.Units sold normally are based on inventory available. Lack of inventory reduces the units sold. Median days on market increases since a lot of short sales are involved and getting approvals from the lenders adds to the median days on the market.

Glendale Homes

The city of Glendale experienced a 113.16% increase in median sales price from last year going up from $335,863 (Feb. 09) to $715,922 (Feb. 2010). Median days on market data for Glendale show that houses are selling slower than Feb 09. It took 29 days in Feb 09 for a house to sell and for Feb 10 that number has gone up to 69 days (an 140.29% deterioration). Another important factor to consider is total number of units sold. In the month of Feb 09, 51 units were sold compared to 35 for Feb 10 (-31.37% change). Lastly we are going to take a look at the Sales Price to List Price Ratio for Glendale. SP/LP ratio for Feb 09 was 95% compared to 98% for Feb 10.

Let’s take a brief look at neighbors Burbank and West Hollywood. Burbank homes featured a 24.69% increase in median sales price ($476,991 Feb 09 – $594,740 Feb 10) and West Hollywood ca homes for sale saw a -2.11% decrease ($870,000 Feb 09 – $851,667 Feb 10). Are houses in Burbank and West Hollywood selling faster or slower this year? Well, Burbank experienced a -12.58% decrease (58 to 51 days) in median days on market and West Hollywood saw a -59.17% decrease (80 to 33 days). In the units sold category, Burbank sold 8 units less (-24.24%) in Feb 2010 than 09 and West Hollywood sold 1 unit more (50.00%) in Feb 2010 than Feb 09.

When was the last time your doctor inspired you to do the right thing for your health, yourself or the health of your family? I can tell you from one of own recent experiences that inspiration isn’t starting inside the waiting room of my PCP or on the phone disputing a claim with customer no-service and trying to talk to some big insurance company.

In the new world of medicine, medical homes and concierge medicine are delivering some big results. These health care providers and the businesses they operate are successful in today’s difficult marketplace because of timing, technology, relationship and the listening ear you receive from every physician you meet inside these practices.

So, what exactly is making medical homes (sometimes referred to as concierge care or concierge medicine) attractive, affordable and inviting to everyone? It’s summed up in five words. Price. Compatibility. Relationship. Technology. Accessibility.

Medical Homes Are: Affordable.

Concierge medical care and direct pay medical business models are on the forefront of modern business and innovation. Like Taco Bell, the originator of the ‘value menu,’ many modern medical practices across America are actually starting to list their prices to their patients before they buy.

Until recently, primary care and health care practices were one of the only businesses in America that rarely listed how much they charged for services and products. The eventual evolution of retainer based health care, direct primary care and concierge medical business models changed all of that. Then along came the recession in 2008 that changed the world as we know it. People started paying more attention to their credit card statements, health insurance claims, hospital bills and prescription drug costs.

An independent analysis of concierge medicine and direct pay primary care practices across the U.S. have shown that nearly 60% of physicians using this form of price transparency are costing patients less than $136 per month. Compare that to the insurance premiums of large health plan carriers and the savings are monumental. This is just one of the new ways to inspire hope in difficult economic times.

“People want ‘the deal,'” says one concierge physician. “We, the doctors, must be the first one to the market to be honest with their customer…we need to take the first step. For too long we’ve waited. Decades in-fact, for insurance companies and managed care organizations to provide some form of user-friendly price transparency. It just hasn’t happened. It’s simply become to complicated, until now.”

Medical Homes Are: Compatible.

An independent study analyzing concierge medical and direct pay health care practices across America for the past three years reports that 80% of these types of practices and physicians accept insurance. Sound like a contradiction? I thought the whole purpose of price transparency and direct pay health care was to do away with insurance complexities?

So, why are so many of these practices across America (80% in fact) allowing their patients to use their insurance too? Because insurance is still important to most people. You see, the physicians and business executives who operate these types of modern medical practices understand that you cannot take away the freedom of people’s choice to use their insurance, when necessary.

Despite the enormous complexity and erroneous amounts of work these insurance plans carry with them, it’s still every patients right to carry and use their health insurance beyond the retainer of fee they pay for comprehensive service from their physician.

“Patients continue to carry their insurance because of hospitalization or emergency room visits,” says one Texas family physician. “We encourage them to call us first if they have an allergic reaction or other severe health issue but if they need to go to the hospital, that type of service can’t be paid for inside our financial relationship with the patient. So, having that backup plan in your wallet or purse is more useful than you might think.”

First, let’s discuss what is a Smart Home?

A smart home is associated with the Internet, that can be controlled by means of an application. It provide great comfort, pleasure and wellbeing. Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long way which connects machine to machine through networks. If we talk in simple terms, IoT is connecting devices to the internet.

The installation of smart products in a home provides various benefits which results in savings of time, money and energy. Moreover, home automation technologies used in smart homes provide intelligent feedback and information to the owner. For instance, you can water your plants by using this technology. That sounds so cool. Isn’t it?

Well not only this but, It also includes the control and automation of lighting, air conditioning (HVAC), ventilation, heating, ovens, dryers, washer, refrigerators etc. Home gadgets, when remotely observed and controlled by means of the Internet, are a vibrant essential of the Internet of Things and that makes a Smart Home.

How Smart Home will affect our day to day life?

Technology is all set to grow in such a manner that if your alarm rings, your drapes opened. As soon as your drapes get opened your coffee machine starts brewing. Meanwhile, when your alarm stops, your geyser will get switched ON for hot water in your shower. Based on the availability, your fridge will suggest you for the breakfast that you can prepare and will also remind you for the things that are missing for the breakfast like bread, eggs, milk etc. Once you leave the house, your lights and TVs will get turn OFF. This is the near future of the global market and that time is not that far. Therefore, the growing technological advancements is anticipated to boost the demand for smart homes market over the next five years.

Across the globe, we are talking about smart system, smart speaker etc. this is all because of the growing internet penetration and growing IoT systems. In 2017, the demand for Alexa, which is launched by Amazon in 2014 boomed and had the largest market share in smart speaker’s market owing to its lesser cost and more applications than other assistants.

What will be the size of the Global Smart Home market?

According to TechSci Research, the market is projected to cross $ 60 billion by 2021 owing to increasing Internet of Things (IOT) market, booming M2M communication market and flourishing touch free intuitive gesture control market. Based on application, the adoption of energy management systems is expected to dominate the market in the coming years owing to increasing government efforts to optimize energy consumption. Based on region, the North America region dominated the global smart homes market in 2017 and is expected to maintain its dominance over the next five years as well, followed by Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa and South America.

While most people associate mobile homes and RVs with ordinary folks, it may come as a surprise to many that there are celebrities who also love them to travel by them. Recreational vehicles have been used by many a star from Hollywood to make their road trip a roaring success.

One Hollywood star who loves his RV so much that he has named it Canoe. This star is Mathew McConaughey. He has an Airstream trailer that is often seen parked along the Malibu coast as McConaughey catches some surf. He uses the trailer to travel around the country and is known to host press meets while on the road. In fact, McConaughey was awarded the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association Spirit of America Award in the year 2007.

Actress Drew Barrymore took a month long vacation driving around the US in an RV some time in 2009. In a television show, she claimed that it was one of the most interesting and entertaining experiences of her life despite some minor problems she faced while driving.

In 1993, when wildfires burned out many homes in Malibu, Sean Penn was unfortunate enough to lose his mansion. However, Penn took matters into his hand and got an Airstream Sovereign into his estate and lived in it for a few years until his mansion was rebuilt. Now that is showing your love for your mobile home!

Then there is the singer and actress Dolly Parton who travels around the US in an RV. Of course, she travels in style and luxury as the RV is equipped with a huge shower and vanity mirror. And, not to be outdone by anyone is Pamela Anderson, whose Airstream was equipped vibrating bed, a mirror ball and a pole.