Design review please

[takmais]

Hello again. been a while. I have a mockup for review if anybody wouldnt mind taking a look. Obviously i'm only looking for a design review as theres no html here ;) but i promise you it will be effin STRICT xhtml ;)
here is the design: http://www.johnnygolden.com/client/mybodytemple/temple_03h.png
or
http://www.johnnygolden.com/client/mybodytemple/temple_03h_home.png

the girl there is a personal trainer. she wanted a "holistic, zen like" design. she likes blues and redish oranges etc. she also wanted some kind of floral background pattern. all fo the text is of course lipsum text. the photo of her will probably change as well when i get a new one.

[WebJoel]

That kind of nice. Reminds me of what's-it-called, -"csszengarden"(?) I'm not a big fan of all-black/dark backgrounds but alot of people are, and it does give a lot of focus to the 'content' in the centre.
That navigation across the top, -is that little border going to 'light up' with the selection? That is kewl. This could be created with a 'border-top:color;', make it a few pixels in height, applied to the a:hover for that/each respective link. Very nice. :)

[KDLA]

I agree with Joel about the background. Personally, the black background makes me think of a funeral -- not good for a personal trainer page. :eek: :D

I suggest you read up on feng shui (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui) (zen is really a philosophy, not a design idea) -- it's actually quite fascinating, and not hard to achieve. Earth colors, simplicity, logical placement. Many of the ideals are applicable to graphic design.