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Five Simple Feng Shui Tips

Michelle Cromer January 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

Below are some simple, actionable tips on how to incorporate feng shui into your home. Feng Shui is not about moving furniture or just changing paint colors, it’s about using your home as a canvas and allowing it to evolve and transform with you.

1. Keep your house clutter-free. External clutter is internal clutter on display. By clearing out and cleaning up your space an energetic anchor will be lifted. And in its place clarity and more efficiency and you will feel lighter and less frazzled.

2. Use your front door. The front door is critical in feng shui because it is the main portal through which the energy enters your home. Make sure the area is free of clutter, well lit and most of all make sure you use it every day.

3. Balance the five elements. The five elements, earth, wood, fire, water, and metal can be present in your home either physically, symbolically in the shape, or the color. Look closely at the literal and symbolic ways the five elements show up in your home. An imbalance of the elements can mean an imbalance in your emotions. Strike a balance between all five in each room.

4. Balance the yin and yang energy. Feng shui is all about harmony so consider balancing décor materials so that one single material or color doesn’t overpower the room. By opting for a variety of textures and finishes this can be accomplished.

5. Surround yourself with gratitude. Count your blessings each day. Remembering the hard times you have survived will help you realize how far you have come. Establish a daily practice of reminding yourself of the gifts, grace, benefits, and good things you enjoy. Your environment influences your experience so make it a grateful one.

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Happy 2022!
22 Ways to “Be” in 2022

Michelle Cromer December 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

Happy 2022!

It’s that time of year again and some of you might be thinking about making New Year’s Resolutions. Well, I’m not. We can thank the ancient Babylonians, 4000 years ago for this tradition and I think it’s time to stop the nonsense. How about we don’t give up anything, rather we decide to just be.

Here are 22 suggestions on how you can “be” in 2022.

Be Active. Move your chi every day. Just walk.
Be Adventurous. I can’t wait to trade my first-class luxury for third-class clarity and travel to the acupuncture point on the globe.
Be Compassionate. Find a way to serve something bigger than yourself. It will open your mind and your heart.
Be Creative. Perceive the world in new ways, find hidden patterns, and be innovative.
Be Comfortable with death. We have created societies that satisfy basic needs but eliminate recognizing death as a part of life. Learn your way around death and sadness.
Be Courageous. Everyone has dreams but very few people have the courage to pursue them.
Be Expansive. Don’t hold on too tight to anyone, anything, or any idea.
Be Flexible. If you’re selling water in the desert and it rains, stop selling water and sell umbrellas.
Be Grateful for everything that happens in your life, it’s all a part of the human experience.
Be Grounded. Be the one in the storm that stands strong. Nothing pulls you off your center.
Be Humble. My father used to say people will wish you well, but not too well. Have enough self-esteem to just be humble.
Be Joyful. I feel happiness is an outside job, circumstances can make you happy but joy is cultivated from within. So no matter what you can be joyful.
Be Limitless. Live as if anything is possible because it is.
Be Passionate about whatever you do. Your passion will always point to your purpose.
Be Present. Whatever you are doing, learn to focus completely on doing that one thing.
Be Still. Just stop. This will get your mind to a stage when you stop reacting mindlessly.
Be Truthful mostly with yourself, which will allow you to be truthful to everyone around you.
Be Vulnerable. This will allow you to be open to change.
Be You.
Be Healthy.
Be Love.
Be One.

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I hope that the light of inspiration finds you and the warmth of love embraces you. Always. Happy New Year!

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9 Ways to Feng Shui Your Christmas Tree

Michelle Cromer December 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

Just when you thought the holidays were stressful enough, throw in Covid, and this year’s energy feels like a hot mess.

My family celebrates Hanukkah, Christmas, The Winter Solstice, New Year’s, Chinese New Year, – because feng shui is all about moving and celebrating all kinds of energy.

Since the energy in your home affects your health and well-being, here are some things you can do to help with your holiday chi:

Clear out unused toys and items. Before the tree and new gifts are given, take time to go through each room and clear out old, broken, and unused items.
Put the Christmas tree up early. Research has shown that people who put up their trees earlier are happier, and the twinkling lights of the tree naturally put us in a better mood.
Placement is important. Select a spot where the tree isn’t blocking your path and access to things like cabinets you might need.
Buy a live tree. Consider buying a tree with roots so you can plant it outside after the holidays, which adds to your karma points. Many communities have an “adopt a tree” program where you return your tree in January so it can be planted outside with other trees, then you can decide if you want it back next year.
Use gold ornaments. The color gold represents wealth and opportunity.
Everyone decorates. Have everyone in the family place at least one decoration on the tree. This will help to contribute to better family connections.
Presents. Never let your tree stand without presents; it’s like having a wallet with no cash. Both are bad symbolism.
Place lots of heartfelt gifts under the tree. This year more than ever is the perfect time to forgo the extravagant expensive gifts in exchange for thoughtful ones. Write a meaningful letter to each member of your family and tell them how grateful you are for them and why. Put the letter in a big box symbolizing all your gratitude. Go to the Dollar Store and buy playing cards and games so after you open your gifts; your family can continue to enjoy each other. Baked goods under the tree are always welcome in our home.
Keep the lights on throughout the night. Lights are the most powerful way of activating the fire element, which will bring happiness and good fortune. So if it is safe to do so, leave the lights on, symbolizing that you are lighting the way for opportunities next year.

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However you celebrate, warmest wishes, and may your days be merry and bright!

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3 Ways to Have a Harmonious Feng Shui Thanksgiving

Michelle Cromer November 21, 2021 Leave a Comment

Have a Feng Shui Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is the kick-off to the holiday season and it can be stressful and demanding because of all the work involved in planning the meal, the logistics of getting the family together, and making sure everyone has a wonderful day. Here are 3 harmonious tips for your Thanksgiving celebration:

Harmonious seating
The dining room is considered to be the place of wealth in your home, so use it. Honor this day and your guests and bring out your good stuff, such as your china, crystal, and silver.
Round tables are best for flow and conversation but if you are like me and have a rectangle table that’s ok. Try to avoid seating your guests near the corners, which can cause an uneasy feeling. Use a tablecloth to blunt the edges.
Harmonious décor
If you think your guests might argue then invite an even number of people for that balance.
In Feng Shui, we divide everything into the balance yin (dark) and yang (light). So, decorate with soothing earth colors like pumpkin, evergreen, and chocolate. Orange is the element of fire, which encourages conversation. Yellow wakes up the room just like the sun.
Harmonious Food
If there was ever a time to make your guests, “eat, drink and be merry” it’s Thanksgiving. Have plenty of food and all of your family’s favorites. In Texas, we have cornbread dressing, sweet potato casserole, broccoli cheese casserole and yes that is made with Velveeta cheese, tamales, and of course lemon Jell-O. I love pie so I have half of a pie per person and I normally have around 26 people. Pumpkin, pecan, apple, cherry, sweet potato, buttermilk, coconut cream pie, and chocolate – we have it all.

Harmonious Food As we are eating, my family and friends take turns and tell everyone the main thing that they are grateful for this year.

There are three great blessings in Feng Shui- health, happiness, and prosperity. We eat pears after sundown, which symbolically is blessing everyone with those three things. This is what I am wishing for all of y’all. I hope you have a healthy, happy, and prosperous holiday filled with good food, great family and friends who surround you with love, harmony, joy, and of course tons of gratitude.

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The Universal Law of Oneness

Michelle Cromer November 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

We have had other blogs on The 12 Universal Laws and the chi or energy of those laws which are thought to be intrinsic, unchanging laws of our universe, and understanding the 12 laws shows us how to master life on all levels and gives each of us insights into how to reach our goals. The Law of Divine Oneness is the first law and the MVP of the universal laws, in that it’s the one upon which all others are built.

This law states that we are all connected through creation. Every single atom inside of you is connected in some way, shape, or form to me and to the rest of the universe you move through. This means that everything we do has a ripple effect and impacts the collective – not just ourselves. We are created for the sake of the whole, not the other way around. The whole is not made for us. That is why when we contribute to others and in some way make their lives better, it gives us the highest joy. Everything in this Universe is made up of energy. The bed you sleep in, the TV you watch, the rocks in your garden, the car you drive, and most importantly your thoughts. This energy is vibrating in circular patterns.

Visualize a Ferris wheel. You start off at the bottom and circle to the top and then you are back to where you started. You can get off or you can continue circling in a continuous loop. This is the same as energy. It is circling and whatever we send out is what we will get back.

Even though every object or thing is made up of energy, this energy is vibrating at different frequencies for each thing or object. Your positive thoughts for instance are vibrating at the highest frequency, while your negative thoughts are vibrating at a lower frequency. Just like light envelops darkness, your positive feelings and emotions can eat up your negativity and bad feelings. So always look for the higher vibrations of positive thoughts and feelings.

Now we can take this further. If you attach the energy of emotion to your thoughts, it multiplies your energy. This leads to a quicker manifestation. Think of it as a super-charged Ferris wheel spinning faster and faster!
Your emotions are a good indicator of the frequency you are vibrating. Learn to pay attention to your feelings; they are indications of what you are manifesting either consciously or unconsciously.

Whenever you feel depression, anxiety, or trepidation, it is telling you that you are going in the opposite direction to your destiny. Everything that exists seen and unseen are connected to each other, inseparable from each other to a field of, divine oneness. Everything is one. It is important for us as a human race to start realizing and understanding this law. As we do, we will realize that what we think of each other should only be good. As we think of the good in others, they will in turn think of the good in you. It is essential that the thoughts, feeling,s and actions be for good, for we “reap what we sow”. How would you behave if you really knew that you were not separate from life, your friends, colleagues, and every being that has ever existed? The answer is this – probably differently.

How do you harness the power of the Universal law of Oneness to improve your life? Simply remember that your actions both matter and make a difference. Every thought you have, every deed you do, every action you take, matters.

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