Flower Power!

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Flower Power!

 

The art of using flowers to promote good chi and good luck is as ancient as feng shui itself. 

Flowers evoke a feeling of beauty, grace, and sensuality and that’s why I make sure to have them in my home every week. Flowers have a common language of harmony and live flowers bring a strong healing energy to any space. 

Bring in colors that represent the feeling you want in a particular room: red and pink for romance passion; yellow for health; white for better communication; green for prosperity; and orange if you are trying to make a good impression. 

Flowers are a simple, beautiful yet powerful way to change and shift the energy in your home. 

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

Happy Fall Equinox!

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Fall equinoxThese photos were taken in Costa Rica three years ago on the Fall Equinox and they will always remind me of the power of Mother Earth – and the goddess Gaia. Look at how small I am in the bottom right corner of the giant gorgeous tree.

I love the fall – cooler temperatures, cashmere sweaters, hot tea, my birthday, and bugs have returned to hell where they belong. During this time of equal parts of sun and moon, we are being asked to find the balance happening in our exterior world, and also what is occurring within ourselves. Knowing that the duality of light and dark exists in us, the equinox calls us to discover a balance between the two. After the great light of summer, we must learn to welcome the depth and the mystery of fall. This is also a time of endings that have to occur to make way for new beginnings.

Mother Nature begins preparing for a type of death, and we too may feel called to let things go. Because life is a circle, and nothing truly grows unless it dies. I find that there is beauty in new beginnings that start quietly under the darkness of colder months.

As our home planet aligns in this perfect harmony and balance on the Equinox, maybe we can recognize that we are as much the tree as it is us, and we are as much our enemies or the people we admire as they are us, we are all just an independent expression of the same soul.

At this sacred celestial time connect the dark and light; the yin and the yang; the masculine and feminine, because if we allow it, life can truly begin all over again in the fall.

Scotland Castle Brings in Feng Shui Design Elements

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I took this photo on a recent trip to Scotland. This is the furthest left-hand corner, on the first floor, of a hotel that is a converted castle. This room represents the business wealth and prosperity. What a great job! Doesn’t this room look rich? I can tell you first hand it certainly felt rich.

I love how balanced the room is: the two large plants balancing the earth energy; all the wood representing the wood element; water is flowing with the glass and TV and black couch; the gray long curtains bring in the metal element; look at all the red igniting the fire element.

What does your furthest left-hand room say about your wealth and prosperity?

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

Balancing the Chi in Any Room

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balancing the chi in any roomThe fundamental principle of Feng Shui is balancing the chi in your home to increase love, abundance, health, and joy. We do this by using the five-element principle of water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. This system is based on the Daoist premise that we are all One, and everything is made up of these five energies. The universe, planets, rivers, mountains, animals, plants and you all consist of these elements to sustain life and to sustain balance.

I know from the last 15 years that I have taught and practiced Feng Shui if there is an energy imbalance in your home, the effects of that imbalance will surface somewhere in your life. Utilizing the five-element principles will help to maintain balance.

Living spaces are in essence living beings. The front door is the mouth itself the energy that is being inhaled through the front door and exhaled through the back. Our energy and that of our homes are so interrelated that each aspect of the home is a symbolic representation of us.

Our house is a metaphor for our life: It can only hold so much stuff. We only have so much wall space for our art, so much floor space for our furniture and so much closet space for our things. So we have to prioritize, revise, and choose what we want in our homes, too much stuff can stagnate any energy and not allow it to move.

There are several ways to incorporate Feng Shui and the five elements in any space like this room has successfully done. What I love about this room is the way it feels, the healthy balance it achieves and it looks beautiful. The element of water is used in the color blue as well as the image in the painting to achieve fluidity, wisdom, and power. The fire element is present in the two lamps as well as the chandelier and improves passion. The wood element in the furniture brings flexibility and growth to the lives of the people in the home. The color of the couch and the white walls add the metal element to ensure good communication and joy. The healthy tall plant in the corner adds the earth element ensuring good health and stability.

I encourage you to look around your home and see how each of the five elements is expressing itself.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com  or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

6 Easy Ways to Feng shui Your Closets

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6 Easy Ways to Feng shui Your ClosetsNothing in Feng Shui is “out of sight, or out of mind” especially your closets. Everything is energy, everything has chi, so there are no boundaries. It is a rare house that I go to that has organized closets so you are not alone if you need to clean yours up.

In Feng Shui, closets are connected to your innermost, your deepest and often hidden feelings about yourself. The state of your closets are a direct reflection of your self-esteem.

Here are six easy tips for any closet:

  1. Make sure there is good lighting. This is tied to your well being.
  2. Any closet can use a fresh coat of paint. This will refresh your inner thoughts and lighten your mood.
  3. White is always a good choice for your closet because it opens the energy up and will encourage clarity.
  4. Clutter in closets is the biggest challenge. Take a look at each item, shoes, shirts, dresses, coats and make sure you still wear them and that you still love them.
  5. Organize according to color. Color plays an important role in Feng Shui and in our lives. Rather than opening your closet to a mix of colors, why not organize your clothes using the rainbow guide – red, orange-yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple and then black and white.
  6. Make your closets beautiful. If the closet represents our inner thoughts, why not make the closet a beautiful and calm space to escape to.

What are your closets revealing about your innermost thoughts?

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color. Visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

Michelle Cromer