Is Feng Shui Magic?

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Is Feng Shui Magic

Fifteen years, numerous certifications, hundreds of feng shui consultations, I have discovered from the students I have taught and the clients I have been blessed to work with, that the number one question that seems to always be asked is, “Is feng shui magic?”

The short answer is no. All the feng shui success stories like attracting a healthy new relationship, or landing that client you’ve been hoping to do business with for years, don’t just happen because I visited your space and waved my magic wand.

I have also found that the most powerful feng shui isn’t addressed by moving furniture around or changing paint colors. I have learned through experience and the actual practice of feng shui, which is the energy of the environment, that it is not generated solely by how the space is decorated, but also by the inhabitants of the space. It isn’t the space that nurtures the people living and working there, the people affect the space as well.

There are so many success stories with feng shui, and each time I hear one I know one thing for sure: the people in the space shifted the energy. I help my clients identify intentions and clarify goals. Together we identify and remove energy blockages, transform stagnant chi in the environment, and activate the harmony of yin and yang and the five-element theory. But when I leave, it’s the people that have to do the work.

It’s challenging to get clarity, it’s hard to invite change into your life, and both take sweat, determination and a great deal of hard work. So when change does occur, and goals are achieved, and new relationships enter your life, it could feel like magic, but there isn’t anything magical about feng shui.

Perhaps the magic is as simple as believing in yourself, and if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

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.

A Fresh Start

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A Fresh Start

The aftermath after ending a relationship can be unsettling. While it is easy to disregard photographs or sentimental items collected together in a relationship, the decision to get rid of something as intrinsic as the mattress you sleep on every night is a bit more challenging.

In Feng Shui philosophy, the mattress holds all the intimate and intense energy from your relationship. Just think of the amount of time you both spent on that mattress. The sum of activities that take place in, or on a bed can range from romantic to the mundane and can leave a reservoir of painful memories that are difficult to detach from and forget.

Of course, if your mattress is still in good condition, not yet eight years old, and you feel no emotional connection to the mattress, then keep it. However, if you ardently attached, but it is impractical to replace your mattress then energetically clear the mattress with sage.

Burning sage is one of the oldest and purest methods of cleansing a person or things. The practice dates back to prehistoric times and it’s been documented as having been used in every corner of the world. Before you light up, set your intentions and open the doors and windows as the unwanted energy you are trying to clear must have a pathway to get out. Sage spray is an alternative if you live in a no smoke zone. Next, strip the bed down to the mattress. Circumambulate around the bed with the sage, and as it burns thank and release the energy of your partner, and allow the energy that you shared to go with gratitude and love. As the smoke ascends your good wishes and intentions rise and are released into the universe.

Whatever you decide, the decision is a big one but consider, closing that chapter of your life could be as simple as investing in a new mattress.

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5 Tips on How to Move your Chi and Prevent Stagnant Energy

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Stagnant chi or energy accumulates through repetitive, restrictive thought patterns like fear, envy, jealousy, not moving your body, and allowing clutter in any space. We want to move the chi around so that this stagnant energy doesn’t cause any issues in our body or prevent us from moving forward with life.

Here are 5 things to do to keep that chi moving:

  1. Move your body. Get out and walk, or jog, or do yoga every day. Physically move the energy throughout your body.
  2. Stop and breathe. Find time in your day to stop and close your eyes. Go inward and feel the present. Take a three-second deep breath and hold it. Ask yourself how you feel. Then slowly release the breath.
  3. Watch your diet. Either you put food in your body that has chi, or you put food in your body with dead chi. Dead chi is stagnant chi. Anything with a label no longer has chi. If you can’t cut those foods completely out, at least try to limit them.
  4. Your chi goes where your intention flows. Thoughts are forms of energy. Be aware of your thinking. Monitor your thoughts. Make sure you aren’t having negative self-talk like, “I am stuck in my job or relationship.” Remember the first thought of the day sets the intention for the day.
  5. Clutter. No excuses. Get rid of it. This is the number one reason for stagnant energy in any space. This stagnant energy is preventing you from moving forward in your life and depending on where it is in your home, I can get very specific as to what area in your life the clutter is impacting. Far-right corner your love life; far left corner your wealth; and front door, your career. We can’t deny what happens in the world or in our own lives but we always have the choice as to how to respond to it.

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Happy Chinese New Year–The Year of the Rat

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Happy Chinese New Year--The Year of the Rat

On January 25th we bring in the Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the metal rat!

The rat is the first sign of the Chinese zodiac. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order of the zodiac would be decided by the order in which each animal arrived to his party. The rat tricked the dependable ox into giving him a ride on his back. Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, the crafty rat jumped down and landed ahead of the ox, finishing first.

The rat is also associated with yang or male energy so this will be a powerful and passionate year. In Chinese culture, rats are, for the most part, seen as a sign of wealth and surplus. And since rats are the first sign in the zodiac this is a terrific year to start a business or change jobs, or begin a meaningful relationship. One female rat can have up to 200 offspring a year so it will be a fertile year. This is a fast-paced year full of optimism and a terrific year to find true love, earn more money and save.

Here are some tips to ensure you are welcoming this successful new year with honor and respect.

  1. The day before, on January 24th take a broom and symbolically sweep to ensure you are sweeping away all the stagnant energy of last year. Open your front door and sweep away old ideas and any problems that were faced last year.
  2. Dress up to honor the new year. Since it is the year of the metal rat wear something silver or gold.
  3. Light candles symbolizing that you are lighting the way to new opportunities.
  4. Put out nine oranges, nine is a very auspicious number and oranges represent wealth because they look like gold. I put the oranges in a heart-shaped bowl representing all the love that will surround me this new year.
  5. I buy fresh yellow flowers in the color yellow representing good health.

Wishing all of y’all best wishes for luck, health, prosperity, and love!

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.

8 Ways Your Bedroom Represents Relationships in Your Life

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If you only pick one room to Feng Shui in your house, make it your bedroom. The bedroom is considered the most important room of the home in feng shui philosophy. No matter where your bedroom is, it represents the relationships in your life, none more important than the one you have with yourself.

If I could pick one thing in your bedroom to focus on, it would be your bed, the one place in your home where you spend most of your time.

Here are a couple of suggestions for your bed:

  1. Make sure your bed is in a commanding position, facing the door but not directly in line with the door.
  2. Always have a headboard, which represents the stability and support you get in your relationships, especially romantic ones.
  3. Place your headboard against a solid wall, with space available on the other three sides of the bed (left, right and foot).
  4. Avoid placing your headboard against a wall that has a toilet on the other side.
  5. Take a good look at what you have stored under your bed. If you have anything under your bed those things affect you while you are asleep in a passive yin state. What you have there represents or creates subconscious blocks in your life.
  6. Reduce EMF’s in your bedroom – the electric and magnetic fields created by electronic devices.
  7. Have a pair of nightstands, they don’t have to match, and they will represent the balance and harmony in your relationships.
  8. Be selective about the artwork over your bed. I can tell 100% of the time what is going on in a relationship based on this artwork. This photo has a single woman, which tells me one or both really don’t want to be in a partnership. Instead invite partnerships with artwork that depicts or comes in pairs, like two flowers, two birds, two trees etc. Or anything that represents the love you share with your partner.

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.

Michelle Cromer