Our home is a metaphor for our life, and if we use Feng Shui properly our home can help to transform our conscious and unconscious mind. In order to have a harmonious existence within our walls, here are seven suggestions on what not to do.
- Have your bed on the same side, as your door– the bedroom, above all other rooms is the most important room in your home. Not only do we spend a third of our lives in this space, but it will also always represent our relationships no matter where it is. Don’t put the bed on the same wall as the door to the room because you need to be able to see the door from the bed. This will help with the energy flow to the room.
Keep the toilet seat down– the toilet’s opening is like a drain, and exposing it can mean all the good energy is going down the drain.- Mirrors across from your front door– the front door is the connection to the world and it is where the energy or chi enters the home. A mirror hanging directly across from the entryway will symbolically push away the flow of chi entering the home. You can place the mirror on either side.
- Clutter – the flow of chi can be blocked if the space is full of clutter. Clean up and repurposing items can enhance the flow.
- Artwork of water over your bed or desk – water features are a great way to enhance the water element and to increase the flow of chi. The placement of the water feature attracts powerful chi so the placement is critical. Paintings, photographs, or drawings of water are considered to be the water element so make sure you do not place these over your bed or behind your desk. Both symbolize that you are “underwater.”
- No dead flowers or plants – dead plants, dried flowers, and empty pots represent death and weaken the chi of the home or office.
- Do not allow furniture to touch the wall – Feng Shui is associated with the art of placement. And this also means places any furniture inches of space away from the wall so that the chi can easily flow.
Don’t expect instant results, this is not a miracle cure. If you stick to it and believe and know that Feng Shui will work for you!
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If you are looking for a non-invasive and non-medical way to help in the conception of a child, perhaps feng shui can help.
Meditate: oftentimes trying to conceive can be stressful. It might feel like you are drowning in anxiety. Meditation at least once a day can help you relax. It will give you more energy and calm any nerves you might have.
Recently, a family who had just lost their son called me. After a long battle with leukemia, he died in his bedroom, he was just 11. They wanted me to stand in that difficult sacred space between the living and the dead, between faith and fear, and determine the best way to honor his spirit. As I walked in I heard a woman, who I suppose was a friend tell the grieving family not to think of the little boy’s body, because it was “just a shell.” I am sure this thought was well-intentioned but was said by a person who is unsettled by the fresh grief of others. Right between the inhale and the exhale of the bone-wracking sobs such hurts produce, to some it’s normal to have this “just a shell idea.”
Several months after the celebration of the life of this little boy I returned and made these suggestions:
There is a great deal of fear globally surrounding the pandemic. Some are already getting vaccines; others will have to wait months. There is even fear surrounding the vaccine itself. I want to encourage all of y’all, regardless, to adopt a perspective that steps away from all the fear. I know that can be easier said than done.
4. Eat as cleanly as possible– choose foods with healthy chi like fruits and vegetables and if you eat meat, make sure to bless the spirit of the animal before you eat it and thank it, a lesson I learned from my grandmother. And don’t forget your Vitamin D, Zinc, and Vitamin C.