tips to feng shui your home

ie where you can see the entrance from where you are sitting or lying but are not in direct alignment with the open doorway The bed desk and place where you spend the most time reading or watching television should always be in this position If not you will be spending most of your time feeling disempowered This reflex comes from the reptilian brain and you will never feel truly comfortable if you cant see what is going on in the room

Anything that you bump your head on stub your toe or bruise your shins on is unsafe The message to the reptilian brain is thathome is not a safe place to beReplace sharpedged furniture with those that have rounded edges and remove from sight anything that is ? or even looks like a weapon (iesharp pokerlike curtain finials knife racks in kitchens pan hooks extended from the ceiling or walls razoredged glass table tops)

This is a big deal! Feng Shui promotes that we are energetically connected to everything we own Having an overwhelming amount of stuff to deal with sucks our energy and brings us down Have you ever said ?wow I feel so much better now that my home is a disaster area? Our homes are a metaphor for our lives and will always reflect how in or out of balance we are Learn to downsize buy less and become conscious of the foot print you are leaving on the earth

Care for your home the way you care for yourself Often if we are not caring for ourselves our homes reflect this as well They are a mirror to our inner and outer worlds and if we pay attention will give us profound clues to where our lives are! Mold is also very toxic and needs to be addressed immediately in the home

Ceiling fans register to the reptilian brain asspinning knives overhead and beams asa heavy object about to fall on usEspecially move beds desks and favorite chairs away from under these or remove the fans alltogether (replace with friendlier looking blades) and cover the beams over beds with fabric Feng Shui addresses the subtle things in our environment and the belief that they energetically affect us a great deal because of the amount of time we spend there Consider the analogy of water dripping on a stone ?over time a hole is created where the stone once was

Remove anything you feel obligated to keep for what ever reason Update your home to reflect who you are now ? not who you used to be Honor who you are and give yourself permission to surround yourself with things that inspire you and use the things you love rather thansavingthem for the guests affirming thatyouare the most important person here!

We come from 100000 generations of ancestors who lived in the natural world Nature realigns our energy field and makes us feel whole Therefore it would make sense that our homes will make us truly feelat homewhen we bring nature in (And I do include the belovedfourleggedswingedones etc) This is called theFive Elements theory in Feng Shui and you can read more how to incorporate them here

Color has a huge impact on us We actually need to surround ourselves with certain colors at certain stages in our lives Pay attention to how you are responding to colors and the ones you need to surround yourself with now to feel nurtured happy and inspired Learn moreEmpower your Life with Color

Bedrooms arepassive spacesand home officesactive spacesIt only make sense that creating an active bedroom is not going to support getting a good nights sleep and a too relaxing home office will make you want to take a nap instead of getting things done This is called the concept of Yin and Yang which teaches how to create a balanced home that will support everyone who lives there and the activities that need to be performed in the best possible wayRead more about how to create balance using Yin/Yang concepts

If you can get rid of even half the unnecessary stuff in your home and office youll feel lighter and may even drop some weight and get rid of headaches in the process