Feng Shui To You!
What is Feng Shui? Feng Shui ( which is pronounced properly “FEIING SWEE” in the Cantonese Chinese dialect” is a way and means of creating harmony between humans and their environment to enhance well being. An ancient Chinese theory of design and placement, feng shui grew from observations that people are affected – both positively as well as negatively by their surroundings. You may well have noticed that some places seem always to impart luck on their environments whereas some people seem to always have happiness and health imparted by their surroundings.
In your home and environs, good Feng Shui helps create harmonious family relationships, fosters good health, revives energy and enthusiasm and even encourages fertility and good sex drive. In business it encourages prosperity and success. By changing your surroundings Feng Shui allows you to change your life for the better.
Because there are so many elements contributing to your environments, applying Feng Shui may initially seem to be a complex matter. However there are some basic, time honored remedies which will not involve anything more than simple efforts and little expense.
In some cases Feng Shui can be as simple as moving furniture around, changing the colors of your décor, hanging wind chimes and mirrors or placing leafy green plants at your home’s entrance.
As you start to adopt the principles of Feng Shui, you will begin to feel the difference. Described as the art of placement, Feng Shui is largely common sense and good design. It is important you take the time to listen to your intuition about what feels right and wrong rather than what you think is right because each and every situation is different and there are no strict foolproof formulas for you to apply.
A Feng Shui expert analysis would take into consideration the many different elements affecting your personal environment. For example they would look at how the energy of qi (chi) moves around your home: the position of your house: its surroundings : the shape of your land: the shape of your house: the directions of your rooms face- north south ,east or west: the location of each room- whether they are front , back or center: the shapes of your furniture and its placement : the décor of your home as well as the landscaping in your garden. They would also look at each of these in terms of the balance, of yin or yang and whether they are associated with the element of earth, fire, metal water or wood.
All of this may sound overwhelming but you do not have to become a Feng Shui expert overnight. You can take small steps. Sometimes major steps are required. Sometimes three are simple changes to be made. However as with life Feng Shui is more of an attitude, a process than one simple swoop.
Lastly as in life some changes in Feng Shui tactics can have profound effects whereas others changes may result in more limited results. And if often is a personal choice resulting differing effects from case to case as well as effect of specific time and place.
Kerry A. Francis
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Feng Shui?
Any quick and easy tips on using Feng Shui in my home? Easy furniture positioning tips? What to keep and not keep in my place? I have a small apartment, so painting is not an option, but what about colors?
The main thing that you should concentrate on is keeping a healthy flow of chi in every part of the space. If there was a river flowing through your apartment, where would there be a sluggish flow or a place where the water would remain still? These places can be remedied with a variety of things, like chimes, mirrors, a small fountain, or a beaded curtain. I recommend choosing colors that are invigorating and inviting to you.
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Purchase a Practical Feng Shui reference book. You can also try artofplacement.com She offers good tips.
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so far as i know, shouldn;t keep furniture with edges pointing direct to you- it’s harm, as they said
also not to sit back to back with entrance- as someone will stab behind you..
colors? can’t help- this one need some calculation in feng shui- sorry
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the best fengshui tip i can give that has a significant effect on your luck is to change your main door. the main door is usually the wooden door, not the metal gate; or the door that is connecting the house to the outside/ road. the least that you can do is repaint the whole door.
this beats rearranging the furnitures or even painting your house a different color.
changing your main door is like freshening up your luck to become more timely or current. in fengshui, when you first move into the house, you activate your luck at that time. and such luck have certain characteristics, which is usually calculated by the fenghsui concepts. but this luck usually just lasts for just a certain period, then it expires.
thus, it is important to change the door, if you want a fresher luck.
note: do not do this only if in the past you have a string of bad events. if this is the case, you might want to tilt your door at a different degree. or consult a fengshui professional.
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