I want my home to be my sanctuary, a place where I can rest, feel safe, and feel nurtured. Since I do a lot of work at home, I also want it to be a place of inspiration and energy. So I've been looking into feng shui. At the simplest level, feng shui is just a 3,000-year-old Chinese practice of living in harmony with your environment.
I'm less interested in the spiritual aspects of the practice, but on a practical level I do think you can apply some of its principles to enhance your health. With these thoughts in mind I've compiled my own list of practical feng shui tips for good health.
1. Get rid of clutter. This is so hard to do, but I think it's the most important step. Just on the most basic level, having outdated medicine, old cosmetics, dust, and broken furniture and appliances is bad for your health! De-cluttering, on the other hand, can make you feel more relaxed and in control of your life.
(Image via Hub Pages.)
2. Add plants. As with pets, I feel like plants are good for my mental health. They also add fresh oxygen and some even clean the air a little. Feng shui practitioners have all sorts of rules about what kinds of plants bring what kind of energy; I think it doesn't matter as long as the plants are easy to care for and are themselves healthy. (I'm planning on posting about indoor plants soon, by the way.)
(Image via Feng Shui Notes.)
3. Contemplate furniture placement. There are complicated feng shui rules when it comes to furniture as well. However, I think it's helpful just to have a look around your home and think about the arrangement of your furniture. Is it easy to navigate? Do you trip over your coffee table every day?
4. Chose colors carefully. Color therapists have a lot to say about how colors affect your mental health, but I think we all have our own individual responses to colors. This is just something to think about before you go crazy with the purple paint. (Gorgeous... and probably most effective in a seldom-used room.)
(Image via Domino Magazine.)
Space clearing can be a significant component to feng shui. I don't think it's for me; that said, I do respect the psychological power rituals can have for many people.
Here are some other feng shui links you may find enlightening.
Make your home a feel-good sanctuary
From Apartment Therapy, 10 easy feng shui tips for the bathroom, 10 easy feng shui steps for the kitchen, and 10 easy feng shui steps for the bedroom
This Domino Magazine video on feng shui is fun.
Some ailments are generic to every room of your home. Perfect circulation equals perfect health. Processing and purging occurs with emotional issues, as well. You can improve your financial matters significantly and add ease and pleasure to your work by applying principles of feng shui to your workplace.
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Posted by: feng shui expert | August 11, 2008 at 07:18 AM