The Art of Feng Shui

Originating from ancient China, Feng Shui literally translates as “wind” (feng) and water (“shui”). It’s the art of reinforcing positive energy by arranging the pieces in living spaces in a way that creates balance with the natural world. At the core of this practice is the belief that human life is connected and flows with the environment around it. Feng Shui splits the world into five elements:

  • wood: creativity and growth
  • fire: leadership and boldness
  • earth: strength and stability
  • metal: focus and order
  • water: emotion and inspiration

Balancing these five elements properly in your home can help their corresponding areas to thrive in your life.

Check your commanding Positions

In Feng Shui, the place where  you want to spend most of your time when you are in that room is the commanding position. Feng shui guidelines suggest to place your bed (it represents you), your desk (it represents your career), or your stove stove (it represents your wealth) in diagonal alignment, so you can receive optimal positive energy.

Creating the good Vibes

It ‘s all about energies, and it starts at the front door. In feng shui, your entryway represents the way energy enters your home and your life. When there is a direct line-of-sight between the front door and the back door, it means the ‘chi (or energy) is shooting through the house too fast. At the same time, you want to make sure you’re not walking directly into a wall. Energy should enter your home gracefully and go around evenly. Slow the energy down with a patterned rug on the floor, artwork on the walls, or even a round entry table. Hanging a mirror instead, is like expanding the opportunities in your life and not allowing yourself to feel limited.

Kill the Clutter

Clutter isn’t just about aesthetics — it’s been proven to be detrimental to your mental and emotional health. An excessive amount of clutter prevents us from having clarity of thought and can weigh us down emotionally.  It creates tress and is like an energetic blockage that impedes the best things from unfolding in our lives. Crowded, small, and often poorly designed smaller spaces can make it hard for residents to feel well and at home in them.

Maximize Natural Light

It goes without saying that natural light improves your mood. Mirrors are a quick adjustment when you want to bring in more light and create a sense of space.

Go vertical

Integrating some vertical shapes and lines in your home represents growth and expansion. You can achieve this by adding some lighting where the light travels upward or some floor to ceiling bookshelves to make the environment feel full of height and space to breathe

Add Plants

Plants embody life energy, so they’ll add freshness and vitality to your home. Adding one or two plants near your desk, home office, or work area connects you to the element of wood, which is related to networking, expansion, growth, growing wealth.

Incorporate Metal

The metal element helps with clarity, sharpness of thought, calming and balancing energies, it can help with productivity as well.

Last but not least: Colours

Warm, rich earth and skin tones such as terra cotta, copper, coral, cream, peach, tan and cocoa will create a cozy, welcoming atmosphere and a quiet, tranquil vibe.

The art of  Feng Shui will transform your home into an oasis of peace and relaxation and invite healing energy.

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