Aug 29 2007
Feel good feng shui
When working with feng shui it is important to follow recommendations which resonate with you personally. Choose cures and enhancements which appeal to you culturally and aesthetically. It is my belief that introducing changes which you don’t love and don’t suit your home will have limited benefit to you. There may be other options which fit with the decor of your home and your personal taste.
Analyze suggestions to see whether they feel good to you. Do they give you a warm glowing feeling or do they bring your energy down, like when someone mentions that you look tired. It is important to be honest to yourself to ensure that you are not avoiding an issue, such as clutter clearing. There is no point kidding yourself that your clutter is energizing you.
As an example, many people worry about furniture sending out poison arrows, a form of negative chi. I like to consider whether the furniture bothers me when I look at it. Does it really look threatening? Is it places in such a way that it is easy to bump into it, or is it at an odd angle?
Surrounding yourself with things that you love will lift the energy of your home to resonate with your dreams and aspiration. People who visit won’t know what you’ve done to your home, just that it feels really good to be there.
As Denise Linn, founder of Interior Alignment says in her book Feng Shui for the Soul “If it feels good, it’s good feng shui“.
Copyright 2007, Helen Harvey, all rights reserved