Dec 11 2007
Feng Shui Home Assessment
In the previous post, Neshi spoke of a process in Interior Alignment™ of assessing your home by noting what feels good and what does not. Some problem items are obvious such as broken items, things that do not work well or areas that are cluttered such that they impede traffic flow. But, what about the subtle things that you have lived with so long that they have slipped below your “don’t feel good” radar? And when we speak of making you feel good or not can you look at your feelings in an objective way? Are you ready for change?
In order to gauge your feelings you need to have a baseline. One way to do this is to use your breath. Sit quietly with your spine long yet relaxed. Watch how your breath moves in and out of your lungs. Which part of your lungs does the air move into. Does your belly move with your breath, do your ribs move out to the sides and do your collar bones rise as you breath? What is the quality of the breath-smooth, shallow, or ratchety? Does your in breath last as long as the out breath and how long are the pauses at the top of the in breath and after the out breath? Watch your breath a few minutes without trying to change it to get a baseline.
As you go through your home place your attention on the aspect you are considering. Check in with your breath for a couple of minutes. This quiets your mind. Then focus on an item such as a chesterfield, or hold the item such as a vase and recheck your breathing.
Your body can block unpleasant or intense feelings in two ways. The first is to tense up and resist the feeling, clutching on the in breath. The second is to become passive and limp to avoid the feelings, collapsing on our out breath. What you are experiencing in your body you are also experiencing in your mind. Check in with your breathing, noting any changes and consider where that feeling is coming from. Is it worth keeping this item?
Are you ready to look at your home objectively? There are no bad homes, they all have lessons for us to learn. Feng Shui can help when times are difficult but when in a crisis it is hard to be objective about yourself. Waiting for a crisis to call in help may not be the best use of a Feng Shui practitioner. Recognizing that you may need assistance to prevent a crisis may help to avert that crisis. Frequent clutter clearing whilst checking in with your home and your self and putting in place some enhancements is pretty good life/home maintenance.
Copyright 2007 Brenda Rosenberg All rights reserved.
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