Follow me on Twitter Staying in a hotel when on vacation or business trip can be uncomfortable from a feng shui and space clearing perspective. I just returned from a trip to New Mexico. I traveled with my friend and fellow teacher, Deb Swingholm.
Deb and I shared a room while attending a shamanic course in Santa Fe, New Mexico. When we entered our shared room we both had the same feeling, “get a different room”. Deb did inquire but there was not another space as nice! We knew that we had to do some feng shui and space clearing in order to feel comfortable in the room.
As we went out to our rented car, I turned to Deb and said, “we are moving the bed from the extra room into the larger space”. The extra room was next to the bathroom and felt isolated. So, that is exactly what we did. We dismantled the single bed and it moved between the fire place and a large walk in closet which was in the main room. We also moved the small club chairs. One chair was moved to a corner we had designated for reading and the other chair next to the fire place. The second bed was in an windowed alcove that opened into the main room.
After we finished moving the furniture around, I placed one of my shawls over the full length mirror that hung on the walk in closet door. We stood back and assessed our work by tuning into the energy of the room. The room felt so much better as the energy flowed with balance and harmony. We used the room off the bathroom as a dressing room and storage for luggage. This worked out so well as the extra room also had a door that we could close. I also placed a sheet over the bureau mirror at night which comes from my Native American culture. This transformed the main room as the room felt like a safe haven in the evening.
When we were finished arranging furniture, we set up a small altar. Deb and I set our intention for the space and began a space clearing ceremony. We used our drums and a bell to space clear the rooms. This is the first time Deb and I have worked together as a space clearing team. I have to admit it was so much fun.
The bell is one of Deb’s primary space clearing tools and watching them work together was magical. We transformed a space that began as a confined with stale energy to one of beauty and easy to take full deep breaths in. And, we did all of this in less than an hour.
We all know that keeping a sense of humor is vital. Well, Deb and I wondered what it would have been like to video tape this feng shui and space clearing to show on YouTube. We would have entitled the video, “What do Two Feng Shui Teachers Do on Vacation?!”
On the last morning that we stayed at the Inn, we had breakfast with a few of the other course attendees. I asked them how they liked their rooms. Their response was their room was fine and loved the view of the mountains. Deb and I told them that we were Feng Shui Master Teachers and that we incorporated feng shui into our room by changing the furniture around and doing a space clearing ceremony. Their reply was, “I wish you could have done my room too I could have slept better!”
I believe the important thing to remember is that if you have a basic feng shui knowledge you can create a comfortable place for your soul and physical body anywhere you go. If you add a space clearing ceremony to that same space, you create an intentional sacred space.
All Rights Reserved. Copyright, Neshi Lokotz, April 2008.
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I love that you rearranged the furniture in your hotel room. I have done this countless times — way before I knew about feng shui and, of course, since. Sometimes, it just isn’t possible to move much, still, the spaces can be transformed with scarves. I often pack extras just for the purpose.
I can’t remember where I learned this … Karen Kingston, I think …
Pack your etheric body before you leave home and unpack it in your hotel room, to sleep better. How? Gather the energy of your usual sleeping spot in your bed (etheric body) at home and place it in your heart. After you’ve space cleared your hotel room and the hotel bed, unpack your etheric body where you plan to sleep. That’s it.
If you leave home and then remember that you forgot your etheric body, you can “go home” mentally, mentally gather up the energy and pack it in your heart. Ditto when you leave the hotel. Frankly, I travel so seldom it is usual that I’m mentally packing, both times!
Hi Kathleen, thanks for the helpful information. Hotel stays and just travel its self can be draining, but when you have some tools (feng shui and space clearing) available to you, you can make travel so much easier. Blessings, Neshi.