Where Energy Flows

Many of my clients have been asking about Himalayan salt lamps and wondering what they do. Well, the answer is simple and complex. They affect different people in different ways, and most often people find the lamps assist in bring peace and calm.

Just their colors alone create delightful gazing stones -a diversion and rest to release your eyes from the computer screen, TV or even the book or heated discussion. Their striated coloration reminds one of a camp fire, perhaps, easing your being into a relaxed state.

Himalayan salt lamps are formed from rock salt found in the Himalayan Mountains. The important reason in selecting salt lamps from this source is that they were formed in an area that was relatively pollution free during their formation.

Millions of years ago, when the earth was in its beginning times, an immense pressure caused the Himalayan Mountains to rise out of the ocean. The primordial waters that were present at that time were forced up inside the massive Himalayan Mountains. Under incredible pressure this salt ocean was converted into solid Himalayan salt. This is the salt that is mined by hand to create the majority of the salt lamps we enjoy today.

In addition to contributing to relaxation as a gazing stone, the lamps emit negative ions which help the human body to experience a sensory relaxation response. Thus you feel the exhilaration you experience near the fresh ocean air or the clean fresh feeling just after a thunder and lightning storm. Thus Himalayan salt lamps work great near computers, in bedrooms and are the perfect night light. Bring back a natural fresh quality to the air and improve your home or office ambiance. I have a salt lamp in nearly every room of my home.

…to be continued.

© Roberta Binder, 2008. All rights reserved. 

When things are not going well for you, a feng shui ’cure’ is to move twenty things in your home. This is the number considered to create an energy shift. Whether you change two items or twenty, changing your environment has a powerful effect. The connection between loving your environment and living with greater peace and harmony cannot be taken too lightly. Everything in your environment has an influence – either positive or negative – on your state of mind.

Change can be large or small. An example of a small change might be to choose different objects to look at. By putting some things away or changing them around, you wake up your senses and become more aware of your surroundings, and more ‘in the moment’.

A larger change might be to change your colours. If you have always had off-white walls, imagine what it would be like to throw in a splash of vibrant colour.  Here to you can go big or a bit smaller. Go big by painting your walls. You can change the feel of the room without painting by bringing in spots of colour — those bright red cushions for the sofa, new draperies and even plants.

The thing is, there is a cost to being in an environment that is not inspiring, and this cost can be quite high if it is an area you spend a lot of time in such as your bedroom, kitchen or home office. It can change how you feel about yourself and relate to others, for example, by lowering your energy, making you irritable - and even depressed. This is because the message you might be subconsciously giving yourself is that you are not important enough to have an environment that makes you feel great. Every day you are confronted with some aspect of your living situation that causes you to feel out of alignment with your inner self.

The best feng shui advice is to not put off changes to your environment. Figure out what you don’t like about the room and decide what needs to be done. If you just don’t know, an Interior Alignment™ practitioner can help you sort it out by taking you through a synchro-alignment session or by reading the feng shui of your home. See www.interioralignment.com to find a consultant near you.

Copyright 2007 Deborah Redfern. All rights reserved.