Where Energy Flows

I’ve been feeling particularly fortunate to share Interior Alignment™ Astrology with both student and client this week. Interior Alignment astrology is a western approach that focuses on the archetype of the signs, planets and houses.

My client commented that with traditional astrology readings it was ‘being told’, but with Interior Alignment™ astrology it was a conversation with give and take. Yes, I do some telling but with the purpose of introducing the archetype of the sign or planet we are working with. Then we look together to see how that energy — the theme — is presenting itself in your life. Since the client and I had the same sun sign we compared notes on how the sign manifests in our lives: what the joys are in the energy of that sign, and what the challenges have been. The result is being able to look at the same events and experiences in a new way. Then I give homework exercises: some of which focus on feng shui, others on space clearing and others that take on more of a life coaching aspect. The purpose of these exercises is to release past conditioning and go forward in life.

I’ve found Interior Alignment™ astrolgy particularly helpful for people who have had difficulty identifying with their sign. The IA astrology interpretation is like Interior Alignment™ itself: empowering. In Interior Alignment feng shui we believe there are no wrong houses: in IA astrology maybe we can say there are no wrong signs! I discovered this past week that I really love teaching IA astrology.  

Copyright Deborah Redfern 2007 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.