Feng Shui For Beginners

Feng Shui has always been something that has interested me. Can we really decorate/organise our rooms to promote and encourage success, health and happiness? The whole idea behind feng shui is to create a good flow of energy and harmony in every room of your house by arranging your surroundings in balance and accordance with the natural world. The history of feng shui goes back 3,500 years before the magnetic compass was created, and originates from Chinese astronomy. You can feng shui every room in your house to encourage different things (success etc), and you can even feng shui your desk to improve productivity and success. Below is everything you need to know to create the perfect harmonious feng shui in both your bedroom and living room. For more feng shui info, visit The Spruce where I got lots of inspiration.

The first and most important principle in feng shui is chi. Chi means energy and it is believed that this energy can gather in the objects around us. The whole point of feng shui is to keep this energy flowing throughout our environment, rather than it flowing straight through or getting trapped (which can create negative energy). The more chi, the more positive energy in our lives.

Feng Shui Your Bedroom

The bedroom is one of the most important rooms in the house - and it is advised that you treat your bedroom wisely. In the bedroom, you want to create a nourishing, harmonious and sensual energy.

• Open windows regularly. The air in your bedroom must be fresh, clean and pure and you cannot have good feng shui if the air is stale. 

• No plants unless they are far from the bed. Different plants can affect how we sleep as some produce oxygen that can keep us awake for longer or make us sleep lightly, whereas others that produce carbon monoxide can make the air dry and unbreathable. 

• Feng shui your bed. Your bed is the most important piece of furniture - after all, you sleep there every night. It is believed that the bed has the most intimate connection with your personal energy. Make sure your bed is easily accessible from both sides (so that the chi can circulate around it), with two bedside tables on each side. Avoid having your bed directly in line with the door. 

• Get rid of TV and computers. Items with high EMFs (electric fields generated by charged particles) which are said to be dangerous for your health can encourage the energy of work and stress. They can also be a distraction for your energy. 

• Keep the doors closed at night. Closing the door means enclosing the energy and keeping it within the bedroom over night. Having a nourishing flow of energy in your room overnight can strengthen your health.

• Several levels of lighting is key. Light is our number one nutrient and one of the strongest and most prominent manifestations of energy. Candles are the perfect lighting; they create a warm, intimate atmosphere as well as clearing and healing the energy. 

Feng Shui Your Living Room

The living room is the most busiest place in your house so creating a fresh, happy and strong energy in this room is important. 

• Get rid of clutter. A clutter free and clean living room means good feng shui. A good energy through feng shui cannot exist if it is infected by clutter in a room. 

• Good lighting and air. Similarly to the bedroom, the living room needs clean, fresh and pure air. It must have access to sunlight and be well ventilated. 

• Invite success and wealth into your home through items. Put wealth symbols (such as crystals and coins) in a bowl on your coffee table. This will encourage wealth and success. 

• Choose your art wisely. Pictures of stormy seas and thunderstorms can attract stress and trouble, whereas pictures of beautiful landscapes and smiling faces can encourage a calm and happy atmosphere. 

• Don't block natural pathways. Avoid putting furniture in natural pathways in your living room as this can block natural energy and instead create stagnant, negative chi. 

• Place your sofa against the wall. It is believed that your bed should be set against a solid wall as this provides support to those living in the house (and sitting on the sofa) as well as providing stability for the family structure. 

Do you have good feng shui in your home?