Feng Shui is designed to create a positive atmosphere for you to live and work in - why not see how you might change your life?
There's something special about owning your home and making it unique among all others in the area. But instead of just adding a few bushes here and there, why not consider the ancient art of feng shui to help create a more positive and healthier atmosphere for you and your family?
First, what is feng shui and what can it do for you? Well, feng shui (pronounced fung-sway) literally translates from Chinese to "wind" and "water". The image of a gentle breeze and smooth-running water stands for good health and happiness, while a nasty wind and dirty, polluted water contaminates all around it. Applying this to your surroundings is an ancient Chinese art that has been used for hundreds of years to produce a better living space for thousands around the world. Indeed, buildings have been designed and approved by special feng shui practictioners and have been recognised as a vital part of business in many countries.
But let's take a look at your house and see how it applies to your surroundings. Feng shui studies how the vibrant energy of the land and the people is channeled in, through and around the house. From the outside you should have no level of the house set any higher than any other, so that extra floor added onto one area of the house is out. Your house should have a symmetrical shape without any sharp angles jutting out into the world. This helps to channel the energy in waves without breaking them up or causing them to shatter, much as if your house was in a wind tunnel and you were viewing the windflow. You don't want your house to look like a prison or some sort of medieval fort, since this is sure to cause emotional distress to those who enter, live and work in it. You should never have the path to your front door lead straight onto the street; this will give demons easy access to your house and your family. And those bushes around your front door should be trimmed low to prevent demons from hiding in them for easy entry. Now, this might seem rather silly, but with an eye towards household security they come across as important factors. Ask any security expert and they will recommend that you keep the foliage around your front door plain and clear so that no intruders can hide and wait for you to unlock the front door, push you in and take control of the situation.
Now that we've figured out what you need on the outside, let's take a walk around the inside of your home and see what works and what doesn't work.
The goal here is to make sure that the energy flows around your house in a positive way; channelling the positive energy to the right places while dissuading negative energy from being created and allowed to move around the house, affecting the entire family with "bad feelings". But where to start?
Well, let's look around the house again. Your garage door should not be allowed to open into any major room such as the kitchen or the dining room. Before you laugh, take a look at it from a practical point of view - if your garage door opens into your bedroom or your family room, you're providing any potential intruder with a major target upon immediately entering the house. If they have to work their way through a hallway or another storage area, they have more of a chance of being discovered and possibly of being lost depending on the size of the house. But let's look at some more tips!
Keep all of your hallways and stairs well lit and spacious - this will help positive energy to maintain a freeflowing current through the house. It will also cut down on possible household accidents! Negative energy can be created by narrow hallways or staircases that go upwards at a steep angle; making everyone nervous who has to go up and down the stairs or make their way through a corridor in the dark, bumping their way along.
A house that's badly laid out with numerous corridors and hallways that remind you of a labyrinth is also guaranteed to create negative energy as well as sap the positive energy from you and your family. And when you look back at places that you've worked and live in, you may find that many of the worst places that you've felt depressed and upset in meet many of these requirements for either creating negative energy or channeling it directly to you.
If you do wish to either build a house or renovate one to create the maximum benefits using feng shui, be sure to consult a professional. You may feel comfortable purchasing a book on the topic, but if you plan to spend the money to create a positive atmosphere for your family to live in please consider paying a trained professional to help make it the best possible.
Feng shui has come a long way from its ancient Oriental roots to become a valued architectural tool for many homeowners and construction companies. Why not see if this ancient art can help you?
