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The ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) is the art of object arrangement and space planning designed to bring balance, harmony and well-being to your living and working areas.  Its purpose is not only to enhance prosperity, but also to increase creativity, health, and romance. Feng Shui fortifies a home with positive energy known as chi. The attainment of positive chi is both an art and a blessing to those who manifest that chi. The word “feng” means wind and “shui” means water, each one associated with a good harvest and ultimate good health or good fortune.

Many of the benefits from good Feng Shui come from reducing subtle stresses and irritations , making life easier and more comfortable . A good energy flow is brought about by the application of good Feng Shui , making for a better life and greater happiness.

Five Feng Shui Tips

1. Arrange your office such that your desk faces the door or is at a diagonal to the door. Placing a mirror such that you can see what is behind you is a decent second choice. I’ve been more productive since I changed the layout so that my desk faces the door.
2. While you are cleaning and organizing pay attention to basements and under your bed as energy rises.   As far as attics go, this is energy “hanging over you.”   Are the items you have stored in these places really necessary?  If spring cleaning is the only time you see this stuff thn maybe it’s time to get rid of it.   Cleaning up clutter helped me relax.
3. In the kitchen, if you stand facing the wall while you cook, you leave your back exposed , a position that is considered weak in feng shui. Placing a mirror on the wall behind the stove will allow you to see what’s going on behind you while you cook. If something happens, or someone comes up behind you, then you will be able to see it in the mirror.
4. Fresh flowers bring beautiful uplifting energy to the kitchen. Place a bowl of fruit, a vase of flowers, or a living plant on your kitchen table, windowsill, or wherever the layout of your kitchen allows. (In feng shui, dried flowers have no life energy in them, so they are not recommended. If real plants are impossible, you can use very life-like fake ones, but the effect will not be nearly as strong.)
5. If your love life needs a quick boost, you can use the art of placement to produce the romantic results you desire. Dust and cobwebs on the fans, walls, light fixtures and ceilings should be cleaned away. Enhance your space with romance colors, such as shades of pinks, reds and whites. Guys, this does not mean it has to be feminine. You can use maroon, grayish tones of pinks and whites to achieve the same results. The key is to not use any one color so much that it overpowers the others, so consulting with a Feng Shui expert is a good idea.

These five tips will help to give your life the boost it deserves and the fulfillment it requires. Alter your space and you will change your life.

Feng Shui has been practiced for hundreds of years to increase the quality of our lifes in addition to induce harmony, concerning many other elements, into the home. Anyone can incorporate Feng Shui in any place that you would prefer however some persons use it in the bedchamber.

Feng Shui is pronounced “Fung Shway” and can be used to help you rest better and enhance your own love life. If this seems like something you would want to implement to your bedroom, there are a few “rules” which you will need to figure out to guide you achieve a feng shui bedroom.

The bed is actually probably the most major part of your furniture in the bedroom. Any bed should be in a command location. This means that a person’s bed needs to be in whole view of the room door although not in the direct line of the door. You will also need to leave a sufficient amount of space on both sides of the bed for everyone to get in and out of bed with ease.

Also, do not ever have your bed in the position in which your feet are facing the door. This is very harmful Feng Shui. This kind of position is known as the death posture or coffin position, considering the dead are usually carried out by their feet.

It’s better whenever people opt for to have your bedroom in the farthest room in your home from the front door. This is said to provide the mind increased security considering there’s that much more distance between anything coming in the door and you resting in bed.

It is undesirable Feng Shui to have your bedroom pointing toward the front entrance. However, sometimes we have no real choice where the bedroom is situated but you can in spite of this utilise many other techniques to Feng Shui your bedroom.

Eliminate clutter. Any sort of mess that reaches around your head that can make people feel anxious, consequently you will need to clean all sorts of things which shouldn’t be piled up on your table dresser or side furniture. The clutter will suppress the Chi from flowing naturally as it should.

Anything in your current bedroom that has to do with other things that don’t have to do with sleep or the bedroom need to be taken out. For instance if you have job related objects in your bedroom, these things should be taken out and replaced. Computers, tvs and also other electronics do not belong in the bedroom either.

These are generally three of the most effective recommendations that can be given for people who choose to turn their sleeping rooms straight into a Feng Shui heaven. Feng Shui will enrich your existence and can help improve your sleep habits so you get up feeling being much more relaxed as well as totally regenerated.

There are actually all kinds of other things people have to bear in mind when you plan set up a feng shui bedroom. Always make sure you do as much basic research as you can before you begin. You need to understand exactly what you are going to do and precisely how to accomplish it before you get started. You actually don’t have to be a believer for Feng Shui to bring amazing things in your existence.

After placing a horse in my travel position, this dragon was blessed with a trip to Cancun. Though I took my Blackberry phone with the red paper behind it and never turned it on, the red paper and phone still performed its magic! (See my earlier article on the wonders of red paper behind your business phone.)

With Blackberry in claw, I started out in a rustic, mosquito-ridden hotel room on the island of Isla Mujeres and soon manifested a major “free” upgrade by moving to Sun Palace, an all-inclusive resort on the hotel zone.

I ended up in a suite big enough for this dragon, including a huge in-room jacuzzi, ocean view, and awesome fire show on the beach! I got massaged, “facialed,” seaweed wrapped, and manicured as part of the package deal! (My scales have never felt or looked better!)

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This dragon thinks it’s really cool how Asian culture has co-mingled so much into every day mainstream life in America, the current lair of the dragon, where people love us dragons…

Today in America, many of us practice yoga and meditation for stress management. (In fact, most fitness centers now carry yoga classes.) Martial arts and Tai Chi have also become popular activities for many.

In the area of alternative medicine, more and more of us are turning to Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda and Oriental therapies for health and well-being, and most people have heard of Deepak Chopra, the “poet-prophet of alternative medicine.” (This dragon turns to acupuncture when its scales get too scaly or its flames start to sputter, especially since many health insurance companies now cover acupuncture!)

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Wow! This dragon tried out some of the suggestions in the Feng Shui: Myth of Truth article and got some amazing results! As a growing dragon that eats a lot, I needed more income so I could buy more food. (Eating cows from farm pastures has been frowned upon and the farmers have taken to shooting at me when I even fly near their farm.) So I tried putting red under my business phone. In my case, I put it in the back of my cell phone case since I roam a lot and only have one phone. (I’m also partial to red since it reminds me of fire and truly complements my jade “dragonness “.)

Prior to doing that I was having a bad run on luck, tying up lots of money in losing stock trades. The day after placing the red under my phone the stock market picked up steam. In fact yesterday the Dow went over 10,000 for the first time in a long time. That’s one powerful piece of red paper! And I’ve been meeting my goal to make 20 cows per week in the stock market ever since I added the red to my phone.

I loaned a horse statue to my friend who has been trying to sell his house for over half a year. Unfortunately I told him placing his horse in his travel position would either sell his house or help him travel soon. Since then he’s going on one trip and two more fell into his lap without any effort! (He may yet sell his house but at least will be going to three fun places while he’s waiting!) Since he’s kind of broke, I also gave him a desert rose succulent to put near his front door. (Another dragon had placed one near the front of the cave after hearing that plants with purple rounded leaves would bring prosperity when placed at the front door.) My friend repotted the plant and placed it outside the door just the day before the stock market went over 10,000! (He also dabbles in the stock market!)

Stay tuned as to what else comes about with the addition of this plant…

Try out the red paper or potted plant and let me know how it goes!