Feng Shui Tips can give you the pick me up you need to make your home a place that improves your well-being. These tips for feng shui are not about increasing wealth (though, as an indirect result they can). They’re about making your home a special place in which you’re able to heal yourself from a hard day working. They’re about making your home a place in which you’re comfortable and peaceful - a place to which you look forward with bliss when you come back from holiday. Before we look at the tips, I want to explain briefly what feng shui is.
Feng shui tips
What is Feng Shui
In Chinese culture, Feng means wind and Shui means water. These two elements are traditionally associated with good health and well-being. Feng Shui therefore, is a belief that if your dwelling space (this could be your home or office etc) has balanced energies, this would enhance and ensure good health and well-being for the dwellers. Positivity is directly related to high achievement - thus higher earning power. People inhabiting a well-balanced space would therefore be able to ‘feel’ the positive energies when the harmony of the way the space is set out is perfect.
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Feng Shui tip 1 - clean and clear away
Can you ‘feel’ when a room is clean and clear of clutter? This is a serious question. After you’ve done some major clearing away in a room and have cleaned it thoroughly, can you ‘feel’ the clean? The answer is yes. This is why my first feng shui tip I have to recommend is cleaning and clearing away, especially in the Spring. I use this one every year (twice a year sometimes) to make my home feel lighter. Clutter will seriously clog up your thinking, thus your life. It will get in the way of achievement because it always makes you feel depressed - even when you aren’t.
When you enter a room which is filled with clutter and dust you feel overpowered and overwhelmed. Imagine sitting in your living room for hours, exposed to this kind of negative energy. Think of what this does to you each day of your life. It gets you deeper and deeper buried under slush. Free yourself. Get rid of clutter and give your home and life the space they need to fly and breathe - at least. Use the new growing season of Spring to remind your life what it’s like to live without being buried under oppressive stuff. Give them away. Other people can make use of them.
Feng shui tip 2: ceiling heights
Do you know why we traditionally paint ceilings white and not a darker colour? This is because designers of old realised that higher ceilings enhance the way we think. White ceilings give the illusion of height. No, you don’t have to move house for this one, but if you have low ceilings try painting the top couple of inches of the wall white. Let the ceiling run into the wall to give an impression of being much higher than they really are. Look at some of the makeover work I did to our own home at this page. You’ll see how you can use colours to create relaxing spaces for your family. Feng shui your thinking power and stop feeling trapped in overpowering rooms. Your home is where you live. It’s the place which influences your abilities most of all.
Feng shui tip 3: open plan is good
A long time ago planners created homes with small, divided rooms to conserve heat. These days with central heating, this is not such a big deal. If you can, open up your spaces to create a flow between the front and back of your house. Being able to see the garden from the front window is an emotionally intelligent strategy. It helps you feel secure because you can see your surroundings. This frees the mind and helps you to feel safe and secure. Problems and predators can’t come at you from hidden spaces with hidden agendas because you can see them all and face them head on. Imagine what this feng shui tip does for your well-being and mind set for achieving your goals and taking charge of your life.
Feng shui tip 4: constantly re-live good memories
No one can feel good all the time. This is why we need invigorating items around us to give us a lift when we’re feeling down. Frame pictures of good memories: graduation pictures of achievement, wedding and holiday pictures of feeling great; and family pictures which remind you of the support and love you have in your life.
We don’t always remember the great times we’ve had, especially when we’re going through dull moments. Past support, achievements and great times encourage us by reiterating that there are highs and lows in life. The lows are the very things that make the highs sweeter. This feng shui tip can be applied to everyone, even the most cynical of us. The easiest way to feng shui your life is to keep your surroundings positive at every turn. You live/work there. Whatever that place portrays is what your body will feel. The linked book shows you exactly how simple changes like these will make a lasting and significant impact in your life. I definitely recommend reading it.
Feng shiu tip 5: Soften your hard spaces
Ever wondered why you feel more relaxed in certain homes more than you feel in others? Have you ever noticed how some kitchens make you feel like you’d love to stand around it and chat, while others don’t? This has got a lot to do with the amount of hard and square corners present in the room. The first book below will talk more in detail about this: The Western Guide to Feng Shui: Room by Room. You may not have noticed this, but the rooms of your home which have the most hard corners are those you feel less relaxed in. Hard, pointy (square) corners subconsciously make you feel like you’ll get hurt. You don’t have to get rid of your edges. You can soften them with throws, cushions, and sometimes even a well-placed chair or bean bag.
There are obviously a lot more feng shui tips to help you improve your spaces. I can’t cover them all here, but I’ve included some additional reading (links) in this article, some of which I’ve written and others from other brilliant writers. Have a look and see which one will work for you and your family. I’m sure you’ll find something useful. Have you used any other feng shui tips you’d like to share with us? I’d really appreciate it if you do. We can all help each other live to better.
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Hi Anne,
One more very useful and superb post by you (double thumbs up). Some believe in Feng Shui and some don’t but one thing is sure that everyone try to implement it in their house and life.
I will start incorporating Feng Shui in my next home improvement task next week. Aside from the good vibes that it brings, its physical arrangement is very refreshing.
Awesome post Anne. Our home is very similar to the way you describe here. We have white walls and open plan. I never knew about the ceilings though. Looking up now, I am satisfied that our ceilings are high enough. The ceiling is also white.
Way to go, Wade. Your home must be a very pleasant and relaxing place to be.
Great post.When my home is cluttered, I cannot think straight. We have a bright and open home and it works for us. I visited a neighbor once who had dark curtains closed in the middle of the day and it freaked me out. I am glad to see that I adhere to most of what you have written here.
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I’m the same, Neil. I open up my curtains first thing - no matter if it’s pouring with rain. I hate to be enclosed in houses with dark drawn curtains in the day time.
Hi Anni,
I didnot know that how much a place (home or living place) could effect on us. I really liked Feng shui concept and from now I will follow feng shui tips to fill my home with positive energies.
Thanks, Pete. Let me know if I can help you with any more tips.
I have been living in a Feng Shui styled house for a long time and I did not even know it. I love all the concepts that are brought by this post and by Feng Shui. I am all about a relaxing atmosphere.
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Great tips, Anne 🙂 We also practice Feng Shui at home for the reason of creating a relaxing and blissful place to come home to everyday. It’s not really about attracting wealth, but more on creating a haven for our family.
Exactly right, Mae. A lot of people tend to think that feng shui is all about money. It’s not. Besides, what’s the use of money if the family is always uncomfortable and can’t relax in their own home, right.
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Hi Anne,
Great tips! Ever since reading your post my wife and I have painted our ceiling a cream colour. And your right, it gives the impression that the room is so much more spacious! I’am quite surprised actually!
Thanks,
Michael
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Hi Anne,
Great tips! Ever since reading your post my wife and I have painted our ceiling a cream colour. And your right, it gives the impression that the room is so much more spacious! I’am quite surprised actually! 🙂
Thanks,
Michael
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Thanks for the good tips. I think I can apply these in my home.
I think anyone can, Carmen. These are so simple to implement. Let me know how you get on, please.
Great tips. It’s really all about feeling comfortable in your own home. What makes you want to be in a room?
Definitely, JoAnne. Clutter can sometimes make us feel very uncomfortable in a room without knowing exactly why. This tips are great ways to ease the stress from your home and make it feel ‘lighter’
Thanks, Judy. I hope that you can use some for your family and home.
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April 17, 2012 at 2:19 am #
Such good tips with lots of emotional insight.
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I first read about this in the novel Bridget Jones! But I do agree with you, I always feel much better after I’ve decluttered my room. I always do it on a Sunday when I get up so that my Sunday feels calm and clear and I can face Monday morning head on and not have to feel crap because my rooms a mess!
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I like that you have a routine to do this. This way you can never miss it because other things are taking up your space and time. It’s a clever way to make sure you get them done.