The Feng Shui Way

What is feng shui?  Sound like a load of Chinese mumbo jumbo to you?  I'll be honest, I was skeptical too.  But then I tried it out, and I love how it's improved my life.  It's actually really easy to do in spaces big and small.

Very simply put, feng shui is understanding your environment and how it affects you.  Not so crazy after all.  Haven't you ever gone somewhere and just had this feeling like 'gee, I'm really uncomfortable here', or 'wow, I love this place, it makes me feel good'.  That's feng shui at it's finest.

Why do you think spas decorate their waiting spaces, or meditation rooms the way they do?  They want you to feel relaxed and peaceful.  Speaking of amazing spas, excuse me while I reminisce about this amazing spa in St. Lucia.  The entire walk to the entrance was an amazing experience in itself.  The walkway to heaven.

I guess a little history is in order before I delve into the nitty gritty of 'getting your shui on'.  Feng shui works like a domino affect.  If you feel good in your environment, you're mood is more positive and therefore your life improves because you feel better more often.

The ancient Chinese developed feng shui as a way to reduce their exposure to damaging forces of nature and improve their living and working conditions.  I won't go all 'econ teacher from Ferris Bueller' on you.  You can read more about the history on Wikipedia.  How about I move on to a few things you can do now to make your space happy?  Anyone?...  Anyone?...

Feng shui can get very complicated and technical.  But there are also simple things you can do to improve your home or other space (office, etc) now.  

For starters you should make a list (mental or paper) of the places in your home that you're unhappy with.  Then make a list of the areas in your life that you are currently unhappy with, or wanting to make changes in.  Feng shui focuses on these main areas of life:

- Wealth & Prosperity

- Fame

- Love

- Creation

- Family 

- Knowledge

- Career

- Synchronicity

So there's your homework assignment.  I'm no feng shui expert.  I don't think you need to be in order to make you're home a happier environment.   

I really enjoyed the process of mapping my home and enhancing areas within it.  More about that later though.  I'll leave you with this for now.