Feng Shui for Internal Peace

Sometimes I find myself reassurred and calmed by my surroundings.  As you can surmise, my home incorporates  all the elements of Feng Shui that are possible.  Probably the only think missing in my house is an internal water fountain or display, but then again, I don't worry about it too much because we live on a lake, and every window save one in the house looks out onto the lake from one direction or another.

So, I was just thinking about the new home I'll be moving into.  There is no lake.  So I'm in the midst of designing my own water feature.  The sound of water trickling brings such internal peace - it's also good for meditiation.

I'll keep you apprised of what I learn from the process and come up with.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui - Where to Buy Stuff

I think that if you've got a morsel of creativity, you can probably find the items you decide you need to bring good Feng Shui chi into your home.   If, however, you're a bit stuck, try these folks:

 

http://www.fengshui-supply.com/store/home.php?gclid=CLnnyaSkwqkCFcIUKgodXlRAJg

Gaylle & Wendy

The Whispering Path

Feng Shui Colours

This week I had a discourse on colours to use in your home.  Please listen here...

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/whisperingpathtarot/2011/06/14/feng-shui-with-the-whispering-path

Look for the next one on the schedule :)

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui and Pets

If you have a pet who is hostile toward you or other people, short of hiring the Dog Whisperer, you might try a little Feng Shui magic.  Locate the family area of your home.  This area lies in the Eastern part of the house (about where 9:00 would be on a square clock face if you were standing at the front door).  Add a table top fountain to the family area, a couple of jade plants, and something black.

And of course, don't forget to give your pet plenty of love.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui and Children

If you have children, the best area in Feng Shui lies in the Western part of the house, or, if you're standing in the front door, on the right hand side of the home, in the middle opposite the family area (at 3:00 if you're thinking about a square clock face).  If your kids are hostile or angry, use anything yellow in that area - flowers with round leaves, curtains, linens, quilts, whatever feels right.  Symbols for children and creativity are also good here, as are music, bells and lights.

Once the negativity in the children's area is purged, put a white crystal or white flowers somewhere in the room.  It helps to balance emotions.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui to Increase Your Prosperity

Here's a quickie:  In Feng Shui, purple, violet and lavender are associated with wealth and prosperity.  Standing at your front door, locate the farthest left0hand corner of your home.  That's your prosperity area.  Select 12 plants with purple blooms. and place your plants in that room if it has enough light.  If it doesn't, place the plants as close as possible to that room.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

The Golden Dragon in Feng Shui

There aren't too many people in the West who have a Golden Dragon hanging around in their house, but the celestial Dragon is the ultimate good luck symbol. This wonderful creature features in all the Chinese divinitive sciences and is central to the practice of feng shui.

Places with excellent feng shui are said to enjoy the dragon's cosmic breath. Thus placing a dragon image in the office is ALWAYS said to bring great good fortune. The EAST is the place traditionally associated with the dragon... thus placing the dragon image on the East always represents excellent feng shui. 


If you do have a dragon image of some sort - either in 3D (and made of ceramic, crystal or wood please) or a picture, place it on the east side of your office/den.  Never put the dragon inside your bedroom.   You can also simulate the green dragon of the east in your garden by having flowering plants set in a winding flowerbed on the east side of your garden.  Another way to incorporate the dragon into your decor is to have a table or end-table with a dragon carved into the legs.  For most Western homes, this is the most acceptable way of bringing the good luck and energy into your home.


Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui for the Bathroom

The bathroom is the room where you dedicate yourself to cleansing your body, and water is wealth in Feng Shui.  So this room, is the third of the important triumvirate (kitchen, bedroom, bathroom) for bringing good chi and wealth into your home.

The very presence of water not only refreshes you, but cleanses your emotional state, which goes hand in hand with good chi.   Now the toilets themselves are a concern of course.  Water going down the drain, or down the toilet is synonymous with wealth going out of the house, so 1/ make sure your toilet seat is always down and 2/ make sure your bathroom door is closed.  If you're lucky enough to be remodelling, try to make the toilet as inconspicuous as possible - sometimes in high-end homes it's in a small room by itself within the bathroom - but many of us are not in this lucky circumstance.

Mirrors are always a big part of a bathroom and circulate good energy (they're somewhat like water in this way), but you definitely DON't want to enlarge bad chi which will happen if you can see your body while on the toilet.  So if you're tempted to put mirrors on the shower enclosure, think again if it means you will see your reflection while on the 'can'.

Other than keeping this room spotlessly clean and neat, rubber stoppers are a good idea to use when the bathroom is idle to stop the wealth leaving down the drains and a healthy plant within the room (always placed higher than the toilet).  Good luck with the bathrooms in your home.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui of the Bedroom - the Good

I thought I'd take this lovely picture of an elegant bedroom and describe the wonderful things about what makes it have good chi within the parameters of Feng Shui, and also what doesn't work within the properties of Feng Shui.

First of all, the entrance to the bedroom isn't directly opposite the foot of the bed, it's at the side so that when one is in bed, there's no direct flow from the head of the bed, through the foot and out the door.  There's a nightstand on each side of the bed, which sets up balance and equality for each person occupying the room.  The colours are fabulous.  First of all, outside of Feng Shui even, red and gold are THE two colours to mix together to promote lots of healthy sexual activity between the two players occupying the bedroom.  But within Feng Shui, the red is a very good colour for a good relationship and high passion.  There are no clocks in this bedroom, so this is good for the chi in the room.

The entrance to this room is through the Helpful People & Travel bagua, and the colours in that area are mirrored in the colour of the room - white, and that colour along with the white and gold travelling along the same wall (throughout the Creativity & Children bagua) also fit well.  

The mirror over the bed is not good Feng Shui - it can bring bad chi into the room, so that's an element that doesn't fit well here.  It looks great but don't do it under the principles of Feng Shui.

Overall, the chi in this room is good, and if the owners removed the mirror to another placement, it would be just perfect.

Gaylle & Wendy

The Whispering Path

Learn Gemstone Feng Shui

There are not too many folks out there that join gemstones with Feng Shui.  Here's a link you might like if you're interested in learning how that works.

Gemstone Feng Shui  

In Feng Shui semi precious crystals an gemstones can be used to attract the energies of the Baqua's 5 elements.

Sandra Kynes www.kynes.net/gemfs.htm Gemstone Feng Shui: Creating Harmony in Home & Office Sandra Kynes combines the ancient art of Feng Shui with the positive vibration of gemstones and crystals to counteract negative energy and fill your living space with positive harmonious energies.