Feng Shui and Fashion

The five elements of Feng Shui can be used when constructing your wardrobe as a whole, or even for empowering you for a particular special day.  Learn the following tips to enhance your Feng Shui fashion.

The element of fire - even if you don't know Feng Shui you can guess the colour - reds.  Wear it for passion and sexiness.  Wear it when you need to be charismatic, when you're entertaining, when you need to be flamboyant or when you want to be more spontaneous.

The element of water - think black or blue.  Wear these colours when you want to enhance your introspective, sensitive nature.  Wear them when you want to be free-spirited, artistic and creative.

The element of earth - browns and yellows.   Wear these colours to ground yourself, when you're wanting to be solid and stable.   These can be very nurturing colours as well, so use them strategically with your children.

The element of metal - white, gold or silver.  Obviously any metallic material will add an element of elegance.   Use these colours when you need to be detail-conscious and meticulous.  This element is also about being precise or focussed.

The element of wood - green is the colour here.  Include this colour in your wardrobe when you're ready to stretch yourself athletically, when you want to be energetic or competitive.   Green is the colour for when you want to be inspired and decisive.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Feng Shui for the Internal Life

Lately, I've been considering my own day-to-day life in terms of what Feng Shui can bring to me internally.  Of course on the very outside, certainly what is in order around me, brings calmness and order to my internal self as well.  Right now, in sort of a very quick time, my husband and I decided to put our house up for sale and become 'townies'.  All sorts of good reasons for the move of course.  The thing is, while my home was always pretty neat and tidy, we've still had some pre-packing to do just to stage the house... obvious things like personal pictures and mementos.

I've also had to remove most of the crystals I've had throughout the home and I'd have to say it's leaving me feeling a little bare in my internal life.  The correct placement of the crystals in my home, both in accordance to the properties they themselves bring and within Feng Shui principals have always brought me what I wanted. 

So instead, now I'm using other items to maintain that good flow of chi throughout - houseplants, and other acceptable decorative accents that work well for the staging of the home for showings to prospective purchasers.  I accept internally that these items aren't on my 'druthers' list, but that they do work for us right now.

Gaylle & Wendy

The Whispering Path

Outer Space/ Inner Space with Feng Shui

The environment in which we live is just a reflection of our inner selves - hence the outer space around us tells others of the status of the inner space between our ears.  Feng Shui attempts to tame the outer manifestations of our home or office - to bring a calming peace to our environment.  So, if you walk into your home or office, and in your line of sight is a pile of boxes or paperwork that has been haunting you for weeks/months/years, is it not causing you internal grief?   When you look at it, the procrastinator within both cringes (knowing how long you've been putting off tackling this job) and puts it off again... thus causing more self-embarrassed internal shrugging.  

What DO you say to yourself?

"Well it's been there a while, so it won't hurt to stay a little longer" - nope.... YOU know already it WILL hurt to stay a little longer - perhaps you avoid inviting guests over because you know your place looks a shamble.
"I don't know what to do with it" - well, actually you DO know what to do with it.  Seriously, if it hasn't been used in a dog's age, then pitch it or donate it.  If you want to keep it put it where it will be used.
"Well I should keep it for my kids".  - if your kids are grown up with space of their own, ask them if they want the item.  If they do, give it to them.   If they don't, pitch it or donate it.

If your space is in turmoil, so is your head.  Your energy has GOT to be blocked.   Time to get at it.

If you'd like help clearing up your space, give us a shout.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Take Care of the Office with Feng Shui

Here's a good link to support what our previous blog was talking about - set your office up properly with Feng Shui.

http://www.thespiritualfengshui.com/office-feng-shui.php

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Use Feng Shui to Sleep Better

Follow these feng shui tips to sleep better

If you are having problems at the time of falling asleep or you simply wish to improve your sleeping, you should follow the feng shui tips we will detail in the next lines and let this ancient Chinese wisdom help you. It is very important that we pay attention to our sleep due to the fact that it affects all the activities we do during the day as well as it has a direct impact on our health.

First of all, it is very important to avoid sleeping with the head towards the door.  According to feng shui, the proper position is to have the bed in such a place that allows us to see the door but without being right across from it.  So avoid, also, sleeping with your feet right in front of the entrance to the bedroom.

It is also highly recommendable to avoid sleeping under a window. Sleeping right under a window would have a bad impact on your chi as well as it might cause you to loose some of your positive energy by dispersing it. Also, if your bed is right under the window, any bad chi which could enter into the room through it would go directly to you and therefore affect you. If you can't avoid sleeping under a window, then you should hang a curtain which doesn't allow bad chi to enter.

According to feng shui guidelines, it is also recommendable to avoid having pictures of water in the bedroom. Keeping pictures of water in the bedroom can cause insomnia as well as attract bad luck to those who sleep into the room. Therefore, if you do have a picture of water in your bedroom you should remove it or at least make sure it is as far from the bed as possible.

It is very important to make sure that there isn't any poisoning arrow pointing towards the bed. In order to find out if there are poisoning arrows, you should check for any edgy element or corner which might point towards the place where you sleep. If you find any and you can't get rid of it, you can neutralize its bad effect by covering it or by placing a plant in front of it.

Gaylle & Wendy      The Whispering Path

Learn Feng Shui

Perhaps you're thinking that you'd like to learn Feng Shui.  In Canada there are a number of places to learn the craft.   I've included a link to the Canadian Schools of Feng Shui here.

Feng Shui for Your Office Design Part 1

When you think about the office you work in, how do you feel?  Do you feel comfortable in your surroundings?  Are you slightly embarrassed with the shabbiness when brand new clients come in?  Let's look at some Feng Shui for your office.

Many of haven't put much thought into the showcase that our office can be to our clients, and in some instances, when your business is simply done by phone or by internet, we think it doesn't matter.  But it does.

In the former, when you have clients coming through your door on a regular basis, the tone is set from the moment they pull up to park.   Here's a quick checklist
1.  Is the outside clean - windows sparkling, and entrance swept.
2.  How is the signage?  chipped?  broken?  taped?
3.  Do you have a spot for cigarette butts or garbage?  Is it emptied frequently?
4.  How does your front door look?   Long dead stickers from old associations with corners curling?  Faded signs that have been up for more than 6 months?  Too much information on product?

Your entrance to your place of business should be as inviting as the one to your home.   While we're not exactly looking for the warm homey look, we are looking for a professional feel.  After all, if you don't care about what you look like, prospective clients will certainly feel that you probably don't care too much about anything, and therefore will choose someone else over you.   That's something that you don't want to happen.

It takes so little to spruce up your frontage, and KEEP it looking good.  Take the time.

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path

Paint/Stain Choices - What are the Feng Shui Guidelines?

I had the need today to retouch a sign that we have at the end of the drive.  Our home is labelled Loon'r Landing - the obvious source of name by the number of loons on our lake (it's a very clean lake) and a tongue-in-cheek nod at the numerous lunar landings humans have had in the last 50 years.  Further meanings within meanings, on nights when the moon is out, its reflection in the lake makes my husband and I just sappy for the lovely view.  It never ends LOL.   But I digress...

The 3D loon on our sign needed refreshing and while I was at the store stalking the paints, I thought it would be a good thing to share some information on what to look for when picking paints or stains.   First and foremost and last, it's about the environment.  Always choose latex products over oil ones.  First of all, you're much more likely to clean your paintbrush instead of tossing it, you won't need harsh turpentine to clean up - good hot soap and water is just fine.  It will dry quicker, letting you get on with your life, and you're much more likely to finish using it up at some future date because it won't form that thick layer of gunk we've all experienced in our past.

Only buy the amount you need.  It sort of doesn't matter if it's way cheaper by the gallon when you only need a quart because remember you'll have to store it until needed again.

So... my loon is looking good - I'll have my husband return it to its place of honour tomorrow.

Gaylle & Wendy
www.whisperingpath.com

Preparing Your Home for Sale with Feng Shui

Special care needs to be taken when you are preparing your home for sale.  No matter how beautiful and designer perfect you feel your home is, the fact is that you will never look at your home the way a prospective buyer will.  Never mind that your friends love what you've done, they are your friends and compliment you accordingly.

Beyond the obvious of packing away personal items and clearing up clutter, staging your home with Feng Shui principles will give wings to your urge to move.  By paying attention to the plants in your home, to the decorative accents or even the placement of mirrors, your home can be set up (or staged) to showcase the flow from room to room for prospective purchasers.  Feng Shui is about the flow of good energy throughout your home, which of course will appeal to anyone looking to buy your home.

Sometimes, your realtor will give you a list of things you need to do to make your home shine - fix cracks, replace knobs, paint, or install molding.  If you need to paint, for instance, use the principles of Feng Shui to guide your colour selection for the best chi.

Let us help you set up your home to attract buyers.  We can even help you with your 'curb appeal'.  Visit us at www.whisperingpath.com

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path



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Practical Feng Shui for the Bedroom

We recently were consulted regarding a bedroom that was getting a total makeover while the wife was on vacation and it was the husband who was wanting to surprise his wife upon her return.  The room had gradually become a dumping ground for reading material that had never gotten read, clothes that weren't always where they should be and the whole room was just tired.    The client took our suggestions, and totally surprised his wife when she returned - fresh paint on the walls, new bedding, neat and tidy and peaceful-looking.  She was THRILLED and just today when I was talking to her, she mentioned that she is still in love with the room, and hasn't slept so soundly in years.

If you'd like to incorporate Feng Shui into your life and home, please visit us at www.whisperingpath.com

Gaylle & Wendy
The Whispering Path