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I’ve noticed recently that many houses are being marketed with an extra description: ‘Feng Shui Designed’ or ‘Feng Shui Decorated’. This almost implies that, by buying such a house it will be a good investment and your life will be happy and healthy. Which may be true but the Feng Shui label doesn’t guarantee this.
Don’t get me wrong, Feng Shui works. But, because it works on many different levels applying Feng Shui principles to a house where people are not considered (because they can’t be until you know who’s going to buy it) can only give general benefits.
The power of Feng Shui really comes into force when the people involved are considered together with the energy of the building and the surrounding environment. Each Feng Shui survey is a unique experience.
If you are looking at houses for purchase or rent there are certain things you should consider to ensure that you choose a property that had a good basic energy. For more details of this you can download my FREE E-Book ‘The Feng Shui House Buyer’s Guide.
And, if you want to unleash the full power of Feng Shui that takes into account your objectives and your innate energy, find a good, accredited Feng Shui consultant – you’ll be glad you did.
Jackie Notman is a copywriter, feng shui consultant and e-commerce retailer. This article is from her blog ‘Life – and everything else’ where you’ll find an eclectic mix of articles and information.
This Feng Shui information is general for everybody. However, there are deeper levels of Feng Shui which take into account you and your specific business or home environment.
If you would like to find out more about living in harmony with your environment, and using energy to your advantage, contact Jackie Notman on 07920 461574 or through her website www.fs168.co.uk
Do you feel as if all the bad stuff just seems to head for your door?
Is everything coming in the mail bills or final demands?
Don’t you just feel that maybe it’s time you had a break?
These are some of the common reasons that I am asked to carry out a Feng Shui survey. Now, here’s a little trick. Next time you are out and making your way home I want you to imagine that you are a stranger to the area. As you turn into your street, whether driving, walking or cycling, just think what it would look like to a stranger. When you arrive at your house, what is the first thing a stranger would notice?
Is it easy to get through the gate? Or does it stick; need lifting out of the catch or pushing because it’s stuck? Does it squeal with indignation when you do open it?
If you have a garden at the front of your house is it weed free, bright and welcoming? Or litter strewn and unkempt?
Would a visitor have to step around bins or brush past overgrown shrubs to make their way to your door? Are there leaves on the path just waiting to get wet and trip up your visitors.
And what would your visitor see when they got to the front door? Clean, bright paintwork? Shiny, clear glass? A clean door mat? Or maybe peeling paintwork, a ‘Beware Dog’ sticker and the door knocker so dirty they would worry about touching it with their bare hands?
Would they be able to see the name or number of the house to check that they are in the right place? If not, would they be encouraged to knock anyway?
The same applies if you live in an apartment. Is your name there at the entrance so your visitor knows which bell to push?
Or if you’re a business. Does your website and literature show exactly how to find you? Do you have a sign outside your building and do visitors know exactly where reception is?
Would Lady Luck stop and knock or walk on by?
Stand outside your house, apartment or business and be honest with yourself. Would Lady Luck really want to visit someone who lives or works in a place like yours?
You see Lady Luck is otherwise known as energy. And if you want good energy flowing to you then make it easy. Make the energy want to come to you. Make it feel welcomed.
In Feng Shui consultations we look at classic form, or how the building fits into the landscape. We also look at compass school, or the orientation of the building, as well as building and people astrology, or the relationship between place and time, people and buildings.
However, when a Feng Shui consultant comes to visit, the simplest things need addressing before we get into the deeper layers.
So, if you feel that you’re getting a bad deal at the moment, go outside and try to see why Lady Luck might just be passing you by.
Jackie Notman is a copywriter, feng shui consultant and e-commerce retailer. This article is from her blog ‘Life – and everything else’ where you’ll find an eclectic mix of articles and information.
This Feng Shui information is general for everybody. However, there are deeper levels of Feng Shui which take into account you and your specific business or home environment.
If you would like to find out more about living in harmony with your environment, and using energy to your advantage, contact Jackie Notman on 07920 461574 or through her website www.fs168.co.uk
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By 2015 it is estimated that China will become the biggest market for luxury goods with an estimated annual worth of £11billion. And that change is already starting to be seen in Britain. A study by FDKG, a consultancy specialising in the Far Eastern luxury goods market found that Chinese consumers were becoming big spenders in the more affluent areas of London.
In addition to luxury goods the Chinese are also becoming active in the London property market. As well as viewing the market as a good investment they also like quintessentially British properties, whatever that may mean.
However, their fondness for our cultural heritage only goes so far if the property falls foul of Feng Shui principles. If they are interested in a property and use a Feng Shui Master or Geomancer any veto of the building will probably call off the deal.
So, it pays to get some idea of what Feng Shui is all about and how a Feng Shui consultant works. Not only is the building itself considered but also the buildings or land around it and the types of energy associated with it. Energy can come from the past (what the building was previously used for and its previous inhabitants), from the present (in the form of activity from people and traffic) and from static things such as the house number, the doors and windows and even the colour of the walls.
For more information about Feng Shui, including a FREE Feng Shui Home Buyer’s Guide, visit www.fs168.co.uk.
Jackie Notman is a copywriter, feng shui consultant and e-commerce retailer. This article is from her blog ‘Life – and everything else’ where you’ll find an eclectic mix of articles and information.
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I’ve been house hunting recently. It’s not a serious search but I’m interested to see how the market’s picking up and I’m also incredibly curious. I like to see inside people’s houses and, with my Feng Shui spectacles on I like to see the layout. (Take note estate agents and realtors – include big, easy to see, legible floor plans.)
Anyway, nosiness aside, I’ve been surprised by the amount of toilets that are put in new houses. ‘Ensuite’ seems to be the must have closely followed by a ‘Guest Cloakroom’.
Treat toilets the Feng Shui way and be flushed with success
Now, I can understand the benefits of having multiple bathrooms when you’ve got a busy household trying to get ready for school or work in the morning. I can also understand the luxury of having a bathroom all to yourself: you can soak in the tub, sing in the shower or read War and Peace for as long as you like. And of course, for that unknown visitor who asks ‘can I use your loo’, the guest cloakroom is ideal because you don’t want a stranger wandering around upstairs do you?
A few generations ago, at least here in the UK, the loo was a solitary affair and often located outside the house. War and Peace wouldn’t have got a look in on a cold, frosty December morning. But it hasn’t always been that way. We have a long tradition of communal bathing brought to us by the Romans who used hot water, either from natural springs or heated, to supply central heating to buildings. It is said that necessity spurned invention because the Romans found our weather cold and pretty hostile.
For the Romans, bathing wasn’t the only communal activity. I once visited a reconstructed Roman villa and the toilet, a fore runner of our modern composting toilet, consisted of a trench in the ground with a bench with 6 holes in it. Community was important to the Romans at all times it would seem.
But, all these watery sections in our modern houses make me a little uneasy. In Feng Shui there are two schools of thought around water. One is that it represents wealth and, if it goes down the drain then so does your money. In my opinion it does represent wealth for some people but not for all. However, the tips suggested are useful and can be implemented for another reason.
That is simply that water represents energy. If any of your bathrooms are in an auspicious section of your house then you don’t want that energy to be dissipated. However, if the area is inauspicious then it’s a very good place to have a bathroom.
This draining of energy can also have an effect on us if we spend a lot of time near a bathroom. For example if we sleep in a room that has an ensuite.
So there are some general rules with bathrooms:
- Keep the toilet lid down (men this means you!)
- Try not to enhance the water theme with blue colour schemes, lighthouses, dolphins and buoys.
- Instead use the element of wood to help drain the excess water energy. This can be with green colours or leafy upward-growing plants.
- Keep it clean. This may seem obvious but any excess of energy will only exacerbate dirtiness.
- Keep the door closed. This is especially important if it is an ensuite.
In my perusal of houses for sale I’ve come across ensuites that are really part of the bedroom. They’re either in an alcove or behind a screen and there is no door to close. If you have this in your house try to find a way to fix a door or section it off. You’ll benefit from the effort.
There also seems to be some individually designed houses that feature the bath in the bedroom with no attempt made to call it an ensuite at all. It’s a ‘feature’ I suppose.
All I can say is NO, NO, NO. It may look good as a picture in a glossy design magazine but just try living with it for a while and you’ll want to move that bath right out. Your bedroom is your haven, sanctuary, boudoir, love-nest or whatever else you call it. You sleep in it to repair, refresh and rejuvenate yourself. You may entertain in it too which is fine. But your bathroom is about basic bodily functions, however well you decorate it, and basic bodily functions do not mix with sleep or romance.
So, remember that toilets are good and necessary but don’t go overboard with the quantity and keep the ones you have clean, tidy and shut away if you want a ‘I practise Feng Shui’ gold star.
Jackie Notman is a copywriter, feng shui consultant and e-commerce retailer. This article is from her blog ‘Life – and everything else’ where you’ll find an eclectic mix of articles and information.
This Feng Shui information is general for everybody. However, there are deeper levels of Feng Shui which take into account you and your specific environment.
If you would like to find out more about living in harmony with your environment, and using energy to your advantage, contact Jackie Notman on 07920 461574 or through her website www.fs168.co.uk
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- Number of bedrooms
- Transport links
- Close to the school
- Close to work
- Has a garage
- Good sized garden
- Etc…
The majority of us have a checklist when we are looking for the right property and it often determines whether we even bother to get the details or go to view it. However, many people often discard the same checklist if the house ‘feels right’. I believe in estate agent speak it’s called ‘compromise’.
Of course the practical checklist is important but life, and being happy and healthy in your environment, is about much more than being practical. In fact, to ensure that any house is capable of being the right home to support you and your family, you need to go beyond the practical and venture into the impractical.
Feng Shui practitioners may not like to be considered impractical but they can help you see the world in a very different way. Their services can be used for many things including finding the right home (whether it’s a purchase or rental), deciding between two properties or even the right business or retail premises.
If you want to bring Feng Shui into your home buying process there are four additions you need to add to your practical checklist:
- Predecessor Chi
- Form school
- Compass school
- Geopathic stress
Predecessor Chi is the energy that the building or land has accumulated or inherited throughout its existence. This could come from the inhabitants that have lived there, the people who built it, its use before it was a dwelling or the use of the land before the house was built.
Healthy Chi is fluid and vibrant but, in the same way it can have an effect on living beings, so living beings can have an effect on Chi. Any negative emotions such as fear, hate or anger can, if repeatedly experienced, clog the Chi causing it to become stagnant and heavy. The walls of any building can literally soak this up and hold it there.
A happy house means a happier life
Think of walking into a church and sitting down. In most cases it’s a calming experience. It’s quiet and meditative. You are soaking up some of the church’s collective Chi.
Think of walking into a room where two people have been arguing. You become tense and sense the atmosphere. Again you’re soaking up the Chi of the room.
It’s important to consider Predecessor Chi because it will have an effect on you, whether you consciously sense it or not.
Form school is all about how the building fits into the environment and whether the environment supports the building. An ideal building would have an open Phoenix at the front which brings beneficial Chi to it for nourishment. At the back it would have a strong Mountain for support and to stop the Chi from the Phoenix escaping. It would also have a beneficial Dragon and Tiger on either side sweeping round to the Mountain to balance the male and female aspects of the Chi.
Although Form School originated in the natural landscape, using real mountains and rivers and wide open plains, in this modern world a Feng Shui practitioner will understand the urban environment and adapt it to Form School principles.
Compass School considers both the orientation and layout of the building. The main door of the building is considered a mouth that receives Chi and the nature of that Chi differs depending on its direction.
In addition Compass School attributes different types of Chi to different areas of the building so missing sectors (where the building blueprint is not square or rectangular) will mean that the building will be missing certain elements. This doesn’t always translate into a problem because, as people we are all different and have different requirements. However, circumstances change with time and any missing sectors should be considered.
Compass School also shows us the placement of auspicious areas enabling us to choose the best place for cooking, socialising and sleeping and it can guide us on colour and furnishings that will enhance good Chi and calm down not so good Chi.
Geopathic Stress is caused by activity taking place underground that causes areas on the surface to vibrate at a level that is not beneficial to humans and a lot of animals and plants. If you spend too long in an area of Geopathic Stress, such as sleeping or working, it will have a detrimental effect on your immune system which could lead to chronic health problems.
Feng Shui practitioners are often dowsers and will use these skills to pinpoint where Geopathic Stress may be having a detrimental effect.
These four areas are very worthy of consideration and, if you get it right, can make the difference between buying a house and buying a home. If all four boxes can’t be ticked, and it’s a very rare property that could, there are lots of ways to improve, cure or negate the effects. So, what may put off potential buyers because they don’t ‘feel comfortable there’ leaves the market open for you if the property ticks everything else on your checklist.
My twelve page Feng Shui House Buyer’s Guide goes into this in a lot more detail: how to recognise good Chi and not so good Chi; what’s important and not so important, remedies and cures. Study it carefully and you will pick up a lot of tips and information that you can use in every aspect of your life.
This information is free by request through my website or by email to jackie@fs168.co.uk.
Jackie Notman is a copywriter, feng shui consultant and e-commerce retailer. This article is from her blog ‘Life – and everything else’ where you’ll find an eclectic mix of articles and information.
This Feng Shui information is general for everybody. However, there are deeper levels of Feng Shui which take into account you and your specific environment.
If you would like to find out more about living in harmony with your environment, and using energy to your advantage, contact Jackie Notman on 07920 461574 or through her website www.fs168.co.uk
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I noticed on the news this morning that Cheryl and Ashley Cole’s home in Godalming in the UK is called ‘Hurtmore House’.
An apt description for them at the moment I imagine but is there more to it?
Cheryl & Ashley Cole
In Feng Shui numbers have certain types of energy associated with them and, during a Feng Shui survey, the house number is considered. Certain numbers such as 1, 6 or 8 are deemed more auspicious than others such as 2 or 5 although it has to be taken in context with the rest of the survey information and the individuals living at the house.
House names can also be considered in a numerical sense through the process of Numerology. This assigns a numerical value to each letter and the numbers are added and condensed to a final numerical value for the word. That final value is associated with a certain type of energy.
You may ask what this is based on. Why should numbers have different associations? And, even if they do, why should they affect us?
Well, we live in a universe of order. Even random events, once we understand them, have an order to them. This underlying order can be seen at the quantum level although it may not be apparent in the world of our human perception. What is clear is that this order unifies everything: everything is interdependent on everything else. If a butterfly flaps its wings in China you’ll get a tornado in Brazil. This unity includes us humans too.
To explain this order we have one language – mathematics. The language of numbers. Numbers can be used to demonstrate the architecture of nature, of buildings and of music. How these numbers relate to each other can be harmonious or discordant. In addition to this the study and use of numbers is an ancient one and time has impressed an archetypal energy on individual numbers.
So we can value words on their numerical value by understanding the associated archetypal energy. We can also value words on their sound or architecture. Are they discordant or harmonious?
For example ‘LOVE’ has the numerical value of 9 which has a humanitarian and loving energy. Now, speak the word out loud. ‘LOVE’ It’s soft and rounded. There are no harsh points in it. Love embraces you.
What happens if somebody shouts ‘HELP’. It gets your attention. It has an urgency about it and it’s a completely different shape to ‘LOVE’ which encircles you. ‘HELP’ is long and drawn out. You follow it to its originator. ‘HELP’ also has the numerical value of 5 which is dynamic – the very thing you want when shouting for help.
So, let’s look at Cheryl and Ashley Cole. Quite aside from ‘Hurtmore’ meaning to increase the hurt, it has a sadness to its sound. The numerical value is 1. This is a fine number: it’s independent, individual, strong-willed and ambitious. However, those characteristics don’t top the list of how to make a relationship work.
Now, I’m sure Cheryl and Ashley Cole didn’t move into their home and decide to call it ‘Hurtmore’. I imagine that the house has been called that throughout its history and it may even have derived from another name over the years. In fact, its history and the people who have lived in the house could explain the name the house has been given. Or maybe the name affected the people.
However, there’s something to be said for checking names and numbers when you’re looking for a home. And, after all, a name can be changed to attract a different type of energy.
Our own names can be changed, or our house names or the names we give our business to ensure success and an attraction of good things.
I wish both Cheryl and Ashley Cole a peaceful conclusion to their problems. But perhaps trying to resolve them in a house called ‘Hurtmore’ will not help more.
Jackie Notman is a copywriter, feng shui consultant and e-commerce retailer. This article is from her blog ‘Life – and everything else’ where you’ll find an eclectic mix of articles and information.
This Feng Shui information is general for everybody. However, there are deeper levels of Feng Shui which take into account you and your specific environment.
If you would like to find out more about living in harmony with your environment, and using energy to your advantage, contact Jackie Notman on 07920 461574 or through her website www.fs168.co.uk
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