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In a world where life seems to get ever more complex it’s easy to overlook what is really going on. That’s why I like to simplify things: drill down to the fundamental level. And that’s why I like Feng Shui – because it looks at your life from an energetic level.
However, at first glance Feng Shui can seem confusing, complicated and often contradictory. The words that are used are taken literally here in the West and don’t always convey the actual meaning.
There are many layers of Feng Shui starting with generic principles and becoming more intricate and more unique to the individual, location and time that is being assessed.
If we look at our physical world and drill down to its basic components we reach, at a quantum level, energy. And just as we drill down through the layers of Feng Shui we also reach energy: an individual energy for that person at that time in that place. To me that isn’t complex but beautifully simple.
Of course, in the real ‘got to go to work and earn money to pay the bills’ world we often overlook this simplicity but there is a practise which may help you reconnect to you, your energy and your life. It’s called ‘mindfulness’ or ‘pay attention’.
I read an article recently about why the Attorney General of Massachusetts (US) has toy giraffes on her desk. You can read it here to find out why. What struck me was the Feng Shui ‘take’ on it and advice given by Peg Donahue. Her Feng Shui approach was to take everything off your desk and then replace things ‘mindfully’. This makes perfect, simple, Feng Shui sense.
Our environment will reflect our life. It doesn’t matter if we’ve had that environment thrust on us or if we have subconsciously built it. By being aware of what we are allowing into our space, of what we are accepting by default, we can take back control. We can captain our own ship and bear full responsibility for where we end up. This is how a Feng Shui understanding can help us achieve great things in our lives.
So take a look around you now. Pay attention to the environment you’re in and, if it doesn’t reflect what you want then get some advice and change it for the better.
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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If I was some fantastic opportunity on my way to you would you make it easy for me to visit? Would the door bell work or would there be a nice shiny bright knocker for me to rat-a-tat-tat and get your attention?
And if you did hear me and opened the door would it screech and moan like something from an old horror movie and scare me away?
What would I see when you opened the door? A bright welcoming place saying ‘come on in’ or a dark and depressing space that says ‘stay away’?
It seems silly to think that the entrance to our house in any way affects our fortunes in this life. But your front door is the mouth that feeds energy into your home. Just as you welcome your visitors so you welcome energy into your home and your life.
If your doorbell works, your door opens easily and the interior is bright and welcoming then visitors are happy to arrive. So too is energy: good energy.
I used to sell Remembrance Poppies door to door. It was usually on a dark November evening and invariably cold. But it was always wonderful to have a door opened with light and heat spilling out together with the smell of delicious food cooking. Those houses were always nice to go to but not so the dark, unkempt ones: I often expected a flash of thunder and eerie music as a door slowly squealed open.
What does your front door say about you?
However, the entrance to your domain is not all about attracting energy. It’s what your home says about you. An unwelcoming home says ‘I can’t be bothered’; ‘I don’t want to see anyone’; ‘I don’t care’ or ‘I’m not worth it’. Whether you believe that or not, it’s the message you’re giving out. And it may just be the reason why your life isn’t as you want it to be.
What sort of visitor does your home attract?
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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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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If you were like me as a kid your bedroom wall would have been covered with posters and pictures. For me it was the Bay City Rollers, Jackson Five and, of course Donny Osmond. I guess you can work out my age now! For others a football team, pictures of friends or family.
As kids we put stuff on our walls that we wanted to look at. That allowed us to dream and imagine our future lives. Our pictures inspired us. We knew the value of an image and how it affects us on a subliminal level. But I often wonder if we lose that as we grow up.
Perhaps we adorn our walls now for different reasons: because we’re trying to emulate somebody else, because we saw it in a magazine, because it was a present and we feel we should hang it up, because it matches the colour scheme or because the wall’s bare without ‘something’.
Wherever we go we are inundated with images, so much that we have to block a lot of it out or our brains would frazzle. However, there are two places where images can have a deep effect on us, slowly seeping their message into our subconscious and you may not even know that it’s happening. Those places are our home and our workplace.
So let’s take a step back and think about images whether they are paintings, posters or any other artwork on display. They all visually represent something. It may be something that we recognise or it may be abstract where colour and shape dominate. Whatever is represented we will have a visual/mind reaction when we look at it. We’ll like it, not like or couldn’t really care less.
However, images have a much deeper effect on us and our choices of imagery in our homes and workplaces can be very telling. Once we understand this effect, we can use it to our advantage to make changes in our environments and, therefore, in our lives. This is a vital part of a Feng Shui consultation where images can exacerbate an issue and can often be used as cures.
What are you battling against?
This depicts a scene from the charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. It’s a pretty rousing picture and would not look out of place in a traditional house, perhaps in a study. But it’s a battle, it’s war, people die and there’s lots of blood. It is far from relaxing or inspirational.
If you’re looking at this scene when you work you may find yourself battling with suppliers or fighting to get your customers to pay you. And if you’ve got it hanging in the bedroom well, I think you can work that one out.
Is life a little choppy at the moment?
Here’s a classic example of the type of picture you find on many board room or senior managers’ walls. Now, I don’t know about you, but if I’m dealing with any organisation I’d be concerned if I thought they were going through rough times like the boat is in this picture.
Do you really want a relationship?
This is typical of an arty, atmospheric image. You would be amazed by people who are looking for a relationship, or can’t seem to make relationships last that have this type of imagery in their lives. On the one hand they say they want to find somebody and settle down but their walls say ‘I want to be alone.’
Relax and take it easy
Even abstracts have similar effects. The fluid shape and blue tones here represent water. Water is very Yin and is about stillness, quiet and the feminine. So it will work well in areas where relaxation takes place.
Don't even try to relax
However, this one is the complete opposite. The red makes it very Yang which is fiery, active and stimulating. Also the rectangular shapes represent a rising energy so put this in a place of relaxation and it will have the opposite effect.
Are you starting to look at your walls differently now? Any imagery you use should reflect what you want, what you aspire to. A typical Feng Shui type picture would be a mountain because it represents stability, security and support. However, there’s a big difference between the foothills and the top of the mountain. So, if your mountain picture is in front of you, make sure it’s showing the view from the top, unless you really want to stay stuck kicking your heels at the bottom.
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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Some things are hard to define succinctly. When somebody asks me what I do and I reply “I’m a Feng Shui consultant” people will understand it in a different way. If they then ask me what it’s all about do I tell them it’s about how the environment affects their lives, or how their home fits into the landscape or how they can find love or good health or wealth?
The thing is that Feng Shui is many things to many people, which is what makes it so fascinating. However, there are some common thoughts of Feng Shui and what it is so I thought I’d start defining it by explaining what it is not:
Zen aims for enlightenment
Zen is a form of Buddhism where meditation is practised to achieve enlightenment.
Feng Shui can help create a calm, relaxing place in which to meditate and, an understanding of Feng Shui will help you look at the world in a different way which is very enlightening.
Space doesn't suit everyone
Minimalism
strips something down to its most fundamental features. In terms of design or placement this can be seen as having little furniture and ornamentation in our homes and work places and ‘displaying’ what we do have.
Where this suits some people, many of us prefer our environment to be expressive of our lives which often means anything but the bare essentials.
Feng Shui supports this and advises on how to express your life in successful and positive ways through your decoration, ornamentation, artwork, images etc.
Will the toad bring you luck?
Three legged toads
, just like four leaf clovers, are hard to find. There’s nothing wrong with symbolising luck but Feng Shui doesn’t rely on superstition.
Feng Shui analyses the types of energy in your home or workplace and advises on how you can make the most of the good stuff. Feng Shui believes that you find positive energy. It’s not about crossing your fingers and hoping.
Best solutions on paper don't always work in reality
Disruptive.
Being told that the best place for you to sleep in is the broom cupboard or you shouldn’t share a room with your partner is not realistic.
A Feng Shui consultant takes account of your personal situation and works with you to find realistic solutions. A Feng Shui consultant also understands that, sometimes, subtle is best.
Extreme Feng Shui?
Expensive.
Re-position the front door or your life will be doomed – and knock down this wall while you’re at it. Who’s got the money to do that?
Well, some people have but expensive renovations are not necessary.
A Feng Shui consultant can provide a range of solutions to a problem. There are always options.
Superstitious Feng Shui?
Mumbo-jumbo.
“It’s not scientific” we cry.
Actually, there is a lot of data from studies of our environment and its effect on us: colour, lighting, noise, electromagnetic frequencies. Before such studies we relied on anecdotal evidence and beliefs. Who knows what we will prove ‘scientifically’ a hundred years from now.
By the way, do you believe in electricity? Well, we don’t know how electricity actually works so that’s not scientific. Maybe you should switch the kettle on for a cuppa and think about it.
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’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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What a wonderful time of year May is. The days are longer, the sun is warmer (for us in the northern hemisphere) and the energy is rising. May Day celebrates fire and light and fertility through the Pagan festival of Beltane and I think of May as being truly magical.
My mind has been focussed on magic recently and I have added a ‘Magic & Spells’ page in the resources section as well as ‘Psychic Protection’ information. The specials I’ve chosen for you this month are magical too.
Your spells are special and deserve a special place to live. This beautiful journal has a cover that is hand painted on a slate effect resin cover, is spiral bound and comes with a paper refill.
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Herbs are one of the most important tools for natural magic, and the best introduction to this system is found in Scott Cunningham’s Magical Herbalism.
This book presents a complete system of magic using herbs. You will learn the theory of magic and the tools you’ll need. Then you’ll get countless simple and easy techniques for using herbs for magic.
Need a protection method? “Pick several protective herbs and bind the stems together with red thread, then hang them up. This practice dates back to Babylonian times.” You’ll find a list of over 115 herbs that details their magical powers, so you can easily find which ones are protective in nature.
How about a divination using herbs? “Get a small quantity of dried patchouli, mugwort, or wormwood. Crumble the herb between your hands until it is finely diminished. Next, pour it into a small square pan (glass or ceramic). Light yellow candles and place the pan on your working area. Close your eyes, extend the index finger of your weak hand, and gently touch the center of the pan with its tip. Move it at random in the pan, shifting from one direction to another … Now, remove your finger, open your eyes, and interpret the symbols you have just written in the herb.”
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We have a range of spell mixes available for just about anything you may want to use magic for: attract love, quick money, empowerment, house blessing and pet blessing to name just a few.
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Television history was made yesterday evening with the big three party leaders taking part in the UK’s first Prime Ministerial election debate.
I have to admit to not watching all of it and I’m certainly not going to comment on the policies discussed. However I did watch a fair chunk and, even though you may think I’m a political lightweight, my main interest was in the colour of their ties.
Obviously worn to reflect their party ‘brand’ Gordon Brown was wearing red, David Cameron blue and Nick Clegg gold, or some would argue yellow.
As a Feng Shui consultant I know the importance of colour and that explains my attraction to their attire rather than their words.
If you wear Feng Shui glasses like me you would see and interpret the world on an energetic level and colour is indicative of different types of energy. Not only that but different colours used together will bring energies together that are either supportive or controlling.
So this morning I decided to look at their logos which are made of colour and imagery. Any business person who wants to make their business a success will try to understand the energy that their logo symbolises and have their logo designed to reflect the right energy for them.
If you’re a business person and you haven’t considered this then you really are missing a trick. Go find a Feng Shui consultant immediately and talk to them about getting an edge in your market place.
Technically speaking these political parties are not businesses, although I’m sure they have a very detailed profit and loss account. But, they do want to succeed.
In an ideal world success would be down to their policies and how popular the policies are with the voting public. But we don’t live in an ideal world. We live in a world inhabited by humans and, whether we like it or not, our judgement is affected by a whole number of things so we don’t always vote on the policies. We need to like these people, we need to trust these people and we need to want them to lead our country. These are all subtle judgement calls. They don’t come from our conscious mind, they come from the subconscious. And so it is with colours and imagery in Feng Shui. We don’t consciously decide that the logo means this or that. The logo will send out a particular type of energy on a subtle level which we pick up in our subconscious mind.
Welcome - but don't stay too long
Let me give you an example, McDonald’s corporate colour is red. Red is the colour of Fire energy which is an outgoing energy. It’s very fast and active which is what a ‘fast food’ outlet wants: as many people in and out as possible. Now look at the golden arches that make up the M. Firstly the gold colour is representative of Metal energy which is focussed and concentrated. The domed or rounded shape of the arches also represents Metal. In addition, the shape looks like a doorway. The McDonald’s logo says ‘come on in, we’ll give you what you want but be quick about it’. This is what their business is all about.
With this in mind let’s have a look at the UK’s biggest political party logos.
Labour has a red stylised rose. As we already know red is the colour of Fire energy which can be positive if you want to get things done. The Rose is interesting. Its symbolism can be seen as patriotic, if you’re English, or romantic as it represents beauty or love. Either of these would be an unusual choice for a national political party.
As it’s a plant it can also be interpreted as Wood energy which is very supportive of Fire and would certainly bring a very creative and active energy to the brand. But look at how the rose is contained. Cut off, in a square. It’s almost as if all this sparky energy needs to be contained and the square shape represents Earth energy which is very grounding. But maybe we don’t want our political leaders to be too fiery. After all, trust is often built on good honest down-to-earth policies.
The Conservatives sport their traditional blue shade. Blue represents Water energy which is flexible and adaptable. It can be a strong energy, like a waterfall or a slow meandering one like a lazy river.
A few years ago they added a tree. Tree represents Wood energy which is all about creativity and growth. (Many service companies and consultants have trees or plants or green in their brand that says ‘I can help your business grow.’)
Adding a tree was a good idea because Water supports Wood so the colour and imagery work with each other. However, there is one thing which lets the whole thing down. Look at the tree again. It’s all sort of scribbled. It doesn’t have any defined edges. The energy of this image is quick, short-lived and unfocussed.
The Liberal Democrats have a stylised bird on a gold or yellow background. If the colour is interpreted as gold then that represents Metal energy which is sharp and focussed. If yellow, that represents Earth energy which is grounded and trustworthy. To be honest, the colour veers more towards gold in my eyes but maybe the tone should be changed to bring some clarity to the issue.
The bird is unusual in that it’s both fluid, which represents Water energy and also upward rising which represents Wood energy.
So, it’s pretty difficult to analyse because it may be Metal or Earth energy in the colour and it may be Water or Wood energy in the imagery. But, I’m not going to sit on the fence. My view is that the colour is Metal energy and the imagery is Wood energy. Metal can do a lot of damage to Wood if it’s in the shape of an axe so in Feng Shui we class this as a controlling relationship. It’s almost as if the gold is holding onto the bird – tethering it to the ground.
I’ve tried to be very non-committal in my analyses of these logos because politics is a hot topic in the UK at the moment. And I definitely haven’t offered tips on how to improve them because the relevant parties would have to pay me for that information!
My point is that, if you’re in business, you need to look at your brand on an energetic level as well as a physical one. After all, you communicate with your customers and prospects on both of these levels (even if you don’t think you do). And, if Feng Shui is good enough for Richard Branson and Donald Trump then maybe you should try it too. In a competitive market place it may be the edge that brings you success.
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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A recent news article featured a man who had won over £175,000 on a William Hill jackpot game. Just ten months before he had won £95,000 on the same jackpot game. ‘Lucky guy’ you might say but he put it down to implementing changes to his home after a Feng Shui consultation.
The purpose of this article is not to advocate gambling you understand. The purpose of this article is to consider how Feng Shui might improve your wealth and to offer some tips to get you started.
You’ve probably seen lots of things advertised that guarantee abundance: money trees, three legged toads and pyramids are just a few. But there’s a huge difference between hanging up a charm hoping Lady Luck will notice you as she passes by and using Feng Shui intelligently to improve your life and let abundance in.
Feng Shui works by considering the energies of your home or workplace and how they interact with you as an individual. But it’s not just about space. Timing is also important. Each one of us is living our own unique cycle. So, where you are in your life will have an effect on your interaction with your environment.
Confused? No need to be. Feng Shui is not complicated, just multi-faceted. Once you know the nature of the energies around and within you, the key is to live with those energies – enhancing the good ones and minimising the not so good ones. And a good Feng Shui consultant will be able to advise you on how to do this.
However, there are some general things that you can do to attract the good stuff:
- There are two wealth areas in your home or workplace that you need to be aw
are of. The first is the south east sector and the second is the top left area as viewed on a floor plan of your space with the main door at the bottom. - Clear clutter from these areas. Clutter causes energy to stagnate which makes it thick, heavy and depressing. What self respecting wealth would want to turn up in such a place? Tidy things up and you make space for new energy and new opportunities.
- Keep the areas light. There are a number of ways you can do this: remove anything outside the window that is stopping the light coming in (such as overgrown trees or shrubs); clean the windows; change the curtains if necessary; if natural daylight is limited consider a permanent source of artificial light; use a light, bright colour scheme and furnishings.
- To stimulate the energy in this area use a wind chime, aquarium or plants.
- If using plants choose the traditional money tree/jade plant (crassula argentea) and keep it healthy.
- If using an aquarium keep goldfish. Their bright colours attract abundant energy. Have at least three fish and, if more, keep them in multiples of three. Keep the aquarium clean and the fish healthy.
Finally, you may be wondering what changes the guy who won the jackpots made which brings me to my final tip:
- Keep the toilet seat down and the bathroom door closed. This rule applies to bathrooms anywhere in the building but is especially important if the rooms are in the areas mentioned above. Energy is drained very quickly in the bathroom as water is flushed or washed away and you don’t want to get rid of it before the magic has happened.
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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