Feng Shui Blog

Having the opportunity to build a home from scratch is a very exciting prospect. You’re working with a blank canvas. You have the chance to make important decisions about the look, style and functionality of your home from the very beginning.

As a Realtor, you have many responsibilities when it comes to helping your clients sell their homes or work through the process of buying a new one. You’re researching the market, looking for the perfect homes to show them, and planning open houses. That’s all before you even get started with closing a sale.

I often am asked to explain what Feng Shui is and how it is beneficial to my clients and their families. To help better understand the benefits of Feng Shui, I’ve put together this overview of Feng Shui for beginners.

Your living room is likely one of the most well-used rooms in your home. It’s where you go to relax, to be with family and unwind from the stresses of your day. So, if the Feng Shui isn’t right in this room, you’re going to notice! Using good Feng Shui practices in your living room will elevate it from being just a space to sit together and watch TV into a warm, welcoming one that’ll feel like the heart of your home.

A Feng Shui consultation is about adjusting and improving energy flow around your home to create better balance in your life. Small changes, like adding a mirror to a space or putting up some art, right through to more significant adjustments, can make a world of difference.

Every business wants success, and there are plenty of ways that can be achieved. But have you thought about how Feng Shui can help? Simply put, when using Feng Shui practices in your business, you’re allowing the good Chi to flow, increasing productivity.

If you work from home or use your smartphone or computer in your business, they may help or hinder your efforts to be more efficient and effective. Most of us use these devices in our everyday life and jobs. Each moment spent on the device can bring about bad Chi and negative energy into our environment.

In Feng Shui, Himalayan Salt Lamps are believed to draw negative energies (Sha Chi) from spaces and objects allowing them to receive positive energy to help balance Yin and Yang.

Have you heard of the term “Personal Trigram” in Feng Shui and confused with what it is? Your Personal Trigram is based on your gender and date of birth and is used to determine your compatibility with a building, as well as your most auspicious direction and directions to avoid. It is your personal blueprint because it is determined from your birth and the key to how you’re influenced by Earth’s magnetic pull your entire lifetime.

Our body does not need us, we NEED our body! We take our bodies for granted, Yes! We are all guilty of it. We neglect them, abuse them in subtle ways, shame them, expect them to look perfect, compare them to others… Why? Why do we do this? Let’s take a moment to reflect on this and be grateful for just even being alive today! This body has carried us through some very hard traumatic times of our lives, it has persevered through it all, and here we are today, in present.

The 3 important R’s in the bedroom are Romance, Rest and Recharge. Any bedroom Feng Shui that helps improve sleep is a necessary foundation for improved romance in the bedroom.

Feng Shui is a philosophy developed in ancient China that outlines positive ways in which to organize yourself in your environment. Meditation is a practice in which you can learn to become familiar with your inner landscape.