Essential Feng Shui Tips: Kitchens
Kitchens
Inner Feng Shui
Kitchens are important in Feng Shui, for the physical space they take occupy, but also what they represent emotionally. How do you nourish your spirit on a daily basis? What does your spirit love to feast on? Make a list of the things and experiences that nourish your soul, and feed yourself three healthful portions a day.
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Collections
Feng Shui Definitions
In our materially abundant culture, it’s easy to collect items of interest. Some collections such as crystal, jewelry, and antiques involve making an investment with every new piece, while other collections are meaningful because of the memories they hold. Whatever you collect, make sure you are managing it, and not vice versa.
- Determine if you are still interested in your collection. People often lose interest in the items they’ve collected, in the same way that children outgrow certain kinds of toys. Let go of collections that no longer interest you to make plenty of room to pursue your new interests.
- Decide if there are pieces that no longer belong there. As your collection evolves, make room for the new by sorting out the ones that no longer fit.
- Enjoy your collections. This keeps the house nourished with the Ch’i that comes from loving what you live with. You may have room to display only part of a collection at any given time. Revolving your collection renews it as you circulate pieces from storage to display area and back again.
- Like art, collections can be lent to friends, the local library, museums, hospitals, schools, or galleries so others can enjoy them. When you are ready to let go of a collection permanently, do so in a way that honors the time and work you put into it. This will give you a sense of completion and free you to enjoy your new interests.
Essential Feng Shui Tips: Feng Shui Kitchens
Feng Shui Kitchens
Feng Shui Definitions
Food symbolizes health and wealth in Feng Shui. When money is flowing, we can afford to buy the best food to sustain good health. Because food bridges these two treasures, special attention is given to the place where food is prepared—the kitchen.
Read MoreEFS Tips: Alive with Ch’i
Alive with Ch’i
Inner Feng Shui
Look around and choose something that belongs to you. This object is alive with Ch’i. It could be your watch, your shirt, the chair you’re sitting on, or a nearby piece of art. As you focus on that one object, what comes to mind? A rich medley of feelings, memories, and associations may come up—for example, when you bought or received it, what the occasion was, whether it was a good deal, who was there, and so on. Remember-everything we surround ourselves with is alive with Ch’i. Ask, “Do the thoughts and feelings this object brings with it strengthen or weaken my sense of well-being?” If, in fact, it weakens your sense of well-being, are you willing, ready, and able to let it go?
Read MoreEFS Tips: Closets, Drawers, and Cabinets
Closets, Drawers, and Cabinets
Inner Feng Shui
Each item in our closets, drawers, and cabinets has a tale to tell about why it’s still in our possession. Contemplate what each item is “saying” to you. Is it scolding you for gaining weight or being clumsy? Is it broken, torn, or something you never liked? Listen and learn from the things that “bring you down,” and once you’ve heard what they have to say, let them go. Now’s your chance to open up those closets, drawers, and cabinets, step fully into the present, your place of power, and let go of anything that doesn’t have nice things to say. In so doing, your self-respect will soar.
Read MoreEFS Tips: Feng Shui Philosophy- Everything is Alive with Ch’i
Alive with Ch’i
Feng Shui Definitions
The first principle in the Feng Shui philosophy is that every person, place, and thing is alive with Ch’i, or vital energy (see Ch’i). Along with being molecularly alive, our material possessions are subjectively alive with our thoughts, feelings, and associations. This concept is all-inclusive and tends to throw a monkey wrench into how we’ve viewed the world to date. It changes our physical existence from a world “that” is largely inanimate to a world “who” is completely alive.
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