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 Image via Wikipedia Feng shui is most of all about having a safe and happy home. Many factors contribute to that, including relationships and financial security (hence feng shui for business). But make no mistake, feng shui is about keeping your home and family secure. That is the real purpose of all those beautiful, mystical remedies.
Many people write as though feng shui is mostly a mystical or metaphysical discipline. But when you look closely at feng shui practices, many of them are quite practical, either physically or psychologically—sometimes both. For example, arranging the kitchen to ensure that the cook is not startled while cooking, arranging furniture so that the host always sits facing the entrance, and clearing out clutter to keep a serene atmosphere.
Securing your home against thieves or other intruders is one of the most important concerns. For good feng shui you must feel safe and be safe. Both practically and psychologically, burglar alarms from home security team are good feng shui. That makes the worth learning about and well worth investing in.
Installation is generally free or inexpensive. In some cases you can even do the installation yourself. Because good feng shui is all about peace of mind and security, you may want to look into the home security alarm options available to you. Here is a link to some home security selection tips. It is well worth taking some time to check them out.
A happy home is safe, secure, and peaceful and you can make it so. That is, after all, the purpose of feng shui.
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Guest posted by Katie Fuller
There always seems to be so much to do and never enough time in the day to do what needs done. It is Friday the work week is almost over and I am still washing clothes and doing dishes and cleaning the house. All of my “chores” need to be done before I leave to meet my sister for dinner at this new Chinese restaurant called Tyes Dynasty that just opened up a week ago.
Finally after 3 hrs of pouring laundry detergent the last load of laundry is done and the dishwasher is started. As I enter in the code to my adt security home alarm system on the way out the door I just know that I forgot something, oh well. I arrive at the restaurant a little less frazzled and ready for a good Chinese meal. My sister Tina is already here and waiting for me at the table. After a little small talk we order the Tyes spicy chicken and the chow mien and resume our conversation while waiting for our food. I don’t even think I got out a “so,” to Tina and the food was already at our table. It was OK, the spicy chicken was very spicy, too spicy for my liking. The rice was pretty good, but it is rice after all. After a mediocre meal and deciding to cross this place off of our list of return restaurants we head back to my place to talk the night away the way only sisters can.
 Image via Wikipedia Feng shui has become more and more mainstream as people find that it works. Most people know that clutter is annoying and can be stressful, so the feng shui advice to declutter the interior of your house has been easy to accept.
But what about the outside? Clutter in your entry way, patio, yard or garden is not just annoying. It can also be a safety issue.
And keeping the approach to your door uncluttered and attractive enhances your own self esteem and enjoyment of where you live. It pleases the neighbors and enhances the value of the property. But how?
Address Plaques
For safety and convenience, you should have an easy-to-read address plaque with your street number or apartment number displayed on or near your front door. In fact, in some cities address signs are required by law. Address plaques help emergency workers find people in case of illness or accident.
House address plaques also help guests identify your home, so that they arrive more relaxed (without the stress of having to knock on what may be the wrong door). They bring less stress, or negative che, with them, and that helps preserve the good energy in your home.
Neat, Uncluttered Yard
Leaving garden hoses lying around the yard or garden can be a safety hazard, it looks bad, and it shortens their life. Tossing them in a pile somewhere is hardly better.
Consider carefully where to store your garden hoses (preferably in the shade), and install an attractive rack to hold them. Then get in the habit of putting the hose away every time.
Garden Signs to Highlight Features
Garden signs have a lot of uses. For example, you can mark where your prize bulbs will come up in the spring so they do not get damaged in the off season by digging. Or you could call attention to a prize camellia plant or a wild species that attracts butterflies or hummingbirds.
Coordinate Your Surroundings for Serenity
High quality, unobtrusive lights, stepping stones, and other garden accessories can improve the serenity of your patio, balcony, garden or entrance area by attracting good chi and improving the atmosphere.
Improving your environment with feng shui can pay off in relaxation, enjoyment, and increased use of the areas as they become even more attractive and serene.
Resources
The best way to coordinate your outdoor signs and accessories, including mailboxes, welcome mats, and other items, is to find a place that has a good selection of quality lawn and garden accessory products and either buy them all at once, or plan to add them in stages, knowing that they will all work well together.
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By Silvia Blach
Feng Shui cures have been around for centuries, and as traditional Chinese beliefs put it, these remedies have also been tried and tested for their effectiveness in improving many aspects of life. Even more importantly, Feng Shui has served as an essential guide for many modern homes and businesses, through the use of many Feng Shui enhancers. One such item that every home or office should have is what they call the Feng Shui wind chimes.
The disciplines that fall under Feng Shui are generally concerned about the flow of chi, which is the life energy, in every person or place. To be able to get good luck or good health, there must lie a perfect balance of the life forces that surround you and your home or work place.
According to Feng Shui sources, if there is an imbalance of chi in the body, one can feel unwell or acquire diseases. In addition to that, if an imbalance of chi is present in the business, it may not be very profitable. Feng Shui windchimes, like many other Feng Shui remedies, serve to enhance the flow of chi and harness it to your benefit. Continue reading How to Use Wind Chimes in Feng Shui to Enhance Your Luck
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Keeping your car clean and tidy is obviously good feng shui, for the same reasons that you want to keep your house clean and uncluttered. You would not want burger wrappers and empty water bottles or soft drink cans all over the floor of your house. So why allow them in your car?
If you spend a lot of time in your car, make it a practice to gather up the trash every time you arrive at home or at work, and throw it in a trash bin immediately. That way it never has a chance to build up in your car.
If you tend to accumulate trash in your car, get a trash container, such as a plastic crate or a natural basket that you can secure on the seat beside you or put on the floor in the back seat. Line it with a trash bag and store extra trash bags in the bottom of the crate or basket.
Having a permanent, easy-to-empty trash receptacle is especially important if you or others often eat or drink in your car. Train yourself to put the trash in the crate and to remove the trash bag at the end of each day or week, or sooner if it fills up fast.
Confine the Clutter
If you carry everything you need in your briefcase, purse and/or a tote bag, good for you. However, make sure that your carryalls are not loose on the seat where they can become flying missiles during an emergency quick stop. Continue reading How to Feng Shui Your Car, Pt 2. Keep it Clean
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Feng shui is not usually applied to automobiles. But some of us practically live in our cars. Why not apply feng shui principles and remedies to your car, too?
In automobile feng shui, two things are most important: keeping your car running reliably and safely, and keeping it clean. We will talk about decluttering your car in part 2 of this article. Today the topic is keeping your car in good repair.
Another time, we may talk about selecting a car for good feng shui, and where to store or park your car according to feng shui principles. For now we will talk about applying feng shui principles to the car you already have.
Keeping Your Car in Good Repair
Keeping your car in good repair is basic to good feng shui for your car. No matter how beautiful it is, your car needs to run properly and be reliable.
Putting off repairs can be dangerous. But also, from a feng shui perspective, putting off car repairs creates worry at the back of your mind. Continue reading How to Feng Shui Your Car, Pt 1. Keep it in Good Repair.
A popular Western conception of feng shui is that’s it’s simply a way to organize and streamline the possessions within your home. However, this ancient technique is more than a way to de-clutter, it’s a symbolic Chinese system of aesthetics that when practiced can bring harmony to your home.
The literal translation of feng shui is “wind and water,” and the practice of feng shui accounts for astronomy, environment, and the natural elements when planning the layout of a building.
Feng shui advises the strategic placement of objects within any given building so they remain in harmony with the surrounding environment and inspire positive energy and balance.
Factors that determine each positive location include the year the individual was born, the surrounding natural environment, and movements of the solar system.
With origins dating back to the third century B.C. during the Han Dynasty in China, feng shui was historically practiced with a compass-style instrument that read the stars and determined the North-South orientations of Chinese cities. Feng shui was viewed as a tool to ensure the health, wealth and prosperity of the imperial dynasties, and is still used today as an element of traditional architecture in China.
The purpose of feng shui in modern culture is to create human environments that harness good qi: the literal translation of qi is “life force energy,” a state that can swing between positive and negative energies according to the structure of your home and its interaction with your surrounding environment. Continue reading Transform Your Personal Space with Feng Shui
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Winter always seems to say…quiet down, rest, and go inward, deep, deeper. Examine the strength and mystery within yourself. It’s time now to refrain from the frantic, rush, rush, rush and assess what is really important! Prioritize and get on tract.
In Feng Shui energy talk, the Water element signified by the color black or dark blue is at its zenith. The Water element is also known as the winter element since it is so prevalent during this time. Its direction is north.
This is a yin element and the number associated with it is the number one (1). Objects that represent water include aquariums and fountains. Animals belonging to this element are the rat and the boar.
The winter months push us humans together. We occupy the same space as before, just a little more closely than before. Our interior space becomes even more ‘energy’ important as we are challenged to share that space and energy. Continue reading Using Feng Shui to Balance the Effect of Winter
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When choosing a property, have a mountain at the back and water features in front
“Mountains govern matters related to human relationships and longevity while water affects one’s financial health and growth,” said the fengshui master. Advised homebuyers to look for properties with these features to enjoy their benefits.
Importance should be placed on the environment, building and personal aspects when buying a property.
Good feng shui is understated, zen-like and clean, urged housebuyers to avoid certain locations which were “unfriendly high tension wires were not just bad for feng shui, but bad for health, too.
One should also avoid places at top of hills, that faces mountains and at lower parts of valleys. Continue reading Learning Feng Shui for Your House
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The feng shui elements are one of the main foundations that feng shui is built upon. The five elements dictate how objects and furniture should be distributed and placed precisely around our home to attract the right type of energy we desire.
Luck in wealth, love, family, careers, health, fame, children and education can all be achieved through correct use of the feng shui elements in your home, it’s a core concept and should be fully understood to benefit from it’s efforts.
Each element has specific colors and location in your home associated with them and we’ll get to those a little later but first, let’s break down rights and wrongs of using the elements in your home.
The Productive and Destructive Cycle of Elements
Productive Cycle
The feng shui elements – water, wood, fire, earth and metal – can be arranged in a cycle where each element is used to create the next in the cycle. By using the correct locations, objects and directions, feng shui takes account of the elemental relationships and can use one element to assist or boost the another, bring greater energy for the life area they’re placed in.
The productive cycle is as follows: Continue reading Feng Shui Elements – The Battle for Balance
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