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Feng shui makes great use of water features such as fountains and pools. Water features are beautiful, and if properly placed and maintained, they attract very good chi.
The only catch is: They must be well maintained and kept very clean. Stagnant or dirty water is an equally powerful attractor of negative chi, or sha chi.
Clean and [...]
I love the mystic elements of feng shui, but even more, I like the practicality. Feng shui is not only about attracting good luck and avoiding bad luck. It is also about living sensibly and maintaining balanced energy. Often, feng shui is just good common sense—of which we all sometimes need a reminder.
So today I’m [...]
Traditional Chinese houses were square or rectangular. There were no missing areas of the bagua. But modern houses are often oddly shaped. That can create problems.
Simpler, modern feng shui relies heavily on the bagua map, overlaid onto the floor plan of the house. Modern houses, especially houses built in the middle of the 20th century [...]
Traditionally not much information is available on feng shui for the bathroom. In fact, traditional feng shui experts say do not treat the bathroom as a room at all. That is partly because centuries ago, when feng shui was formulated, people did not have indoor bathrooms as we do.
There is, of course, a good bit [...]
Water features are important remedies in feng shui. They can block bad chi and attract health and prosperity if correctly placed.
As with most of feng shui, part of water feature placement is just common sense. Do not put a pond or swimming pool too close to the house. In feng shui terms, it can overwhelm [...]
Lush, green plants make wonderful decor, of course. The right plants in the right places add life and charm to any room, from casual to formally elegant. They are also extremely useful in enhancing feng shui.
Plants in Feng Shui
Healthy, growing plants are a staple of modern feng shui. Plants represent the element of wood. They can be [...]
Feng shui is not just for indoors. How your house or apartment is situated, the land that surrounds it, and the buildings and landscape features that surround your building matter, too.
It is important to analyze your immediate surroundings and install any feng shui remedies that are needed before external features can adversely affect your, and [...]
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Feng shui remedies are practical as well as mystical. For example, a dark entryway can be remedied with a better lighting fixture, such as this 12 light chandelier, that improves chi while adding beauty.
A bedroom in which the otherwise most auspicious position for the bed has an overhanging beam or other unfortunate [...]
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Feng Shui Sleeping Under A Beam
When you follow Feng Shui principles to rearrange your bedroom, change the color of the wallpaper or paint you must take into consideration two important Feng Shui guidelines. Feng Shui Sleeping Under A Beam
1. The bed should not be directly opposite the door and
2. There should be [...]
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Feng Shui My Home
You might have read some of my previous articles on feng shui and the 5-element pagoda. One of my favorite feng shui items, the 5-element pagoda, provides a measure of protection that is truly amazing.
For all of those people who wonder what in the world happened to [...]
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