In this article
- A beginner’s guide to Feng Shui
- Tips for good Feng Shui
Whether renovating or buying a new home, there are some basic Feng Shui principles that can result in a more harmonious environment.
Ever walked into a house and sensed an unidentifiable “bad energy” which you couldn’t quite put your finger on? Or wondered why some people are instinctively uncomfortable sitting with their back to the door?
What is Feng Shui
Translated from Chinese as “Wind and Water”, Feng Shui (pronounced foong shway) focuses on life’s energy and is a way of understanding how energy moves in our surroundings and how our buildings, their interiors, and our environment affect us.
Consultant Liz Wiggins from Feng Shui Living, who practices the Form Compass & Flying Star School explains, “Feng Shui is not a superstition and shouldn’t be treated as such. When a consultant comes out to your home you should not be able to tell they have been there. It is not about recommending red tassels, toads or dragons. It is about life’s energy and a way of understanding how energy moves in our homes.”
Analysing the energy
Liz says that people can leave an imprint of their energies in the environment – particularly negative energies.
For example, if a business fails you often see that negative history is passed on to subsequent tenants. The shop may be in need of a “space clearing”.
This is the same when buying a home. According to Liz, you can inherit the bad energies of your home’s past occupants. As part of the Compass and Flying Star School of Feng Shui, a “space clearing” can be done by an expert to improve the energies of a space.
What’s involved?
Whether you are pre or post renovation, have just bought a new house or need de-cluttering help, Feng Shui principles offer an age old solution, based more on common sense than superstition.
When conducting a consultation, Liz gets her clients to supply an A4 floor plan of their home or office drawn to scale, which is a particular requirement of the Flying Star school of Feng Shui.
“A few hours are spent at the client’s home and a compass direction is taken. This will enable us to draw a chart over the floor plan that will give us an indication of the energies in and around the home. We then work to neutralise any negative energies and enhance positive energies by incorporating the five elements [wood, fire, earth. metal and water]. Any recommendations are inexpensive.”
Once a chart of the home has been analysed the consultant should have an indication of what you may have been experiencing in this building in regards to your health, relationships and wealth.
This can include an analysis of the land on the outside of a building, including its contours, such as mountains and the placement of water. In addition to the outside influence; the inside of the house must also be considered, focusing significantly on the placement of furniture.
Amongst the myriad of Feng Shui improvements that could be made to a home’s layout and furniture placement, the kitchen is a particularly interesting trouble spot.
According to Liz it is important that the stove is not directly in line with the home’s entrance. Cooking with one’s back to the door can have a negative effect on the cook’s mood, which in turn has a negative affect on everyone who eats the meal.
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