Feng Shui Tips for The Bedroom

1. Correct bed positioning is key: No backs to the door, no beds crossing entranceways.
2. Use bedroom for sleeping and lovemaking ONLY! Remove all computers and work related materials.
3. Electromagnetic energy fields can cause serious health and energy related problems- reduce electrical devices and move all TV’s, clock radio’s, answering machines, power strip outlets to at least six to eight feet from the circumference of the bed!
4. Add warm colors to your room- white or off white rooms can dissipate energy and cause anxiety and depression. Try adding soft greens, pinks, pastel colors. Blues are too cooling and NOT romantic! Peaches are great for finding a mate, but afterwards can encourage infidelity.
5. Make sure your bed has a headboard and is on a solid, windowless wall. Wood is preferable with no openings or slots. Double check that it’s attached firmly to the bed otherwise you can create wobbly relationships and unstable emotions.
6. Eliminate clutter- A continually messy disorganized room is reflecting a deep unsettled inner conflict. Clear your room and your psyche. Don’t hide behind the physical mess to avoid the emotional one buried beneath it.
7. Your bedroom is a metaphor for your mental, physical and spiritual well-being. If it could talk, what would it be saying it needs from you?
8. Your health and your relationships are central to your Happiness. Find a friend, hire an organizer or enlist the advice of Feng Shui expert. Do whatever is necessary to help you shake off your malaise, complacency or shell shocked behavior and turn your bedroom into the sacred space it was meant to be where naps are encouraged and love making thrives!
9. Take an active part in your own life’s story. Make a commitment to making changes and take an action today. It’s not going to happen magically, but when it happens, it will be magical!

Feng Shui Tips for the Kitchen

1. Cook’s station at the stove should face the doorway. Today’s popular center “island” or “peninsula” stove layout makes this possible and is much favored in Feng Shui design. A cooking position that doesn’t face the kitchen doorway can cause stress, anxiety, and exaggerate financial challenges. But if you’re one of the many people whose back is to the door and you can’t change your stove’s position, there are some Feng Shui cures for this problem. One is to place a mirror on the back wall of the stove, making sure that when hung, it doesn’t “cut off” anyone’s head. Another possibility is to attach a 3- or 5-inch convex mirror to the microwave door or overhead vent above the stove. This adjustment will allow you to look up into the mirror and see the kitchen door behind you. In addition, hang a metal wind chime over the “cook’s station” to offset any negative energy that may be coming in from behind you.
2. Create a kitchen that is warm and welcoming. Do you spend time in it? Do you like the room? Is it overwhelming to be in or conducive to entertaining and cooking? Let it reflect who you are. Try personalizing it. Display fun items, add color, buy new potholders or dishtowels, and then toss in a few special touches, like artwork or antique tiles and cookware that make you happy. This will make food preparation a pleasure and add positive energy to the cooking process.
3. Keep the stove in good working order. Your stove oversees your finances and brings in the prosperity energy or “chi.” Try to circulate your tea kettles, pots and pans using all the burners rather than one particular burner. Keep the stove and oven clear and clean! Make sure all burners and knobs are in good working order. When the fire is flowing freely thought all the burners, this means that the fire energy governing finances is working in your favor.
4. Double your burners and enhance your prosperity. Add a convex mirror to the area around the stove (or on hood above the burners) and make sure the burners are clearly reflected in it. The burners bring in the wealth chi. Turn your four burners into eight and double your wealth energy! To strengthen this energy even more, hang a metal wind chime over the area where the cook stands in front of the stove.
5. Fix all leaks. Water energy also affects your money flow, as well as your emotional reactions to all life situations. Leaky faucets and refrigerators that run both create money “leaks.”
6. Clear all clutter. Like the bedroom, the kitchen is another room that tends to collect a lot of junk and clutter. Countertops, undersink cabinets, and junk drawers become jammed with empty containers, old mail, takeout menus, and other stuff. All these things contribute to financial jams and cash flow problems. Throw things out or give extra items away. Divest with gratitude and create the room for the abundance to enter.
7. Create the illusion of space. If your kitchen is not spacious, raise the wattage of the already existing lighting, then add additional lighting under wall cabinets. When possible add a mirror to a section of the walls to expand the space. Make the kitchen tools (bowls, pots, dishes) very accessible. Make sure the cabinets properly open and close. This creates a stress-free flow for cooking.
8. Avoid kitchens located in the center of the house. Review your overall floor plan and try to assess if your kitchen falls into the general center of your floor plan. If this situation occurs in your home’s layout, it can be a contributing factor to digestion, stomach, intestinal problems, money losses and overall anxiety. To offset this potential problem, hang a brass wind chime (or a 50-mm Feng Shui crystal on a 9-inch red string) from the center of the kitchen ceiling. In addition, add a mirror or mirrored tiles to at least one or two of the kitchen walls.
9. Cook at least one or two meals a week for yourself. Treat yourself and your family as you would honored guests. Prepare a great dinner and give a lot of attention to the little details. Shut off the TV, light some beautiful candles, use your best china, and put on some relaxing music. Enjoy the whole experience. You are worth it, and soon you will be reaping the benefits that such a loving act brings.