HOW I PRACTICE THE ART OF FENG SHUI -

By Susan “Honey” Good

I luxuriate within the artwork of Feng Shui. When contemplating how one can categorical this, I recalled a collection of occasions a number of years again. The day was wonderful — I knew it will be. I awoke to an unimaginable dawn, then a exercise with my coach, adopted by a visit for the primary time to go to Orchid’s bodily therapist, and the scrumptious finale was lunch with two girlfriends on the rooftop of The Peninsula Resort at Shanghai Terrace. As I entered the restaurant, the time period Feng Shui flashed into my thoughts as a result of my day to this point was in complete alignment.

I used to be the final to reach as a result of, to cap off my good day, I bumped into my Ultimate Concierge on Michigan Avenue.

As quickly as I sat down with my girlfriends the laughter and questions have been nonstop.

Penelope stated to me, “I didn’t know you have been left-handed.”

“Why did you ask?” I questioned.

“Since you are sporting your watch in your proper wrist,” she responded.

“I observe Feng Shui, a four-century-old Chinese language system. It’s a set of legal guidelines that teaches how the stream of optimistic vitality brings alignment into all aspects of your life.” (And don’t we’d like all we are able to get, darlings?)

My girlfriends rolled their eyes, raised their eyebrows, and smiled. I paid no consideration to their teasing method as a result of I imagine in Feng Shui and started to present them a quick tutorial on the the explanation why I really feel as I do and the way this observe has introduced pleasure into my life.

“I put on my watch on my proper wrist so optimistic vitality can stream to my coronary heart.”

A number of years in the past a Feng Shui trainer taught me the electrical energy in your watch cuts off all optimistic currents going to your coronary heart. I modified my watch that second to my proper wrist.

Earlier than persevering with, Penelope, a film critic who has her personal weblog, Peneflix, stated, “I feel it’s best to muse about Feng Shui to your readers.”

Over the course of the subsequent day I made a decision I’d write on the topic, however solely share selections I made after we constructed our dwelling in California as a result of the observe is so giant in scope.

MY JOY WITH THE ART OF FENG SHUI

Once I designed my dwelling in Rancho Mirage, I did so with the artwork of Feng Shui in thoughts. It was our dwelling for 25 years, our tranquil Shangri-La.

As I walked into my Shangri-La, I all the time felt in concord and at peace with my atmosphere. Once I walked via the doorways, my eyes have been in a position to soak up the entire setting as a result of my décor was pleasing and according to one ground coving all through the house. It was a celadon, a willow-green colour tile; the colour initially coming from China. The furnishings was in the identical shades with accents of Chinese language crimson and black. The good room was crammed with orchids and larger-than-life actual timber.

The remainder of our dwelling was in the identical shade because the flooring so there may be Feng Shui consistency. I realized the significance of stream from one in every of my Feng Shui lecturers.

My Feng Shui knowledgeable and trainer is a pal and the top of a significant company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I started to suppose extremely of the observe of Feng Shui when my husband Shelly and I visited his workplace. He defined that every little thing has its place and the precise placement creates concord along with his atmosphere. I used to be instantly !

“My desk faces the door as a result of it’ll present me with prosperity,” he defined. “I’ve vegetation due to their oxygen stream,” he associated as he expanded his lungs. “Significant objects are in my eye’s view as a result of they create happiness and rest. The sight of flowing water within the fountain outdoors the entryway of my constructing creates the stream of wealth into my workplace.”

I used to be enthralled and, upon arriving dwelling, purchased a e book on Feng Shui and met with a trainer. I used to be hooked. The phrase concord drew me into the observe of Feng Shui.

FENG SHUI SAYS: LIVE WITH WHAT “YOU” LOVE!

How I observe the artwork of Feng Shui:

I stay with my favourite colours and carry them all through our complete dwelling. As I depart one room and enter one other, I really feel a stream of continuity offering me with a sense of concord.
Every room in our dwelling has orchids and greenery, the entire identical selection. This supplies a high quality of calm, a sense of group, and the stream of oxygen.
I’ve wind chimes in our yard buzzing quiet sounds that convey me a feeling of contentment.
An attractive, giant inexperienced evil eye hangs outdoors at our entryway fending off any evil from getting into our entrance doorways.
The daylight flows via the home windows and is fixed from room to room.
After we selected our lot for Shangri-La, we knew it needed to face south. Good high quality of sunshine could be very mandatory.
The outdoors of our dwelling flowed inside. I did this by creating a phenomenal panorama utilizing the identical colours as the within of our dwelling.
Final, however really first… I select my favourite possession to stay with me in our dwelling. My husband, my Final Concierge, Sheldon Good.

FENG SHUI SAYS: CLEAR UNWANTED POSSESSIONS FROM YOUR HOME

Muddle units you up for failure.

ASK YOURSELF:
Do I like it?
Do I would like it?
Does it mirror who I’m?

Should you reply no to any of those three questions, I counsel sharing your possessions together with your kids or a charity. Should you do, Feng Shui says you’ll have a wealth of happiness.

FENG SHUI: SIMPLIFY YOUR HOME

Disorganization provides unfavorable vitality to your life.

1. Your alternative of textures, colours, kinds of furnishings, and your yard are crucial. They’re actually ‘you.’

I’m conscious that the observe of Feng Shui is hundreds of years previous and way more sophisticated than I’m suggesting. I discover myself dwelling a partial Feng Shui lifestyle that peaks my fancy as a result of it permits me to “merely be.” I’m in concord with my way of life over 50 and I owe this, partly, to Feng Shui.

If you wish to be taught extra about Feng Shui, I like to recommend this e book: A Master Course in Feng-Shui: An In-Depth Program for Studying to Select, Design, and Improve the Areas The place We Stay and Work.