Feng Shui and Chi

Feng Shui is an ancient discipline which shifts the chi (life force energy) in your home to improve your life. Children are indeed a blessing and add joy to one's household. In ancient times, a family was regarded as incomplete without children. Many methods were utilized so that couples could be successful in their bids for children. However, like many young things, children can get out of hand sometimes. Applying Feng Shui can help you enhance your relationship with your children, understanding their needs and so strengthening family ties. If you wish to enhance your relationship with your children, sleep with your head pointed at your Nien Yin direction. You can find this direction using your Kua number Sleeping in this position will help bring you closer to your children and strengthen family ties.

If you have been trying for children or your offspring are getting out of hand, check if there is any offending man-made structure that is sending out harmful poison arrows towards your main door. To boost up romance, play smart with lighting. Yellow, white and red lights are just appropriate to set the mood for romance. Use soft romantic shades in your room like pink. Ideally windows should have direct natural light.

According to the 8 Life Aspirations, children and descendants are governed by West. The element of West is Small Metal and the colors are Gold, Silver and White. Metal is produced by Earth and is destroyed by Fire. Avoid having any major Fire or Water element in this section of your home.

If you wish to enhance your relationship with your children, sleep with your head pointed at your Nien Yin direction. You can find this direction using your Kua number Sleeping in this position will help bring you closer to your children and strengthen family ties.

Add trees, plants or upward lighting to raise energy. Plants are signs of life, but they must be kept healthy, dead or dying plants or even dead leaves are bad Feng Shui, as they represent death and decay.

Clear your clutter. Not just the obvious junk lying around, but also old books/CDs/DVDs that you don't like anymore, old clothes that are too big/too small, stuff that's accumulated in random drawers/closets. Even your garage should be a tidy place to store things, not a mass of boxes and random stuff.

Don't make your house a storehouse of old useless things. Maintain cleanliness and throw away what is not required or what has become obsolete. Its important to make way for proper ventilation so that old energy can find space to go out so as to let new fresh positive energy get in. There is a need for some relocation of furniture. Even if you move your furniture just by an inch or so, it will generate positive energy.

If the West section is missing in your home, you can install a bright light or a mirror to partially remedy this problem. You can also activate the West section of your bedroom as well.

Energize the East section of your home. East represents Health and Longevity - the colour of East is dark green and the element is wood. If the East section of your home is located in the living room, dining room or a room that is not used as a bedroom, place some live potted plants or furniture made of real wood to activate the corner.

Water is good in the wealth areas of a home, but never in the bedroom. Add fountains to increase the flow of Yang energy or a fish tank for a double bonus of Feng Shui, water plus a living animal is excellent Feng Shui. To counter a large, imposing fireplace, place a picture of a waterfall directly above the fireplace, or put a fountain next to it.

About the Author Rob Daniels is a long term practitioner of Yoga and Pilates additional articles available at Pilates Shop http://www.pilates-shop.net and Yoga Store http://www.yoga-store.net

Improve Your Quality Of Life With Feng Shui

According to the guiding principles of Feng Shui, if you improve your external environment you can improve your life and attitude. The purpose of Feng Shui is to teach you how to reconsider your relationship to the objects in your space. In doing so, you will learn to create an area that is arranged in harmony and balance, allowing positive energy to flow freely and unimpeded. If you harness the fundamentals of Feng Shui you can change your approach to business, or how you interact with friends and family. In fact, Feng Shui can aid you in obtaining a little extra lift in any sector of your life requiring improvement.

The techniques used by Feng Shui are varied and, generally very simple. In adopting a few practical Feng Shui tips, you will, within a few minutes, improve your office or home environment. As you become familiar with the basics of Feng Shui, you will be able to evaluate any room in minutes seeing immediately where problems lie. The process will help you locate and discard or conceal indications of problems such as pointed edges, gloomy corners, or bad furniture placement. These block positive energy inhibit your life from moving forwards as freely as it should. Utilizing Feng Shui, allows you to take substantial, physical steps towards implementing a more even voyage on your life?s path.

Feng Shui can be applied anywhere ? in your home, your office, or car. No matter where you spend your time, that environment can be optimized according to Feng Shui principles. No matter what you are doing, employing Feng Shui will make you happier. By implementing it into your workplace or home or any place you are spending time, you will be helping your mind, body, and spirit grow healthier and more resilient. Applying Feng Shui facilitates you in overcoming any impediments or challenges confronting you by helping you feel more tranquil, happier, and more balanced throughout the day. As a result, you will feel refreshed and invigorated, and ready to take all the necessary steps to realize your dreams.

As well, Feng Shui can help you achieve increased harmony with your environment. As a result, every breath you take will increase an inner sense of happiness and self-assurance. Employing Feng Shui to improve the flow of life energy or chi, throughout any area where you spend time, initiates positive steps towards increasing your quality of life. With Feng Shui, you can start to manifest your dreams today by implementing a few straightforward techniques aimed at assisting your environment in reflecting your personal objectives, wishes, and potential. The fundamental concept supporting Feng Shui allows anyone to achieve a basic grasp of Feng Shui within a short time frame ? even within a single day. Furthermore, there is no need to buy any elaborate equipment or items in order to make Feng Shui work for you. All that is required to benefit from Feng Shui is a dash of education, and a willingness to try something new.

Candace Czarny,ASID,CFM,LEED AP, "Award Winning" Interior Designer, Feng Shui Expert & author. www.ArtOfPlacement.com is continually ranked "Top 10" in Google and Yahoo. Clients testify of dramatic results!