Sunday, November 16, 2008
Feng Shui Home
The feng shui home analysis further involves the investigation of the front and back structures as they are differentiated for houses. On the other hand apartments tend to follow the light source, looking towards windows, but the problem under such circumstances would be the entrance that is usually dark because it's located more towards the center of the building. Compensations do exist in the feng shui design of an apartment. You can attract more positive energy when you can make the choice of floor you want to live at, not to mention that the selection of the flat with the best view is one other top point to benefit from in terms of feng shui home arrangement.
Many of the feng shui home tips are misinterpreted leading to incorrect applications. For instance, many people avoid putting their aquarium in the kitchen since they consider water will extinguish the fire element specific to this house area. Such a principle has to be understood symbolically, particularly since the presence of the water tank in the kitchen could increase the prosperity of the home. Another false feng shui home tip is that of never keeping books in the bedroom since they will stimulate you and prevent good sleep. False!
Unfortunately, many other examples of false myths like the ones presented above are present in feng shui home guides that are bought and used by people all over the world. The next question here would be how to recognize what is good and what is wrong. The first word of advice is to use your intuition and not go for the rules that say "never" or "always". Real feng shui home applications will always take the individuality factor into consideration since every person is a unique entity and the generalities have to be particularized.
Kahn Ginsorry is a Feng Shui advisor. You can read more about Feng Shui Bedroom Color by following the link.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Selling Your House Fast With Feng Shui
Many real estate agents and home investors like to contact me to find out if there is a feng shui ritual they could use to sell a house quickly and for the price they want. A recent reader of my blog wrote to me asking:
I am a Realtor and have a home listed right now that I feel should have sold quickly. It's beautiful and the price is right as well. Any idea on what I could do to bring good luck to this home, so that it will sell quickly? Our housing market is a bit slow right now, but this home is the best priced one in the area compared with other homes that offer the same features. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Being a property enthusiast myself, I've noticed that a house that has great features alone won't sell it. I've been to houses that have all the great features but comments from open-home guests are that it just doesn't feel right. It's got to have good chi flow and this cannot be changed overnight. For example, if the house has a front door that directly faces the back door; this is a serious layout problem that would need walls built to remedy correctly (windchimes in between are OK short-term fixes).
However, there is a ritual (I can't remember the source though I'm afraid - I think it's in one my aunt's books) which uses the 5 elements method to bring on a quick sale. I can't promise that it would bring you the price you want, but I have had clients and friends who have managed to move very difficult property or bring motivated buyers using this method.
Inside a red packet (angpow packet), place the following items:
1. a small piece of wood from the kitchen of the house for sale
2. a small piece of metal from the kitchen of the house for sale
3. some earth from the garden of the house for sale
Then, find a fast-moving stream or river, and throw the red packet into the fast moving water. Visualise a quick sale of the house while throwing this into the water.
I also recommend doing some space clearing rituals to clear out stale chi before an open home.
Some other methods that I've heard of are:
- Hang a photo of the house for sale, and stick a "SOLD" sticker on it. Paste it somewhere you can see everyday (kitchen fridge) until it is sold.
- At the entrance of the house, hang a picture of a bird carrying a price tag (be hopeful, but realistic!) on it's beak - flying in towards the house. It should not fly out.
Try these and if it works for you please write in to my posting at to comment!
Honey Lim (http://www.honeylim.com/). Honey is the niece of Lillian Too, the world's best selling author of feng shui. To express her passion for feng shui she regularly posts articles at her blog and has been featured by local and international publications.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Wall Mounted Fountains in a Feng Shui Home
Improved Feng Shui is just one of the many reasons why indoor wall mounted fountains are chosen to enhance the ambience of some of the finest homes, business, restaurants, hotels and corporations from around the world. These wall mounted fountains are also very easy to take care of.
When we moved into our new house, we wanted to have a calming ambience throughout our house. After researching online, we found that a wall mounted waterfall was the answer. Indoor wall mounted fountains provide a stunning accent for any room and are available in a wide variety of wallet friendly prices.
Indoor wall mounted fountains are becoming very popular as an indoor accessory and for many adding one to their interior is of major importance. It certainly was for us. Fountains can also add to the humidity which is good in certain environments. Indoor wall mounted fountains are a way for you to bring the relaxing effects of running water into the home or office.
We found that wall mounted fountains are also available in a wonderful selection of artwork forms, whether you prefer a traditional or contemporary unit, you are sure to find just the right fountain for any room you are modifying.
Indoor wall mounted fountains are flat, and have water flowing over the fountain face, and are framed on the top and bottom. Our wall mounted fountain was easy to set up, and even easier to enjoy.
After researching online at the many different designs styles from traditional lion head wall mounted fountains or cherub water fountains to contemporary and modern wall mount fountains such as the Vestaglia indoor wall fountain by Hunter Kenroy and the Waikiki Beach wall fountain by Water Wonders we settled on a medium Waikiki that we found at Serenity Health.
Indoor fountains are available in many styles, made with long-lasting materials like stainless steel and heat-treated metals and come in a variety of designs and sizes.
Your wall mounted fountain can transform your home by providing a wonderful backdrop for other relaxation techniques, such as meditation or yoga. You will find that your indoor wall fountain has the ability to calm anyone within the area you display your personal oasis of relaxation. They add to the value of any setting while at work or entertaining guests in your home and are a great conversation piece.
Another benefit that we found with indoor wall mounted fountains is they also act as natural air purifiers. The water tumbles back into the indoor fountains reservoir releasing negative ions into the room.
These negative ions bond to unwanted dust particles and allergens, purifying the environment and promoting physical and mental health. It is this energy transfer that concerns the Feng Shui discipline, which teaches us the importance of maintaining a proper balance of elements for a healthy, prosperous environment.
The air inside your home is often more polluted than the air outside, and you can help to make your environment healthier with a wall mounted fountain.
The author recently installed a water fountain in his own home. Now emerging from the mist of a colorful and varied career, Ian Patterson was born early in is life somewhere in a long forgotten postal code. The mantra that he learned from his parents, while growing up on their farm was "if you want it done right, then do it yourself".
That's just what he did.
Ian Patterson is someone who's been there, done that, printed the T shirt and wrote the book. A firefighter, soldier, yachtsman, skier, climber, mechanic, plumber, electrician, data technician, business continuity planner, and web writer are just some of the things he's been.
He was a pescaterian before it was fashionable and is an avid animal lover and a longtime dog handler. He has travelled to most countries around the world. Set up home in three of them and learned their language and culture.
Now he is the founder and CEO of Write Research Office since 2004.
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Feng Shui Tips For Your Bedroom
One of the symptoms of wrong location of the bed can be observed in those who are always accident prone. When one is subject to disturbing energy due to bad location of the bed on which one is staying static for at least 8 hours per night or more, one can be very nervous and ill-tempered during the day, to say the least. Not to mention a host of other problems that are related to this bad feng shui symptom. And this can be just the beginning of many problems, which include all kinds of dis-eases at the mental, emotional as well as physical level.
To locate the bed in the best feng shui manner, there are several main points to observe:
1. The bed has to be positioned in such a way that it has to have a solid backup to it. This is to say that it'd be vital to sleep with our heads close to the wall against which the head of our bed is leaned. The further away our head is from the solid wall, the less auspicious energy we're exposed to during our sleep.
2. It's not a good idea to have a ceiling fan right above the bed as, according to the 'Kua' in I-ching, it gives out intrinsic energy imprints for our 'middle section' to be empty, which is absolutely something a pregnant lady should refrain from no matter what. Even for those who are not concerned with pregnancy, such intrinsic energy imprint would throw the solar plexus' energy off balanced, which would create the 'un-groundedness' that is so evident in those who're always considered as having 'bad luck'. Hence the reason for 'bad luck' - when one's not 'grounded', one has nothing to show for, let alone 'luck'.
3. There is no place for mirrors in the bedroom, straight and simple. Besides being used for drawing in energy from its opposite direction, mirrors can bounce energies back and forth, thus creating much dynamic movement of 'chi' - the 'Yang energy'. When too much 'Yang energy' is present in the bedroom, the 'Yin state' is not facilitated. Therefore, it's a wrong idea to have mirrors in the bedroom where the 'Yin state' is to be preferred.
4. The height of the bed is also of much importance in terms of feng shui. One would not want to feel being suspended in mid air when sleeping. The issue of 'un-groundedness' comes into play again here as feng shui has a great deal to do with earth energy. When one is in the open and static 'Yin state', one's energy system is wide open and thus easily affected by many external factors such as those mentioned above. Sleeping with such feeling as being suspended in mid air renders one vulnerable to unstable energetic upheavals; therefore, it's not good feng shui design at all.
On top of all the above-mentioned is the importance of precise configuration of bed location according to the 'flying-stars' table, without which all feng shui work is not complete. What the 'flying-stars' table is to feng shui is very much like the multiplication table to mathematics. No advanced work can be done without it...more on that later.
Dr. Kang-pang Chan is a traditional Chinese Feng Shui master of over 26 years of experience.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Home Feng Shui
Good chi is healthy, strong and balanced. Poor Chi is weak, ailing and imbalanced. By moving objects or changing its placement at our homes, we can enhance Chi. Thus we can balance and improve our life circumstances and reduce tension and stress.
Shar chi is negative energy. Sharp angles contain shar chi and they are like ‘poison arrows’ that generate negative energy to the area they point to. People who are having activities at these inauspicious areas are likely to be quick-tempered and quarrel frequently. A shar’s energy can be blocked by filling in the angle.
A house should be as airy as possible, uncluttered and attractive with plenty of light to attract beneficial chi. However, you should never sleep under a beam or with any other objects such as a windchime or ceiling light place directly over your head. This will cause the person to have restless sleeps. Stairways are like beams, thus it is inauspicious for door to face a stairway directly. This can affect family harmony and finances.
Mirrors are common in bedrooms. However, many feng shui practitioners see them as inauspicious and it should not be placed in couple’s rooms. They believe that mirrors reflect aggressive energy and strain the relationship of the couple who sleep there and causes bad luck to the single person. By using a smaller mirror will reduce the negative energy.
Well, that's all for now. Thank you for reading.
Author: Kelly Yap. Visit Singapore Property for more Feng Shui Tips.
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Buying A Home With Feng Shui - Location, Location, Location
If your home is at a T-junction, then you will likely have a rush of chaotic energy directed at your home. This can create a very difficult living space, because it interferes with the positive energy that you are trying to create within your home. Every time you open the door to your house, you will be letting in a rush of chaotic, negative energy.
Conversely, if your home is located at the end of a cul-de-sac, you will find that the energy in that area is very stagnant, because there is really nowhere for it to go. So it can be very hard to invite new people and new opportunities into your home, since the energy directly in front of your home is stagnant and motionless.
There are a few ways that you can deal with this using the principles of feng shui. If you have a rush of energy bombarding your home because your home is located at a T-junction, you can place a bagua mirror above your front door to deflect the chaotic energy. You can also plant trees or bushes at the end of your driveway to help shield your home against this energy. If you enjoy statuary, you can also play statues in front of your home that are protective - Buddha, Kwan Yin, dragon, and lion statues all work well for this.
If the energy around your home is stagnant because it is located at the end of a cul-de-sac, you can help to change this by installing water features near the front door of your home. When you do this, make sure that they are features that contain moving water, such as fountains or waterfalls. If it is not practical to use water features in front of your home, you can also use landscaping elements that represent flowing water, such as flags, wind chimes, or other freely moving objects.
Having a home located at a T-junction or cul-de-sac can seem like a significant challenge to many people, especially if they do not know why the energy around our home is not harmonious. However, by using the steps that we have discussed in this article, you can easily create a harmonious space within your home, regardless of where your home is located.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
5 Feng Shui Tips For the Bathroom
In modern times however, an attached bathroom is considered a luxury, and most houses have at least two bathrooms or more. Here are five bathroom feng shui taboos to observe.
1. Never locate the bathroom in the Northwest and Southwest sectors of your home. The Northwest direction of your house represents the patriarch while the Southwest direction represents the matriarch. In the household, it is important to make sure that the farther and mother enjoy good feng shui as they provide for and support for the whole family. If you already have bathrooms in these areas, and relocating them isn't an option, at the very least try to relocate to toilet bowl so that it is not directly located in those sectors.
2. For many of us the toilet is a place to relax. It is also a sanctuary after a long day's work. Having lavish decorations in the bathrooms if the common interior design trend today. One must be careful not to be overly ostentatious in decorating the bathroom. For example, it is inauspicious to decorate the bathroom with luxurious elements such as gold, crystals, diamonds, or anything that represents wealth and prosperity. The bathroom is where waste and water gets flushed away. An overly ostentatious bathroom represents wealth being flushed away.
3. Another important tip is to never place a bathroom directly above the main door. The main door is the most important part of the home and should be kept auspicious. Having a toilet directly above the main door (on the higher floor) ruins the feng shui of your home's entrance. This is a major taboo when it comes to bathrooms. If your bathroom is located in such a manner, you must either relocate your bathroom or the main entrance. This configuration does not only bring bad luck, but also tragedies and misfortunes.
4. Today it is common for bedrooms to have an attached bathroom. In such a configuration, one must make sure that the bed and the toilet bowl to not share the same wall.
5. The most inauspicious part of the WC is the toilet (or more specifically the toilet bowl). The bathroom, where you have your shower or bath, can be big and spacious. The toilet should be as small and as discrete as you can manage. Preferably, the toilet should be located in a different room, separated by a door. This way, you can have the bath area as big as you want and have it decorated as ostentatiously as you want it to be.
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