Do You Have Any Suggestions For Instant Feng Shui?
By Joy Abrams MA, FSII

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese System of earth harmony. To instantly get started I suggest three ways for instant Feng Shui.

Surround yourself with what you love and who you love
Surround yourself with comfortable things
Continually work on organizing yourself and your surroundings
Surrounding yourself with what you love and who you love is so important for your physical and mental health. I am reminded of the story of one of my students who attended my seminar and listened intently when I told everyone that everything you own has energy and it is positive or not so positive. I told them that is important for you to enjoy the things that you love. The things that you do not feel good about give away or share with someone who needs them. I talked about the teapot that my mom gave me. I love serving tea in i because it reminds me of her. My student later emailed me to tell me that she gave away a tiffany compote because every time she looked at it, it reminded her of the person who gave it to her. That person had not been a positive influence in her life. . After she gave away the gift she felt so much better on her physical and emotional level.

Surround yourself with loving people so that the energy you receive is positive. Be more discriminating in your choices and more discerning.

By being discriminating I am not talking about dividing and splitting but knowing people by their energy. I am speaking of energy here as qualities. Kindness is an energy as well as thoughtfulness and considerateness. These are positive energies and you want to surround yourself with people who exude these energies.

Surround yourself with safety and comfortable things. You are not going to feel comfortable if every time you enter your home, you walk into a table with sharp edges. You are going to feel uncomfortable if above your head, where you sit, there is a picture with a heavy glass frame. The safety factor will be a challenge for you in both situations.

It will certainly be reassuring for you if after you come home from a challenging day at work if you can rest in a comfortable chair in your favorite color. The picture of relaxation would be complete if the lighting over your chair was just right,and you heard the soft sound of a waterfall or fountain in the distance.

Continually work on organizing yourself and your surroundings. Clear out your space so that you can make room for new wonderful events to enter your life. As your life situation changes you need to make room for the new by discarding the things that you no longer use. Have two bags as you are cleaning and clearing your space . Label one for sharing and the other for saving. You will feel so much lighter after you have given away things that you do not wear or have not worn for two years.

Did you ever think of the fact that you really do not need all those sheets that you never use? Try to have one sheet set that you use and love and an alternate sheet set and see how much more room you have in your linen closet.

How about going through your closet and eliminating outfits that you have not worn in a couple of years? You will be amazed at the things that you own and can use now. We have such an abundance of things that sometimes we do not even realize what we own. Eliminating clutter simplifies things for you because you can find what you are looking for. You do not end up buying duplicates, which saves you money and time in the long run.

Remember to honor yourself and your likes and dislikes and have confidence in your choices. Nurture yourself with good energy and that will bring instant Feng Shui into your life.

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