Basic Feng Shui Tips
The first time I had a really serious conversation about Feng Shui was in 2001. I was modeling in Singapore, my first time traveling alone overseas, and one of my ex-coworker’s/friends happened to be from there. He hooked me up with a couple of his chums to show me around town, since I didn’t know anyone.
One of his friends took me to a club that he himself owned. Then he told me the story of how his last club had failed, but that with this club he had retained the help of Feng Shui consultants prior to building and decorating. And it was obviously a very successful and happening club (at that time, at least). Additionally while in Singapore, I visited another friend’s house who was also using many Feng Shui principles in the design of his house, including water elements and live coy fish swimming around.
Over the years since then, I’ve tried loosely here and there to learn and instill some of the principles & practices of Feng Shui, at least the ones that make sense and are easily applied.
What makes sense in Feng Shui? Well, for example; the rule about never hanging anything above your bed = eg; anything that may fall on you in the night. This can cause “un-restful” sleep.
So here is my list of Feng Shui principles that I’ve accumulated in my (memory) archive, and possibly I will add to this as I learn more.
Basic Feng Shui tips for practical use in your home:
Bedroom Feng Shui:
- Place the head of your bed against a solid wall & NOT under a window or beam
- Make sure you can see the main door (& hopefully all the windows) of your room from the bed, eg. so no intruder could “sneak up” on you
- Do not hang anything above your bed
- Do not have any mirrors reflecting your bed, or at least you should NOT be able to see yourself/the bed in any mirrors while IN bed (so, mirrors on the ceiling above bed = definitely BIG no-no). Ideally, no mirrors in the bedroom at ALL.
Office Feng Shui:
- Do NOT place your desk facing a wall, eg; your back turned. You should have the solid wall behind your back and the desk facing the main door, preferably from a diagonal direction.
- Keep files off the ground and in a secure place
Bathroom Feng Shui:
- Do NOT decorate the toilet! You don’t want to “energize” the negative toilet. Personally, I put a bowl of black rocks on the top of the back of the toilet to “push down” negative energy. I really need to find some large rocks to place by the foot of the toilet as well.
- Keep the bathroom clean & empty as possible
- Keep the toilet seat & the door to the bathroom closed
Mirror Feng Shui
- No mirrors in bedroom, or at least none reflecting the bed
- No mirrors reflecting the toilet, the trash, or anything else that implies negativity, as mirrors essentially “double” whatever’s reflected.
- No mirrors facing your desktop or it’ll “double” your workload
- Mirrors SHOULD reflect something positive, a painting or photograph
- Use mirrors to reflect your dining table for “double food” on your table
- Use a mirror at the end of a “dead end” or short hallway to double it, but do NOT use a mirror at the end of a long hallway