10,000 Blessings Feng Shui Blog

Less Stress with Feng Shui

1. Clear all clutter including papers, electronic files, in-boxes, wallet, purse, briefcases, your car, unreturned calls and calendars. Unsubscribe from email lists and block junk mail. Clear clutter in hallways, foyers, stairways and entranceways representing the arteries and veins (clogged can result in high blood pressure). Clear any physical blocks and obstacles (furniture, doors not opening, etc.)

2. Sit and sleep in the “Command Position” at all times.

3. Check all electrical systems (represents the nervous system, hormonal imbalances, nervous or emotional break-downs, adrenal burn out) and fix any shorts; frayed wires; empty light bulb sockets; broken outlets, sockets or switches; broken appliances; or burnt out bulbs (metaphors for “burn-out” or having a “short fuse” or being “over-loaded”).

4. Decrease the high EMFs from computers, digital clocks, tvs and so on with either plants (palms, peace lilies or philodendrons) or by protectors (such as Bio-Pro products) plus 50mm Swarovski crystal sphere. Use a flat screen monitor. Switch to halogen or full-spectrum lights. Remove all electrical devices--TV's, clock radio's, answering machines, power strip outlets—from your bedroom or, if you must have them, then keep them eight feet from your body.

5. Practice Chi Cultivation every day!

• Spend time in the fresh air and sunlight to re-charge your batteries
• Meditate
• Use aromatherapy oils of sweet orange, neroli or bergamot
• Open windows each day for at least 10 minutes
• Choose good and uplifting company
• Physical fitness such as qi gong, tai chi
• Spend time in prayer, meditation or reading scriptures/sutras
• Spend time in nature (how 'bout a membership to the Chinese and Japanese Gardens?)
• Receive chi transmissions or energy healings: acupuncture, acupressure
• Get great sleep (see below)
  

6. Bring nature inside to your space using the Five Elements of Metal, Fire, Earth, Water and Wood (with plants, flowers, water fountains, stones, bamboo, lit candles, aquariums and so on).

7. Take sabbaticals from noise, media, computer, idle chatter, driving etc.

8. Get excellent sleep

• Place your bed in the Command Position
• Your bed should be up off of the floor with nothing underneath it so that the chi can circulate around your body while you sleep.
• The headboard should be solid wood (not metal) without openings or slots so as to give you protection and support, acting like a ‘mountain’.
• En suite bathrooms absolutely need to be sealed off from the bedroom by keeping the door closed and the toilet lid down all of the time.

9. Use sound to shift your stress by ringing bells or singing bowls or playing sacred music (Imee Ooi).

10. Avoid all white and monochromatic décor schemes. But also be careful of too much yang color.

11. Repair any water leaks because they not only drain your energy, they can also lead to depression or emotional outbursts

12. Keep your air conditioning and heating vents clean and unblocked or that can make your more stressed and raise your blood pressure.

13. Have gold fish, cat or dog animal companions.

14. Practice both inner and outer Feng Shui and really address the cause of the stress (money, relationship, health, etc.)

• Inner (mindset, time/energy management)
• Outer (Feng Shui cures and adjustments, clutter clearing)
  

15. Burn chen pi ($9) and temple sandalwood incense ($30). Hang a 50mm Swarovski crystal sphere ($45) at the center of bedroom and the center of house (pop me an email at info@10KBlessingsFengShui.com and I can arrange for your purchase).

16. Meditations (you can pop me an email at info@10KBlessingsFengShui.com and I’ll send them to you):

• Inhale/Exhale
• Waterfall
• Metta
• Swallowing Qi
  

17. Have your Feng Shui consultant check for design details affecting your circumstances and teach your Secret Transcendental Cures and Meditations.

 

Feng Shui Breathing Meditation

 

 

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Spirits Down? Nine Easy Feng Shui Ways to Lift Your Chi! (NOT the deactivated one!)

 

 

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Feng Shui Nightmare: EMFs

 

EMFs are electromagnetic energy fields which exist both outside and inside our homes and businesses.  From a Feng Shui perspective they are certainly "shar" or negative chi and can have harmful effects on our health such as compromised bio-chemisty, recurring fatigue, disturbed sleep, headaces, confusion, nausea, decreased immunity, certain cancers, tumor growths, blood disorders and auto-immune diseases.

Here are some simple actions you can take to help reduce the effect of the EMFs on your well being:

• Either remove (or keep at least 8-12 feet from your body; or unplug when not in use; or reduce) the usage of: clock radios, televisions, elecrtic blankets, water beds, ac/dc transformer boxes, coumputers, laser printers, copiers, appliances, microwaves, flourescent or halogen lighting, fuse boxes, cell phones, cordless phones, toasters, refriderators, electric heaters, electric shavers, blow dryers and dishwashers. The things in the bedroom are especially important.
• Cover open electrical plugs with child-proof covers
• Use EMF reduction devices (I love the things from Bio Pro)
• Place cork tiles under appliances adn use plants (peace lilies, ferns, evergreens, palms or philodendrons) near computers, televisions and so on
• Strengthen your biological system with healthy foods, exercise, pure filtered water for bathing and drinking and taking nutritional supplements that provide minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidents to combat the EMF effects
• Fix right away any frayed wires; broken outlets, sockets or switches; unfinished electrical work or fuses and light bulbs that often blow out
• Don't sleep in synthetic bedding or wear synthetic clothing
• Use 9 healthy potted plants (same ones as above) wtih a 50mm round faceted Swarovski crystal hung on 9" increments of red string close to the source in whatever room is of concern
• Take frequent breaks away from the computer.  Reduce your time on the cell phone and use a hands-free headset for talking. 
• Make sure the circuit box is not near your bed, desk or favorite chair
• Don't sleep near an air conditioner, fridge or electric water heater
• Check out Liddell's homeopathic spray "EMF" to help you detox your body

Feng Shui Breathing Meditation to Ease Stress

 

This "Breathing Inhale/Exhale Meditation" from Grandmaster Lin Yun will help alleviate negative stress, worries, anger and help balance out well-being and bring about auspicious chi:

Take in a deep breath and visualize that every cell in our body is breathing in this auspicious air and also breathing in the light of the Buddha or other deities.  We may also visualize that we are breathing in healthy chi, wealthy chi and happy chi.

When we exhale, we should do it in 9 small breaths with the last breath being the longest.  The 9th breath should expel all the air we breathed in.  We should visualize that we have exhaled all of our sickness, stress, worries and problems.

One inhale and one exhale is one complete set.  We should do 9 sets per exercise.  If needed, we should do 9 sets in the morning, 9 at midday and 9 at night.

 

Feng Shui for Deep and Restful Sleep

In Feng Shui, the bedroom is used only for a refuge of deep rest and intimacy.  It is the most important room in your home as it is where you replenish your chi each night.  Here we need yin (quiet and restful) energy which supports a calm nervous system without any distractions or disturbances of excessive yang (powerful, moving) chi.  In a three-part series, here are some tips to get you started in creating a sanctuary of sleep.

1. Keep your bedroom well-ventilated with plenty of fresh air for regenerating your energy.

2. The placement of your bed should be on the farthest diagonal to your bedroom entrance without the bed crossing the path of the door.  Being able to see the door while lying in bed will help you feel safe and protected.  The bed should be up against a solid wall (or use heavy drapes to cover windows if that's the only place your bed can go).  Also, don't place your bed beneath any beams or slanted ceiling (which can cause headaches, depression or a sense of oppression) or on a shared wall with any toilets or stove.

3.Your bed should be up off the floor with nothing beneath so that the chi can circulate around your body while you sleep.  The headboard should be solid wood (not metal, which conducts electricity) free of openings or slats--acting like a 'mountain' of support for you and your life.  Your bed should not have any previous owners and should be replaced after a divorce or break-up.  And no unstable water-beds, please!