10,000 Blessings Feng Shui Blog

The Feng Shui of Swimming Pools

 

As many of you know, I love to go swimming and move my human chi through the water element!  For those of you who are going to add a swimming pool to your own back-yard, please consider good form Feng Shui for the placement for your water feature:

• Have a meandering path from the house to the pool rather than a straight one
• Don't place the pool too close to your home
• The pool size should not be too small or too large for the house
• It's best of all if it embraces the home (curving towards the house)
• It should be placed horizontally or parallel to the house not angled with its points going towards the house
• The best shape is curvy such as a kidney or crescent
• You can balance the pool at the back with two tall spotlights on the front diagonals in the front yard of the home

A Feng Shui Garden: Tips to Increase the Light

In Feng Shui, we love the enhancement of light to increase the chi and life-force in both your body and environment.

Here are 9 simple tips to help you increase the light in your garden this summer.

1.  Use electric lighting to illuminate, spotlight or silhouette trees, plants or deity statues at night time

2.  Catch the light--as well as double the abundance!-- by placing mirrors behind plants, statues or water features (you can symbolically double your wealth, for example, by placing your water feature in the "hsun" or "fortunate blessings" area of your garden and placing a mirror behind it)

3.  Hang clear or colored 40mm faceted Swarovski crystal spheres in the branches which will shimmer and shine so beautifully (you can order some from me, if you wis, for $27 each)

4.  Use electric light or candles in lanterns

5.  Use mirrors beneath water

6.  Place colored glass reflecting balls among your plants

7.  Use a fire pit, fireplace or fire bowl (ideally in the "li"or "fame" area of your garden) at night

8.  String electric lights among the plants or across the space for night time

9. Use solar lights or tall glass novena candles to line your garden paths and steps