Feng Shui, which translates literally as “wind-water” is an ancient art that teaches us how to arrange furniture, belongings, and other parts of our home to enjoy better health, prosperity, comfort, and a higher quality of life overall. While the idea of arranging objects and getting such dramatic results may seem a little unusual at first, it really shouldn’t. Most people have had at least one experience of entering a room and feeling instantly welcome. Similarly, most have had the opposite experience of walking into an unpleasant environment and feeling instantly at ease.
Feng Shui is based on techniques which have been proven for centuries. In fact, some of the techniques that feng shui experts use today date back to Neolithic China, the Han dynasty, the Tang dynasty, and the Ming dynasty. The basic concept of feng shui is to encourage good ch’i or qi, which can be understood as flow of energy. In feng shui, a good flow of energy is considered to bring good relationships, overall harmony, material abundance, health, and happiness. In addition, homes and rooms that have been arranged according to feng shui principles are generally very attractive.
Feng shui can be applied to every space you inhabit. From individual rooms to office spaces to entire buildings and homes, feng shui can be applied. Starting to understand feng shui begins with starting to diagram a room using a bagua diagram. The bagua divides a space into categories that correspond with specific areas of your life. For example, when you sketch out your bathroom and overlay a bagua diagram over it, you may find that your friendship area is situated right over the sink. In that event, your relationships may literally be “going down the drain” and you may want to add a few items to your bathroom in order to offset this effect.
Many elements of feng shui are imminently practical. For example, feng shui dictates that clutter, broken items and withered or dying plants are always a bad idea. This is simply practical, as these items invariably take away from your enjoyment of living. Looking at piles of old bills is unlikely to inspire you to pursue your dreams, whether you believe in feng shui practices or not.
Getting started with feng shui is easy. There are a number of web sites, books, and programs available to teach you the basics. Your city or town may even have feng shui consultants willing to come to your home or office to help you understand how to apply feng shui to your space. The exciting thing is that it really does not take much time or money in order to start introducing feng shui principles to your home or workplace. Feng shui often relies on simply making a few changes to the items and decorations you already own and relies more on organizing and rearranging than buying lots of expensive décor items.
Whether you think that feng shui would change your life or not, it is hard to argue with hundreds of years of tradition and millions of devoted fans. Today, millions of people use feng shui ideas to make their homes and workplaces more comfortable and productive.
Article source: http://www.fengshuiisland.com/blog/feng-shui-definition/
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Susan Palmer
Filed under: Feng Shui
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