"Feng Shui For A Healthy New Year"
The ancient Chinese knew what we know today as "we are a product of our environment." When we tune-up our living and/or working space with Feng Shui, not only do different areas of our lives begin to change and improve, but our health may see an improvement as well.
The energy we create in these places may sometimes manifest into physical ailments. Studies have been done to show how subtle energy bodies we may not able to see, can still effect our physical being.
Also Feng Shui can be extremely symbolic, we may begin to pick up clues as we become aware of our space and how it may be effecting us...i.e. If we are having problems with our eyes, checking to see that all of the windows in our space are in good order and not in a state of disrepair may make a difference. By the same token, if our head area is effecting us in some way...we may want to check our rooftop...Even the words we use can be symbolic of our health. If for example, you've ever met a person who's motto seems to be "Im sick and tired" perhaps you have seen over a period of time, that in fact, this person has become just that...sick and tired.
Different areas of our floor plan can also represent different parts of our bodies. When we investigate with Feng Shui, we can often find a connection between that specific body area according to our floor plan and the ailment. The shape of our structure as well, particularly if incomplete, can also lend some clues.
Clutter is sometimes referred to as the Cholesterol of Feng Shui, and when we start to DE-clutter, we clear out symbolic toxins. Speaking of toxins, it has been said that our indoor pollution is ten times worse than our outdoor pollution. This can sometimes be defined as the Bau Biology or the Biology of our home and/or office.
The first room in our home, which may provide lots of clues, would be our bedroom; since typically we spend one-third of our day there -- week after week, month after month, year after year. A place where we may be in fact be bombarded with things like Electro Magnetic Frequencies, secret arrows or whats commonly referred to as sha chi along with Geopathic Stress to name a few.
Our own element, as we are each representative of one of the five (water, wood, fire, earth and metal) can make a significant impact on our health in either a negative or positive ways. As the saying goes, "I feel like I'm out of my element."
If we have a bedroom which backs up to a bathroom, particularly our headboard, this one Feng Shui principle we would like to avoid
altogether which can cause health problems. The same applies if our bedroom is located next to our kitchen with the imbalance of Yin Yang energies, not to mention the EMF's being generated from the kitchen appliances.
We can be totally unaware of the many nuances that my impact our health. On the other hand, some of us may pick up these sublteties intuitively and tune into a space which may represent a feeling of unwellness, in general or specifically for us, the first moment we step foot into a space.
Even our furnishings can significantly impact our health. For instance, statuary, art or sculpture can also bring symbolism to life. These objects should never be displayed with missing areas of the body or body parts. My experience not too long ago stepping into someone's home, as in the above situation with sculpture, can prove significant of the way energy actually manifested in the person's life.
So where our health is concerned with the New Year in mind, if there were one piece of advice to be given, it would have to be DE-clutter as a way of working toward a first step in taking care of ourselves. It has been said that without our health, we have nothing. So its "out with the old and in with the new"...as we make our New Years resolution to create Healthy Feng Shui!
JoAnne "Jade" Alonso is a Certified Feng Shui Consultant working with Residential, Commercial and Retail Space. She can be reached at
Feng Shui Today 201-867-1887 or her email address at JadeToday@aol.com
By JoAnne "Jade" Alonso