Keeping Yourself In Balance

Besides Feng Shui-ing a persons home or work environment, adopting the life-style of Feng Shui could also help shift your internal mindset and overall energy for the better. To help maintain a stronger core of balance in life, consider testing out these suggestions below. 

Meditate:

• Find a method that works for you. It could be silenced, guided, musical or movement based. 

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Examine your negative beliefs:

• Many times our ego creates situations within our mind that are none existent, which gives rise to unnecessary worry and anxiety. Due to that, it could limit your focus on what is important and positive in life. As the saying goes in Feng Shui, "where attention goes, energy flow."

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Learn new responses that are life-enhancing:

• Instead of being reactive, you could learn how to take a step back and respond with your higher-self vs your emotional-self. Emotions are like the spice of life and they love to heat things up. 

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Reduce Stressful Conditions: 

• Get rid of unnecessary drama. This could include certain habits or behaviors you have adopted. Or perhaps there are certain people who surround you that feed off of a drama. Learn to create boundaries and when you can, place yourself in environments and among people that promote support.

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Adopt good sleeping habits and exercise lightly once a day or at least 2-3 times a week: 

• Ideally, its suggested to get 8 hours of solid sleep every night. As for exercise, find a form that works for you. It could be walking outside, jogging, hiking, lifting weights, swimming, yoga, etc.

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Eat Healthy meals:

With so many food options out there, sometimes it could be very tempting to just "grab and go." With practice and self-discipline, you could learn to change those impulsive food behaviors. Including veggies (dark greens), fruits, nuts and lean meats (for those meat eaters) is a great way to help give your body and mind more sustainable fuel throughout the day. Naturally, be mindful of any allergies you may have so you could customize your healthy meals. 

Start With What You Already Have To Nurture Your Homes Energy

In some forms of Feng Shui its said using what you already have within your home offers a stronger emotional, psychological, energetic and physical connection. In general, it is suggested to know the history attached to that item to help indicate if that object could be beneficial within your environment. 

For example, I was recently gifted a hand crafted wooden bowl from my talented Uncle. Looking at this with "Feng Shui eyes," there are various perceptions in how this inanimate object could offer a huge energy boost for my home and life force energy. 

How could this boost the energy within my home and self? 

1. It is a beautiful gift created with love. This could be a combination of the two Guas on the Ba-gua map, which include Family and Helpful People. 

2. This object also captures Creativity (which is also a Gau on the Ba-gua map). 

3. It a great way to honor family members in general, especially ones that truly love and support you. It does not have to be only with family photos. 

For this example, when I see the hand crafted bowl it triggers a happy memory, automatically connecting me to a feeling of being supported and loved. From a scientific standpoint, this could be releasing "happy-chemicals" within my brain, such as with Serotonin. On an energetic level, it could also help my heart Chakra open up more, reducing stress, worry and other unnecessary concerns in general.  My inner artist is also inspired, knowing that my Uncle set aside time to create and enjoy a hobby he loves. It reminds me, I too could due the same.  

Being open minded and receptive to the Feng Shui way of who, what, when, where and how, could offer an immense opportunity of transformation. Have fun with this process and enjoy it! Express your authentic self and be courageous enough to anchor that energy into your home and life.