New Year Feng Shui
Feng Shui is often a misunderstood thing, painted with red tassles and ornamented with brass frogs and deep cultural superstition. What it is can be so much more than where to put your golden buddha or jade tree. Feng Shui is the study of the vital forces of the universe, how energy moves and why, and how best to harness this potent force in our environments to support our endeavours. New Year is traditonally a time where we can state our intentions for the year, and align ourselves and our places to enable smooth, clean and high level energy flow.
Chinese New Year falls on the second New Moon after the Solstice, and this year it is the 26th January. The Feng Shui New Year follows the Solar Calendar and usually falls somewhere around the 4th February. Either way here are a few tips you can follow to enhance the chi flow in your place, and optimise the new year energy!
1. Prepare your front doorway to receive fresh new energy. Think of it as a symbolic invitation to the Universe to bring you all good things this year. Your doorway represents the same connection as the kind of paper and ink you would choose for any kind of formal invitation. So clear up, clean up, repair if necessary and make it look pretty :) Even go so far as to write your New Year Affirmation onto a piece of beautiful paper and put it under your fresh new doormat. (you are going to buy a new doormat aren't you?)
2. Do not sweep up on Chinese New Year day, otherwise you symbolically risk sweeping away new heavenly chi coming in. (don't have to tell me twice to sit and do nothing...)
3. Hold a massive celebration with overflowing bowls of fruit and other yummy things on the table, lots of happiness and good friends around. (yes, that's right, have a party!) This burst of Human Chi really activates the incoming energy and allows you to verbalise your intentions as well with partygoers while you socialise. The power of casual conversation should not be underestimated.
4. Space Clear. Uh huh, that does include de-cluttering. :) And however 'ugh-some' you may feel about de-cluttering and cleaning up, symbolically, de-cluttering sends out a message that you have space to invite fresh new things into your life. If you are in need of a change, first look at what you have and what those possessions are resonating. If your garage shelves could talk what would they say? ("hello, I'm neglected" ??) Space Clearing also entails the use of personal ritual in the form of a cleansing of the energy in your place using anything from bells, gongs, incense, aromatherapy, chanting or singing and even just a darn good clean up with the windows left open for half the day. (For free inforation on Space Clearing and Domestic Home visit www.fengshuiconnections.bravehost.com/articles)
After this kind of treatment, any place will feel tangibley 'shifted' energywise. Now sit back, and wait for the chi to settle. Enjoy this 2009 the year of the Yin Earth Ox, and the Fire Star 9 Angel of Vivacity and Vigour!
Jannette operates her own consultancy Jannette Tibbs Holistic Therapy Connections, and is part of a wonderful family. She loves to be of service to anyone who requires Feng Shui Assessments or Healing treatments.
Feng Shui is often a misunderstood thing, painted with red tassles and ornamented with brass frogs and deep cultural superstition. What it is can be so much more than where to put your golden buddha or jade tree. Feng Shui is the study of the vital forces of the universe, how energy moves and why, and how best to harness this potent force in our environments to support our endeavours. New Year is traditonally a time where we can state our intentions for the year, and align ourselves and our places to enable smooth, clean and high level energy flow.
Chinese New Year falls on the second New Moon after the Solstice, and this year it is the 26th January. The Feng Shui New Year follows the Solar Calendar and usually falls somewhere around the 4th February. Either way here are a few tips you can follow to enhance the chi flow in your place, and optimise the new year energy!
1. Prepare your front doorway to receive fresh new energy. Think of it as a symbolic invitation to the Universe to bring you all good things this year. Your doorway represents the same connection as the kind of paper and ink you would choose for any kind of formal invitation. So clear up, clean up, repair if necessary and make it look pretty :) Even go so far as to write your New Year Affirmation onto a piece of beautiful paper and put it under your fresh new doormat. (you are going to buy a new doormat aren't you?)
2. Do not sweep up on Chinese New Year day, otherwise you symbolically risk sweeping away new heavenly chi coming in. (don't have to tell me twice to sit and do nothing...)
3. Hold a massive celebration with overflowing bowls of fruit and other yummy things on the table, lots of happiness and good friends around. (yes, that's right, have a party!) This burst of Human Chi really activates the incoming energy and allows you to verbalise your intentions as well with partygoers while you socialise. The power of casual conversation should not be underestimated.
4. Space Clear. Uh huh, that does include de-cluttering. :) And however 'ugh-some' you may feel about de-cluttering and cleaning up, symbolically, de-cluttering sends out a message that you have space to invite fresh new things into your life. If you are in need of a change, first look at what you have and what those possessions are resonating. If your garage shelves could talk what would they say? ("hello, I'm neglected" ??) Space Clearing also entails the use of personal ritual in the form of a cleansing of the energy in your place using anything from bells, gongs, incense, aromatherapy, chanting or singing and even just a darn good clean up with the windows left open for half the day. (For free inforation on Space Clearing and Domestic Home visit www.fengshuiconnections.bravehost.com/articles)
After this kind of treatment, any place will feel tangibley 'shifted' energywise. Now sit back, and wait for the chi to settle. Enjoy this 2009 the year of the Yin Earth Ox, and the Fire Star 9 Angel of Vivacity and Vigour!
Jannette operates her own consultancy Jannette Tibbs Holistic Therapy Connections, and is part of a wonderful family. She loves to be of service to anyone who requires Feng Shui Assessments or Healing treatments.
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