Anna Lin

Observing things from the perspective of Feng Shui, you would realize that everything around you has either a negative energy or a positive energy. Under such circumstances, it is just better to channelize all the energy towards the positive so that you benefit. You might not be aware but Feng Shui also has an extremely scientific basis to it. It works on the principles of opposites – Yin (female) and Yang (male)

Every little decorative item that you have in your house or even the color you decide to paint your wall in can affect the way energies around you may work. Since your environment manipulates you and your luck, it would be intelligent to learn the art of Feng Shui to bring about a certain sense of balance and harmony in your life.

Feng Shui Is An Intricate Art
Feng Shui expects you to give importance to everything that in your house and each element that makes your home. Be it the furniture, the doors, the upholstery, electronic gadgets, every object in your surrounding plays an important role in the way your life is turning out. Nothing in your physical environment ought to be considered as insignificant. Everything around you is important and is bound to affect you in some way or the other and this is exactly what the art of Feng Shui latches on to.

Take One Step At A Time
If you want to make your home Feng Shui sensitive then you must give yourself some time to understand the art of Feng Shui. This ancient Chinese art hinges on to extremely intricate laws and principles. Trying to make all the possible changes according to Feng Shui rules all in one go might not be such a great idea. You ought to make the changes step by step. Without having expert knowledge of Feng Shui, making all the changes at the same time can in fact prove to be extremely disastrous. You may not know the intricacies of the art and make changes, which are actually contradictory to each other! That way you will be attracting negative energy instead of the ideal positive energy (chi) into your house.

If you want to start making certain basic changes to your house, pick up some resource material from the nearest bookshop or even search online. You will get plenty of help from these. However, be careful about what you are consulting because a number of times the information given may not be accurate. Playing around with Feng Shui is not a great idea. You must always be very sure about the changes that you make.

Feng Shui works on the basic principle of creating a balance between the natural environment and the man-made environment around us. If you want to  get cracking on what Feng Shui is all about and learn how to manipulate the art to your advantage, then you must begin with a basic knowledge of the various schools that Feng Shui comprises of. Before you begin to inform yourself about the various schools of Feng Shui you ought to know something about the five elements based on which the Feng Shui principles work. No matter which school of Feng Shui best suits your requirements it is imperative to know about the elements of Feng Shui.

The Five Elements of Feng Shui

The principles, rules, and laws of Feng Shui are based on five elements. Each of these elements is associated with a direction. Manipulating the knowledge about these elements and the directions associated with these elements can bring you assured peace and prosperity. The elements and the directions associated with these elements are as follows:
•    Wood: East
•    Water: North
•    Earth: Southwest
•    Fire: South
•    Metal: West

The proper balance of all these elements in each room that needs to be affected by the art of Feng Shui will create the required harmony. The matter in the room made of these elements ought to be placed in the direction associated with it. The more accurate is your balance, the more effective role the art of Feng Shui will play.

The Various Schools of Feng Shui
A list of the various Feng Shui Schools along with a brief description of each is given as follows:
There are seven schools of Feng Shui in all.
•    The Compass School
This school is based on the science of directions. Each direction is associated with a particular kind of Chi, or energy.
•    The Form School
This one is based on shapes just like the previous one mentioned is dependent on directions. It is based on four basic shapes.
•    The Black Hat Sect
This school includes theories on psychology and Buddhism.
•    Eight Mansion School
Each individual can be associated with a particular set of numbers and unlucky numbers. The Eight Mansion School works on the knowledge of these numbers.
•    The Nine Star Key School
A numbers of complicated mathematical formulae are used in this school. It is a lot like astrology.
•    Flying Star Philosophy
This school relies upon numerology and astrology. The future can be predicted using this branch of Feng Shui.
•    Four Pillar
This school has faith on the time of a person’s birth. This school of Feng Shui is not commonly practiced today.

Feng Shui is actually all around you. It might have already affected your life without your getting to know of it. You may have felt comfortable in a particular environment as soon as you step into that place. The reason is probably the positive Chi due to the use of the right Feng Shui principles. If you look at the world through the perception of Feng Shui then there are actually only two types of spaces; those that are making use of Feng Shui principles to generate positive energy, and those that are not making use of Feng Shui thus giving rise to negative energy.

Since you know now that Feng Shui will affect you whether or not you are trying to follow it, it would be a good idea to understand the rules and laws of Feng Shui so that you can actually use it to divert the positive energies to work in your favor. A few common ways in which you can make Feng Shui work in your favor are discussed below. By following these simple rules, you will be able to feel a major difference in your everyday life. So read them, follow them, and make a difference to your life. It actually works!

A Few Basic Feng Shui Laws

Feng Shui, to be pronounced as Fung Shway brings positive energy to make your life better. The following simple rules can make a major difference to your life:
•    Shoes must be taken off before you enter your house. According to Feng Shui principles, taking your shoes in with you is equivalent to taking your problems within the house with you. This must be avoided.
•    Eating outside might be extremely appealing to you. However, Feng Shui would advice you to cook at least one meal at home and eat it with the entire family.
•    Sleeping with you feet towards the door of your bedroom is a complete no-no according to Feng Shui.
•    Sleeping under a white blanket or sheet can also attract negative energies.
•    You must make sure that none of the walls beside your bed have any meter boxes on them.
•    Whenever you are sitting or standing try to make sure that you are doing that while facing either the door or at least its reflection.
•    Feng Shui advices you against keeping knives as decoration pieces, or presenting knives to other people.

These are a few absolutely basic Feng Shui laws, which can bring you a lot of prosperity. See the change in your lives for yourself by following these principles.

It is common knowledge that Feng Shui works a lot through colors. Feng Shui as you might have realized, is based a lot on the effect that the most usual practices have on our lives, such that we do not give a second thought to them in our day-to-day lives too. All of us are aware of the fact that the combination of colors around us can make a lot of difference to the way we feel. It can affect the efficiency of our work and soothe our minds when required. Feng Shui works at the depth of all kinds of effect that colors have on people and their environment. This ancient Chinese art uses colors to create balance and harmony thus affecting a certain amount of positivity.

Colors and the Powers of Yin and Yang

Feng Shui believes that Yin and Yang are the two sides of the same coin. One cannot exist without the other. If the two are balanced then the presence of harmony is inevitable. Yin is associated with matter while Yang is associated with energy. All colors can be seen as falling into either of these two categories. They are either grounding colors or colors that induce spirit and energy. Educating yourself about these colors and using them for your benefit can be greatly advantageous for you. To get a start you ought to begin by knowing which color falls under which category. The following list could prove to be of some help:

•    Colors That Fall Under The Yin Category
According to Feng Shui, the colors that come under Yin category have an extremely soothing effect. If you are choosing the colors for a room where you want to forget about everything that is going wrong with your life, a suitable combination of the following colors will certainly help:
?    Blue
?    Black
?    Purple
?    White

•    Colors That Fall Under The Yang Category
The colors that fall under the Yang category, according to Feng Shui are auspicious and induce a lot of energy and warmth. These colors must be used in abundance in your workplace and your study. These colors are sure to help you focus better.
?    Yellow
?    Orange
?    Red
?    Brown
?    Tan
?    Beige
?    Mauve
?    Maroon
?    Lavender
?    Gold

So now that you have some sort of an idea about how Feng Shui manipulates colors to channelize energy you must get set to find out more about Feng Shui and colors. Improve you life by changing the colors around you according to Feng Shui principles and experience the difference.

Feng Shui, which literally means ‘wind-water’, has moved way beyond being considered as a mere superstition. Today, it has become one of the supporting pillars of Interior Decoration industry. Typing the keywords online or trying to find out more about it at your local bookstore or library will give you a fair idea of the amount of popularity that Feng Shui has gained. Though Feng Shui as an art has become extremely real and acceptable, its effects still seem magical and ethereal. Even the greatest believers in Feng Shui at some time or the other would have questioned the viability of changing the order of furniture and a few colors here and there to bring about such a tremendous change in a person’s life.

How Feng Shui Works Its Magic

Feng Shui, as you must be aware by now, mainly works its magic through the manipulation of energies; by getting rid of all negative energies and diverting the positive energies (or Chi as it is called in Feng Shui) for the welfare of the people concerned. By striking a balance between the five elements of water, earth, fire, metal, and wood, in accordance with the directions associated with these elements you can attracted positive Chi to your household or workspace. This balance brings in harmony for all those living, working, or even visiting these places affected with Feng Shui frequently.

The Principles Of Feng Shui

To begin manipulating the art of Feng Shui for prosperity in your personal life, your public relations, and your career, you ought to start teaching yourself a little by little about the rudiments of this three thousand year old Chinese art.

There are seven Feng Shui schools. You need to have some sort of an idea about each of them to know which one would best suit your need and purpose. There are Feng Shui schools dealing with directions, color, symbols, astrology, numerology, and mathematical calculations among others. You need to figure out which school you are most comfortable with and then accordingly study in great depth about that school.

Casual Knowledge of Feng Shui Can be Harmful

Finding out stray pieces of information about Feng Shui from undependable sources and then applying them to your home and workspace could backfire. As the popularity of this art has grown so has the number of people who are trying to make a living off it without actually having much expert knowledge about it. This can be extremely dangerous. A Feng Shui rule not known or used properly could begin attracting negative energy instead of the positive Chi and prove to be quite disastrous.