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Feng Shui Tips For Your Home or Office

Question: What is Feng Shui?

This is an intuitive art that is used by people to create balance and harmony, in the space they live or work in.

Question: How can it help me?

It helps to keep the energy or 'chi' flowing, so that the negative energy does not accumulate in your space, while positive energy is encouraged to flow in and be constantly refreshed.

Working in an office that has been designed according to the rules of Feng Shui feels different. It can be exhilarating and conduisive to facilitating getting things done quickly and efficiently.

Yet not many people know about this way of arranging or designing their space.

Question: How can I make Feng Shui work in a Home Office space?

Having a home office comes with its own set of challenges - such as separating your workspace from the rest of your life. How do you keep the laundry from creeping into your office area, for example?

An organized workspace helps you feel more productive and less stressed. And if you can feel it, then it's likely you'll soon experience it.

6 Free Feng Shui Tips

Use these right away to make your 'Home or Office Life' feel more comfortable, clean and organized.

  1. Keep the doorway free and clear of clutter. Stumbling over piles of files or other items as you enter the office can set you off on the wrong foot. To our subconscious mind, clutter triggers stagnation and decay, where the vital energy is stuck. Clutter usually represents things we resist and places where we don't want to give our attention, such as piles of old files or things long since past their usefulness.

  2. Leave some open space. Cramming too much furniture or accessories into your workspace can lead to a feeling of being overwhelmed and tense. Keep what you need and get rid of everything else.

  3. Keep energy circulating. Corners are where vital energy collects and can't get out. Choose to keep plants, delicate artwork or a small fountain in corners to keep the energy moving. Other dead energy zones are closets, filing cabinets, and bookcases where old, outdated items are gathering dust. Keep them clean, neat, orderly, and free up that dead energy.

  4. Make sure you have a window. Natural light keeps you in sync with the passing of the day, and in touch with the environment and the seasons.

  5. Maintain a balance of color in the room. Each color is represented by an element, and too much of one color can lead to feeling either over or under stimulated.

  6. Keep flowers or a potted plant nearby in your work space. Not only can it boost your spirits and bring a touch of the outdoors in, living plants help diffuse the harmful electromagnetic fields around your electronic equipment.

How to Use Color in Your Home or Office

Here is how color can be used to create the kind of feeling you want in your office.

Have all the Feng Shui elements represented in your space - Fire, Water, Earth, Metal, and Wood - they combine to create harmony.

Each of the 5 elements has a corresponding color associated with it:

FIRE: Reds, Strong Yellows, Oranges, Violets, Pinks
EARTH: Pale Yellows, Taupes and Earthy tones, Light Browns
METAL: Whites, Grays
WATER: Blues, Blacks
WOOD: Greens, Browns

Green calms your nerves.
Green balances and brings the vibrations of nature into your space.
  • Use a variety of shades of green:
  • Plants in different greens
  • A green desk lamp to bring your office to life when the light is turned on.
  • Paint your walls your favorite green to soften and de-stress your nerves.
  • Bamboo plants remind at a subconscious level of the need to be flexible.
Need an energy pick-up during the day?
  • A fire-engine red cushion
  • A red-patterned oriental rug stimulates the brain every time you see it.
Does your business thrive on lively conversations?
  • Keep orange or yellow flowers nearby for a friendly upbeat flow.
  • Wear orange or pale to medium yellows when meeting new people.
  • You may be pleasantly surprised at how it carries the energy.
Steady your balance with browns.
  • Deep mahogany wood furniture
  • Dark chocolate curtains can be very grounding.
Pink belongs to the element of Fire.
  • Gentle pinks create cooperation and agreement.
  • Pink soothes the heart and calms discord.
The Water Element gives us a range of blues.
From the blue of the sky reflected in the ocean, to the deep blue of a still lake:
  • Blue evokes calm mental control.
  • Blue promotes relaxation and trust.
Crisp whites, creams, and ivories, come from metal.
  • The energy is clear, clean, precise.
  • Use in combination with metal decor pieces, and touches of true color.
  • All white rooms cannot sustain your energy all day long. Use relief.
  • White holds the promise of expanding your potential.
  • But it also needs the other elements to activate it in the real world.
Do you love black?
Black adds depth and holds the energy of power and protection in your space.
  • It is important in defining a decor and to strengthen the other colors.
  • Black brings stability to an office.
  • Keep it at eye level, around photos or paintings.

Various combinations of color can be used quite deliberately to shift the energy in your Home Office.

It may be worth investing a little time in getting to know Feng Shui.

There are definitely some real benefits behind it, that you can take advantage of.




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