How to Use Feng Shui to Make Your Bedroom a Haven
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While our home should be our safe haven, the bedroom should be our respite from everything. But somehow it doesn’t end up to be that way for most of us. It should be a place where we can enter into and all the cares of the world – the pressure of a job, the unsettling thoughts about the future and any relationship woes should not be allowed into this room.
You might not have realized this yet, but the way that your room is arranged with the furniture and the way that it’s decorated can be either positive or negative. Both the positive and the negative can alternately create either harmony or turmoil. I always find that I can get some awesome ideas from Havenly.
Having a lot of stuff in the bedroom can disrupt the Chi and the bedroom should be one of the most clutter-free rooms in your home. Any item that reflects negativity or turmoil should be removed. Not sure what that they are just read on.
Any photos that make you feel like your stomach is in knots should be taken out. If you have any gift items in your bedroom that were given to you by someone who hurt you emotionally, take them out. Those are filled with much negative energy.
Don’t store any job-related items in your bedroom. I am so guilty of this. If you keep a ‘to be read’ pile of books by your bedside that you intend to get around to reading someday, take them out. Free the room from any piles of paper clutter especially relating to bills. And I am not talking about Marie Kondoing things. I am just talking about making your space free of unneccessary emotions.
Don’t keep items that you might need ‘someday’ but can’t use right away, because this only creates a block for the energy. Don’t use your bedroom as a storage space for any items that you’re not using and don’t use decorations, colors or fabrics that are jarring. This is
Feng Shui is designed to help you feel refreshed and to maximize the energy within you. Maybe that is the reason why when my bedroom is messy I can’t seem to get my head together to write. While your bed will probably be the largest piece of furniture in your room, it should not be set up in such a way that the energy hits the bed.
Instead, the bed should be moved away from the door if possible and if that’s not possible, put up something that blocks the energy from hitting the bed. The use of tall plants or a large screen can do this.
Don’t sleep in a bedroom that doesn’t have curtains and don’t have mirrors that are aimed toward the bed because the Chi will be directed right back at the bed. You want a restful sleep and you want the Chi energy to work for you, not against you.
Use furniture in your bedroom that’s made of wood, especially the bed. You want to avoid metal because metal interacts negatively with the Chi energy here. The direction that your bed is placed is important to harness the benefits of Chi as are the types of linens that you use on your bed.
So here are just some ideas on how to corporate feng shui when you are designing your bedroom.What have you done to your room? Drop me a line in the comments.
