Common problems and their Feng Shui solutions
February 18, 2009 – 10:45 am
A happy home is like a smiling face, welcoming
I hope you are having fun with the Feng Shui guidelines. Many of you have asked the question: What do I do when things aren’t perfect?
My simple answer: Bless it or block it. Once you’ve identified problem areas they have a tendency to get larger and larger in your focus until you can see nothing else. This is an invitation for you to utilize the principles you’ve learned to correct or redirect the flow of energy.
Years ago I took Aikido classes. The crux of the art was learning to physically redirect negative energy coming at you. Rather than attacking back, we would harness the energy and bounce it in another direction so the negative energy dissipated or attacked itself.
Feng Shui is no different. Let me give you some of the most common examples and useful remedies.
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Front Door facing oncoming traffic |
· Fence in the front yard · Plant shrubs near the street that are no higher than the front windows of the house · Redirect all pathways to the door. Your front path should imitate a gently curving river to the door, rather than an airplane landing strip. |
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Front Door in direct alignment with the Back Door |
· If you cannot move the door, use WOOD energy directly in the path. This will gently absorb and buffer oncoming traffic. · Make the back door appear smaller than the front door with paint color or a door curtain. · Hang a mobile or plant in the pathway between the two · Use furniture and seating to redirect the flow around the rooms before it proceeds out the back door |
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Can’t see the house from the road or the road from the house |
· Unless you live way back on an estate lot, you should always be able to see or hear visitors approaching. More often than not this is as simple as cutting back your shrubbery so they do not block the windows. This is also a safety issue, because you want your neighbors to be able to see if a burglar is breaking into your house when you are away. |
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House is L-Shaped |
· Whenever an area of the Bagua is missing, it can be remedied with creative placement of objects outside to complete the square. Square layouts are ideal so adding a deck, sitting area, Zen garden, or screened in porch can make a huge difference to the feel of the overall space. |
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No Back Door |
· Believe it or not, this sometimes occurs in homes with garages attached. The simplest solution is to make use of large windows or mirrors that open up the space. |
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No Front Door |
· Just because your door opens to another direction doesn’t mean it’s not the front door. But, if you cannot see the front door because of a dark screened in porch for example, paint the door! |
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Bathrooms |
· Bathrooms and laundry areas should always have closed doors. This keeps draining water from pulling the energy out of your space. They should also never face the main entrance of a home. |
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Double Entrances |
· Unless it’s a commercial building, there should only be one front door. If you have a double front door, open it up every now and then to let energy clear. The rest of the time, keep it covered with a statue or plant or downplay its effects with color. · If you have two doors facing the front of the house you have double entrances. Again, remove one of the doors, enclose the space if it open to porch, or enhance one door and reduce the other with paint colors. |
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Double pathways to the front door |
· There should only be one main path to the front door. Secondary paths should look secondary, like a pathway to the hose or around back. A visitor should never have to wonder which path to take to the front door. It should be as clear as the yellow brick road. |
