Give Your Room a Fresh Start with Feng Shui

1. Give Your Room a Fresh Start with Feng Shui Kathy Schlough - Certified Feng Shui Practitioner, (607) 592-7064 ptkathys@twcny.rr.com

2. What is Feng Shui? • Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) means “wind and water” • Ancient Chinese science and art of living in harmony with the environment. • Many different approaches to Feng Shui and can be very complicated. • Western style or Black Hat used in this presentation • Feng Shui looks at how Chi moves in an environment

3. What is Chi? • A form of life force energy associated with the environment (also the body). • A Feng Shui practitioner aids clients to create harmonious chi - to encourage health and prosperity, and deter negative chi that might be creating illness or stress in the client's environment. • Feng Shui is the study of chi in a location and uses a Bagua map

4. Career Helpful people and travel Creativity and children Love and marriage Fame and reputation Wealth and prosperity Health and family Knowledge and self-cultivation. Also a Center section considered an “earth” or “grounding” section A Bagua is a map that overlays the house or office plan and divides the areas into 8 sections:

5. How to use the Bagua map • Imagine laying the map over the blueprint of your home or office with the front door in either the Knowledge, Career or Helpful People section. • Chi enters from the front door • The 8 sections should correspond to different areas of the home or office • Some areas of the home or office may be “missing”

6. Enhancements • If you want to improve the chi of a section, you can use enhancements that correspond to that area. • Combine both the: • Element associated with the Bagua Map (earth, fire, metal, wood, water) • The section of the Bagua Map you wish to enhance

7. Five elements and how to enhance them • Wood • Fire • Earth • Metal • Water

8. Wood enhancements • Anything wooden or depicting wood • Plants and flowers • The color green • Floral fabric • Rectangles

9. Fire enhancements • All types of lighting and candles • Red, purple, fiery orange, pink, rose, peach • Hearts • Triangles

10. Earth enhancements • Rocks and crystals • Anything made of stone, tile, ceramic, earthenware • Pictures of earth or mountains • Squares • Brown, yellow, earth tones, beige

11. Metal enhancements • Anything made of metal • Electronics • Round or rounded objects • White, silver, gold, bronze, grey

12. Water enhancements • Any water feature including fountains, aquariums, ponds, birdbaths • Pictures depicting water • Reflective surfaces like mirrors • Wavy patterns • Black, blue, lavender, bluish purple

13. Bagua 8 section enhancements1. Work and Career • Water element • Professional diplomas, licenses • Symbols of success • Any water feature but make sure it is going towards the inside of the house • I.e. fountains should have water flowing IN!

14. 2. Helpful people and travel • Metal element • Pictures or sculpture of angels, saints, Buddha, etc • Travel pictures of where you might want to go • Pictures of friends and helpful people

15. 3. Creativity and children • Metal element • Pictures of family • Picture of symbol of something you want to create • Pictures of babies if you would like to have one!

16. 4. Love and marriage • Earth element • Pair of lovebirds or mandarin duck pair • Rose quartz crystals • Items in pairs – even pairs of shoes • Wedding pictures • Pictures of happy couples

17. 5. Fame, reputation, recognition • Fire element • Trophies, awards • Stars and crowns • “Red carpet” • Quotes or affirmations pertaining to fame and reputation

18. 6. Wealth and prosperity • Wood element • Lucky bamboo plant or picture, jade plant, money plant • Coins • Dragons • Rich, lush fabrics • Pictures of desired objects

19. 7. Health and family • Wood element • Pictures of yourself or family when very healthy and happy (or picture of a healthy person) • Pictures of fruit trees, garden • Sporting goods, athletic awards • Family pictures • Healthy plants

20. 8. Knowledge, self-cultivation, education • Earth element • Books associated with desired education • Desk, computer, home office • Diplomas • Professional journals

21. Enhancement example To enhance the Love and Marriage section: • Use the colors red, pinks • Add some earth elements like rose quartz crystal • Pictures of your wedding or partner preferably in a square frame • “Love” symbols

22. Feng Shui band aides • Enhancements that can be used anywhere and especially where there are “missing” areas • Wind chimes with 6 rods • Mirrors • Crystals • Water features • Lucky bamboo • Chinese coins • Art – BE CAREFUL WHAT IT DEPICTS THOUGH! • You probably have all you need in your home right now – it just needs to be re-arranged

23. Tips for desk placement • FACE THE DOOR!!!!!!! • The single most important thing you can do • No surprises • The Command position • Smokey quartz helps decrease negativity in the office. • Keep telephone and computer wires untangled and out of site. • Clear the Clutter !

24. More information • “The Western Guide to Feng Shui” by Terah Kathryn Collins • Easy to understand Western style for the beginner • “Feng Shui for Dummies” or “KISS Feng Shui” • Anything written by Lillian Too • Beautiful pictures, but can be confusing