Feng Shui: solutions for your home office
Feng Shui (pronounced “fung schway”) is the ancient Chinese art of placement. Discover how this art, based on the concept of being in harmony with nature and energy, can improve the quality of your home office.
The proper placement of things following Feng Shui's rules will provide
a means of controlling and balancing your surroundings in a way
that will bring happiness, prosperity and health. This is the
basic concept: place things so that the positive energy
can flow.
Placement of furniture, plants, colors and so on are designed to achieve the maximum flow of energy in a room, office, or building.
Even without studying the complicated principles of Feng Shui, most people can intuitively sense if a room has a good flow of energy and can get ideas about how to move things around to improve that flow.
In Feng Shui for your home office, the most important practice is that of desk placement. Generally speaking, your desk should be in a “commanding” position.
This means that you should be facing the door when sitting at your desk so that you can see if someone is entering your space. You should also be sitting far enough inside the home office to see the whole room from your desk.
If you are contemplating setting up or moving your home office, Feng Shui experts suggest that you choose a location that is facing south because this direction governs fame, fortune, and sincerity, and will help ensure your good reputation and success.
However, if the room is used as a study for you or for a school-aged child, the best results will come from a northeastern orientation because that direction controls knowledge and scholarly success.
The final issue we will cover here in this section is that of clutter. Clutter drains energy. Each of the items of clutter calls out to you saying, "Look at me! Take action on this! You are behind on your bills! You’ve missed this deadline!"
It is very difficult to concentrate in this kind of environment. It is worth taking the extra time to get organized and to create clear space in your home office desk. You will find that you are much clearer and more focused in your thinking, and you will be much more productive.
Learn how to organize you home office desk, and how to keep it organized.
Feng Shui reminds us that everything is connected, and that our physical surroundings have a significant impact on our mind, body, and spirit. It teaches us to be mindful caretakers of our environments, so that we may be mindful caretakers of our lives.
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