Family and health
Family and health
I was thinking, what is that, you would like to read about first. Obvious that the priorities of each individual are different, some search for love, others look for fame and money, and again others are happy for their family and health.
Our house is currently under renovation, so there are a few new aspects I need to consider, in order to make the necessary changes, but I don’t have any corners to be activated, because they are all active and fully functional. I choose this corner, because in this moment family and health should be the most important for all of us. We’ve lost so many to this new disease,(covid19) and who knows what’s next to come; the way this industrial world is ticking, I can only imagine the dark times coming to us. The main purpose of my blog, is to raise awareness, to teach people, to live in harmony with nature, and by doing so, you’re not only shaping your life, but the lives of your children and grandchildren and millions more to. Not everyone, will believe and follow my methods, but if only one person, has changed its way of life, it’s enough for me! That reminds me, of a poem I red a while ago.
“ One....
One tree can start a forest, One smile, can begin a friendship; One hand can lift a soul;
One word can frame the goal; One candle can wipe out the darkness; One laugh can conquer gloom;
One hope can raise your spirits; One touch can show care; One life can make the difference,
BE THAT ONE TODAY! “
Now let’s see, what does Feng Shui say about this area, or corner.
When we talk about family in terms of Feng Shui, we don’t mean our parents, or grandparents; Feng Shui considers every living being, you love and are responsible for, family; and I would definitely concentrate on the term love here. Family is given, you are born into it, you can’t choose them, or change them. But, this does not mean, you have to love them, love can’t be forced. You build up tons of negative energies by pretending love and acceptance. Wouldn’t be easier, to speak out your mind, and really maintain contact, with those you truly love and appreciate. I don’t intend to tell you here, you should break contact with your closest family members,(talking solves most problems between our dearest family) but those relatives you meet once a year, and your are not waiting anxiously for the reunion. This rule should be applied on every friendship you ever made, cherish the ones you love, take the extra mile to be there for them, make time to meet up and speak, have a dinner or a drink; but try not wasting your precious time, on those who don’t love you for who you are, and never have time for you. We all are given the same amount of time, so use it wisely.
One other way, negative energies get build up, is the constant fighting and wrangling. Forever ongoing stress, can have a negative impact on your health, so don’t let that build up on you.The best method to overcome such situations, is to talk. So talk, tell each other why are you feeling as you are in that moment, talk to one other, and the energy will flow again, and the flow brings the solution within.
The commitment of the ancient Chinese medicine is to preserve health, and prevention of diseases. As Feng Shui, not only heals the environment, but those living in that environment as well, there are many instructions, how to change your lifestyle in order to prevent sickness, and ensure a long healthy life.
I will write about these instructions in the future, but until then check out this link for a lifestyle changing month plan. https://modernlifefs.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-to-change-your-lifestyle-in-30-days.html
How to activate a Bagua corner?
Now you know, what family and health means in terms of Feng Shui, you can deeply examine the East corner of your house. By now definitely know how to use the Bagua, to determine which area of your house to which Bagua corner belongs, if not, click and learn https://modernlifefs.blogspot.com/2020/06/introducing-feng-shui-bagua.html
Review the given area, following the next short list.
Which room, or rooms are here?
What is the utility of the space?
How often do we use it?
How is the atmosphere ?
By looking at the given space consciously, you are able to determine if there’s a need for change, or not. As you’ve read in a previous post, a good cleanup and a declutter is needed, before activating, if you skip this step, you will activate impure energies.
You can start to activate this area, you only need to know what to use. Family and health corner, is dominated by the Wood element, read about it here, https://modernlifefs.blogspot.com/2020/01/five-elements-wood.html
You will find multiple similarities between the advices from this post and the linked one, but in this case, many symbolical objects will appear, as well as other tools.
-First of all, I would advice you to follow the rule: Less is more!
-Hang family pictures on the walls, or place them on shelves, or windowsill.
-The theme of spring, can be used in many creative ways, like pictures, drawings, paintings, window decoration, etc.
-Fresh flowers, healthy ones, make sure to throw them out as soon as they start to fade.
-Use only healthy plants, and only if you love them. If you look at caring for a plant, as an extra task to deal with on a daily basis, you might as well, give them to someone else.
-Objects that symbolize life, and growth,
-Rectangle, and tall items,
-Family heritage, make a spiritual clean of them, and only keep those, which provide you joy, or lighten your energies.
-Musical instruments, working ones, even those you just display as arts.
-Tapestry: tiny flowers, vertical patterns, spring motive, plants, trees....
-Colors: green, turquoise, and the colors of water: blue, black.
-Cotton, and materials with floral pattern.
-Baseboards, wood floors, wood roof, beam, and anything made out of wood will increase the energy of this room.
-Items made from cane, bamboo,
-All items related to health, and beauty can be stored in here, obviously take in consideration the usage of this room. Throw out the ones you don’t use, are expired, or simply don’t like. Keep them organized and up to date.
-You can keep your vitamins and drugs in here too, as the Chinese make efforts in preventing sickness, they don’t really store prescription medicines in there homes.
-Symbols
Unicorns: health, and purity
Deer: long life
Elephant: long healthy life (with the trunk upwards)
Jade: a green gemstone, stands for healthy and happy life, among other things. You can display any green, turquoise colored gems.
Buddha: in form of a candle, provides healing energies for your family
Tortoises: for a long life.
Butterfly: symbol for change, rebirth, and a long life. A white butterfly is the emblem of souls of people we lost, and still want to feel their presence
-You can add symbols, and items belonging to the water element.
As aquarium, indoor fountain, paintings or pictures illustrating water, (in movement if it’s an active space, and still if the room is meant for relaxation and sleep.)
-Try to keep out the following thing from this area:
dirty clothes laying around; dead flowers, and wilted plants; candles, specially not those in the colors of the fire element; your pets toilet, should definitely not be here; and make sure to keep out all toxic cleaning supplies, as chemicals can affect your health.
The next section might get to be boring after a few posts, because this is relevant to every Feng Shui corner, and I intend to write it down a couple of times, just to make sure, you get it.
-Keep the area clean, and organized, don’t pile up stuff, because it will stop the energy flow.
-Open the windows every day, to let fresh energy in.
- And here are 9 methods to activate the energy
- Anything, that shines, reflects, and lights,
Lamps, mirrors, crystals,
- Anything, that makes a sound
Wind chime, flute, any musical instruments
- Anything living
Plants, animals
- Anything moving
Keeps the energy flowing
- Anything heavy
Grounds the energy
- Anything electric
It can be destructive, so be careful. For ex. Never ever place a tv in your bedroom.
- Every color
Each color has is unique way to resonate with energies
- Every piece of art.
Natural, and human made. Both have been their own energies, obviously the art created by people, has the energy of the artist within.
- Symbols
I already named a few relevant to this post.
In our house, the Family and Health corner, is half and half, our guest bathroom and our hallway.
Bathrooms in the eyes of Feng Shui are always tricky, it’s not a negative place, but somehow, it’s not a favoring space for any corner to be in. But it is, because we can’t possibly have a home without a bathroom, we have 3, by the way.
In this case, it’s favoring us, because the bathroom has tons of water, so that ensures a healthy environment. (Water feeds the wood). We could have bought green or blue tiles, but we chose white ones, with seahorse and fish symbols on it (also white), with some brown, vertical, deco lines, and brown floors. We don’t quite believe in trends, and we want to go in this bathroom ten years from now, and have a good feeling. Even if the best color for this area would be green or blue, if it doesn’t suits your needs, look for alternatives. ( you can ask in the comments below as well)
Besides the decoration of the room, I try my best to keep it clean and organized all times. It’s part of my routine, every morning, when I finish getting ready for school run, to wipe down the bathroom sink, and toilet, and a complete cleaning, once a week. It helps if you follow the rule: Less, is more! If you have less stuff on your sink, and laying around, it’s easier to keep track, and to keep it clean.
The hallway is half ready. That means, we have the floor, the walls and the entrance ready, but we still didn’t figured it out, what we want to do with our stairs. So there’s a bit of energy interference, but we know that, and keep it in mind, to finish the stairs ASAP. The entrance is more in the Knowledge corner, so you will read about it there, as for the hallway, we have a family picture collage on the wall, (pic. to see above) which is also a birthday present from my sister, still with the same pictures she choose for us. There’s not much in this area, so there’s not much to decorate, although when we remodel the stairs, we might add some shelves or pictures, I will update this post, in that case, with pics, of course.
Upstairs, our hallway, and closet area are in the Family and health corner.
And again, there’s not much to do here, I keep our clothes up to date, meaning, we only keep those we use and love, ( try the Marie Kondo way of decluttering, you’ll be surprised what your closets are hiding, here are some links you should check out https://youtu.be/Uv7BW6GIIss https://youtu.be/w1-HMMX_NR8
We have here a built-in shelf , where I keep our children’s books, as they are colorful and cheerful they are energizing the whole upstairs area. Maybe later, we will add, to the dressing area, a makeup table, but we haven’t decided yet, how we want our stairs and staircase. I’ll make sure to update this post with a few more photos, as soon as I get the time to shoot some.
If you’re reading this post, probably you realized, that your relationships aren’t ideal, or you want to live healthy, either way, I hope you find what you are looking for. (if not, you know how to contact me, I’ll do my best, to help you out)
Make a decision, and stick to it. Decide for change, and start it right now.🕉
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