Top Expert Feng Shui Tips
TOP FENG SHUI TIPS for CHINESE NEW YEAR 2010 - THE YEAR OF THE TIGER (the Metal Tiger)
starting Saturday 13th February 2010 (from JAN CISEK)
PREDICTIONS FOR 2010 - THE YEAR OF THE TIGER
The energy/element of 2010 in feng shui (or if you like i-Ching) astrology is of Earth (8). The image behind it is of a mountain. This signifies stillness and stability which is intrinsic to the energy of the mountain. This year though, the mountain can also become a volcano. In feng shui terms, and specifically in the bagua model - the mountain means wisdom or knowledge. 2010 will present many opportunities to learn. To take advantage of this positive configuration - embark on a new learning experience. Enrol on a course of study. Especially winter is a good time to learn new things (as a new research suggests). Since the energy of Mountain is very conducive to meditation and contemplation - start mediate this year if you're not doing it already. Research suggests that mediation is THE best way to advance personally and spiritually. Big Mind meditation is one of the best ways to get into meditation. It is very simple and in a very short time you'll be able to experience awakening or enlightenment.
On a negative side - nuclear energy might be out of balance this year. Looking back - most of the Metal Tiger years had some kind of problems with nuclear energy - ranging from technical problems with nuclear reactors to international military tension regarding the nuclear arsenal.
On the other hand, love will be in the air all year round. It's interesting that the Chinese New Year start around 14th February - the Valentine's Day.
Four aspects to remember: 1) Be very careful and fully aware around any negotiations. 2) July and August might offer us a gateway to see what kind of a New Earth we can shape 3) Communities are going to be very important. Make an effort to connect to your local community. When walking in your neighbourhood greet people to make connection - whether it is a 'hello' or a smile or just a head nod - start creating local bonds. 4) Be compassionate and appreciate what you have in your life right now. If you don't you will find difficult to realise your purpose. Without appreciation, you will never become strong enough to respect yourself.
FENG SHUI RITURALS FOR 2010
Pick one or two remedies that resonate with you and use them with a positive intention for the new year. You don’t have to feel pressurised to carry out all of them – one will do – the intention here is paramount and the most important factor to remember is that the ritual is just a servant of the intention. Feng shui = intention + energy + ritual. Almost anything can work as a good ritual as long your intention is clear.
The Chinese New Year (the year of the Tiger) starts on Saturday 13th February 2010. The celebration time frame lasts a few days (the official celebration in London is on the Saturday 13th February 2010 - so you can intend to implement the remedies over the whole week or afterwards. Enjoy and wishing you a happy and prosperous 2010.
1. Hang a wind-chime (ideally 6 hollow shiny metal rods - but any metal windchime will do) OR place some metal objects if the wind-chime is not appropriate in the South West part of the house/flat/room/property. This is to protect from the negative energies coming from that direction in 2010. Millions of people will do this all over the world this month (especially in the far East).
2. Place a money plant/tree (jade plant - crassula argentea) in the wealth corner.
3. Keep clearing clutter all year - put your house in order. Fix anything that is not working. A task left undone remains undone in two places, the actual location and inside your head. Incomplete tasks, in your head, consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience. Are you delaying because you're a perfectionist? Maybe try being a completionist (80/20 rule also helps).
4. Wear something brand new (socks, shirt, underwear etc) during the Chinese New Year celebration Saturday 13th February 2010. This is to celebrate and mark the change in the energies for 2010. You can also wear any auspicious colour this year of the Tiger - yellow, violet, light pink and deep blue - for any important meetings or events.
5. For prosperity in 2010 – the number “8” is very significant this year. Print a tarot card: Eight of Pentacles (which is to do abundance, wealth, prosperity) and place it in your wealth corner (according to the 3 gate chi system – not according to the compass directions please ask me if not sure where). You can also carry it in your wallet. Number 8 is the number of prosperity.
Also £20 and £10 bank notes are very significant this year. Place one £20 and one £10 bank note folded three times in your wallet for the whole year 2010. Don't spend them until the end of the year!
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6. For space clearing and improving the chi flow in your home/business – do the salt cure. Place half a plastic cup of salt in any area of the bagua (for a couple of days and then throw it away) which you want to cleanse and render unstuck. For example, if you place it in the “projects - children – creativity – future - 7 - lake” area of the bagua this will improve your creativity, joy, projects, etc. Use Australian Bush Flower or Bach Flower space clearing mist or any other space clearing methods you know.
7. Place a small jade stone in your kitchen near the stove – for health, clarity and good energy.
8. Balance your electromagnetic radiation (EMF) energies (wireless, mobiles, etc) with Helios3 – Geopathic Stress and EMF Harmoniser
9. Balance your personal chi – optimise your sleep which is the key aspect of your health for 2010. Check Pimat – a simple radionic remedy that will protect and recharge your aura while you sleep. Order Pimat online now
10. Chi flow. Feng shui is ultimately about energy and chi flow so do some activities to improve the energy flow in your body. Tai chi, meditation, yoga, EFT/emotional freedom technique eat good wholesome food, chewing well, etc will do that. The function of feng shui is to be at the right place at the right time doing the right things for your ultimate success and happiness – to achieve that you it is important that you are in the right state of mind first. Invest in yourself now – decide what you can do this week to align yourself with the new energies in 2010.
11. Transcendental cure to bring good luck - changing the chi of your home or office
On any day - open all of the doors and windows that connects to the outside of the house. Prepare nine oranges, and cut nine round pieces of orange peels from each orange. Orange represents "auspiciousness". In total you will have eighty-one pieces of round orange peels. Break the orange peels into small pieces and scatter them in all of the rooms in the house. When scattering the orange peels, visualize that tens of thousands of Buddha's lights are filling every corner of your house along with the orange peels. This light will evict all the evil chi, misfortunate chi, bad chi, and sick chi, and replace them with Buddha's chi, happy chi, prosperous chi, healthy chi, and auspicious chi. Make sure to do the Three Secret Reinforcements when performing this cure which includes the Body (Prayer gesture), Speech ( a Mantra reciting "Om Mani Padme Hum" 108 times) & Visualization for "Good Luck, Prosperity, and Good Health" for you, your family & friends.
12. Wear or carry a talisman Wearing an accessory that resonates with the vibration of the Tiger will protect you and attract lucky opportunities this year. Jadeite, jaspis, agate, lazurite, lapis, alabaster and coral have compatible vibrations with the Tiger. The presence of these compatible elements in your home and office will serve to avert disaster, bring blessings, and attract wealth.
If you have any further specific questions to do with your home or business or if you want to book a feng shui MOT check for 2010 please call me directly on 07956 288 574 or email me jan.cisek@fengshuilondon.net
With best wishes for 2010
Jan Cisek
WISH SOMEONE HAPPY NEW YEAR IN CHINESE
Cantonese: Gung Hay Fat Choy! (may prosperity be with you)
Mandarin: Xin Nian Kuai Le! (Happy New Year)
Turquoise - the colour of 2010
Turquoise transports you to an exciting, tropical paradise while offering a sense of protection and healing in stressful times.
Turquoise, combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.
“In many cultures, Turquoise occupies a very special position in the world of colour,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “It is believed to be a protective talisman, a colour of deep compassion and healing, and a colour of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky. Through years of colour word-association studies, we also find that Turquoise represents an escape to many – taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy.”
Whether envisioned as a tranquil ocean surrounding a tropical island or a protective stone warding off evil spirits, Turquoise is a colour that most people respond to positively. It is universally flattering, has appeal for men and women, and translates easily to fashion and interiors. With both warm and cool undertones, Turquoise pairs nicely with any other colour in the spectrum. Turquoise adds a splash of excitement to neutrals and browns, complements reds and pinks, creates a classic maritime look with deep blues, livens up all other greens, and is especially trend-setting with yellow-greens.
In fashion, Turquoise makes a statement that can look elegant and dressy in fine silk and gemstones, or casual and fun in cotton and athletic apparel. Because of its versatility, Turquoise is a great accent colour in jewellery, purses, shoes, hair accessories and even nail polish for women, and ties, shirts and sportswear for men.
TOP EXPERT FENG SHUI TIPS FOR THE CREDIT CRUNCH
1. Stay relaxed and don't buy into fear. Stresses like fear, worry activate the norepinephrine system, the system of negative emotions. The result is a reduced capacity to notice. Ability to notice is a key survival skill. Learn EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) / tapping to manage your stresses and emotions. EFT is a universal, hands-on tool for neutralizing or erasing any negative feelings and emotions as well as most problems that have an underlying emotional cause. "The cause of all negative emotions and all problems (emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, financial, stress, phobias, etc) is a disruption or imbalance in the body's energy system." EFT is to the body and mind what feng shui is to your home and business.
2. Keep your wealth corners well protected. Make sure all your wealth corners are working well for you and not leaking any chi. Contain the energy of the wealth corners.
3. To keep your job secure - keep your career area stable, well grounded and protected.
4. Learn. In this economic downturn if you don't keep up to date with the shifting skills base your are dead. Learn speed reading and photoreading to be on top of information overload.
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EXPERT FENG SHUI TIPS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Financial flexibility - don't keep all your eggs in one basket
Focus on your USPs - work hard to get lucky
Plan ahead - failing to plan is planning to fail
Manage your costs - do something different
Seek professional advice - don't be afraid to ask for help
• The best feng shui sleep tips
Starting the day well is one of these important aspects. We all know when we out of sync with life, for example when we miss our morning train this sometimes spirals into a chain of events such as being late for all appointments, etc. Getting out of literally the wrong side of the bed can make or break one’s day. Feng shui focuses our attention towards small events such as getting out of bed in a balanced and conscious way.
There are a few feng shui principles at work regarding getting out of bed and positioning ourselves in bed in the first place.
1. Protection. For women it is critical to sleep on the side of the bed that is as far as possible from the door. Statistically 80% of cohabiting men sleep near the door to protect women so this may be instinctive. The exception is when mothers need to look after babies and practicality wins here. Feng shui is routed in practicality and positioning one’s bed as far as possible from the door is of the most important feng shui rules where one’s has a good view of the door in case there is an intruder (again a habit remnant from our caveman past).
2. Vital elements / astrology. Going deeper into the subject, feng shui is not only about the placement but also about timing and partners compatibility. Feng shui astrology provides a useful guide to ensure that couples enjoy harmony by balancing their own birth elements. Careful examination of their charts can give insight into on which side of the bed their should sleep on.
3. Yin & yang. Yin and yang are one of the guiding feng shui principles for determining which side of the bed is yin and which side is yang. This can help to establish which side of the bed is best for men and which side for women.
4. Chi. Chi or energy is the key feng shui principle that informs us on how to maximise our own moods and energies by optimal placement in regard to sleeping in ones bed.
5. Compass directions. Depending on the placement of the bed in relation to the compass directions the occupiers of the bed can choose the best placement for maximum rejuvenation during sleep.
6. Geopathic stress and electromagnetic pollution. When sleeping in a hotel on my own I always dowse for the best side of bed to sleep on. This will ensure that I will get a good night’s sleep and wake up refreshed and in a good mood. Sleeping on geopathic stress (harmful Earth’s vibrations) or with lots of electromagnetic pollution will definitely affect anyone’s sleep detrimentally. The lesson here is to choose the side of the bed to sleep well.
7. Bague. Bague is a map of energy movement in space and allows to determine which space is representative of 8 key areas such as career, relationship/marriage, health, wealth, balance, helpful friends, etc. It can by applied to anything be it land, houses, flats, rooms, beds, faces, even business cards. When bague is laid out on a bed a person will be sleeping in 3 areas – this will influence his or her energy for the day.
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More information on which side of the bed to get out in the morning
• Places in London with good feng shui: St Paul's Cathedral is the most fractal place in London. Go and sit under the dome and feel it for yourself (unfortunately you will have to pay to get in now, unless you go and sit during the mass).
• Your personal energy/chi is more important than feng shui
Change can be initiated on 3 levels: environment (feng shui), appearance (clothes, perfume, hair style, signature, etc) and personal (inner mind-body and energy). Feng shui level is the easiest and personal level is most difficult but personal level is a higher voltage/chi level so your intention is more important than a feng shui ritual (see key feng shui concepts). On the virtual level feng shui is the function of the personal energy level of the feng shui practitioner.
- To boost your physical energy level include these in your diet: xylitol, hemp, millet and black sesame seeds
- To manage your emotional energy learn tapping (EFT)
- To develop your spirit and consciousness learn lucid dreaming
• Use mobile phone screen / wallpaper for feng shui rituals
Your mobile is a perfect place for uploading virtual images to help you to manifest what you want. The same applies to your computer screen.
• Selling properties with feng shui
Three aspects make a key difference when selling a property: 1. no geopathic stress - read an article on geopathic stress (see Helios3 - geopathic stress harmoniser) 2. no ghosts or bad predecessor chi 3. complete alignment and commitment on the part of the owners.
• Invite somebody who practises a different style of feng shui
Don't go for sameness i.e. something that will make you feel comfortable. Go for difference that will make the difference in your life. Life is driven by difference.
• FENG SHUI LOGOS - optimise your logo - use feng shui for optimising or designing your logo and online web visibility Feng Shui Logo Design Tips
• This one is a classic feng shui tip. Keep the toilet lid down to avoid your house chi (and money) being drained. The owners of this cat noticed their water bill was rather high and then they discovered that their cat was flushing the water at night when they were not watching. If only they knew about the #1 feng shui tip to keep the loo lid down! Watch this anti-feng shui cat flush the toilet all night.
A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder-How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place
By Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman
Weidenfeld & Nelson 2006; ISBN 978-0-297-85204-
A clutter-free environment can cost you. The inefficiency of tidiness. In praise of mess. Why keeping tidy can be bad feng shui. Tidiness and order are so ordinary. The new maximalism means messy home.
This book may not change people’s lives unless they have a tendency towards being messy. Clutter, untidiness and hoarding, are not bad habits, the authors argue, but often more sensible than meticulous planning, storage and purging of possessions.
That is because being tidy is actually more costly. An improvised storage system (important papers close to the keyboard on your desk, the rest haphazardly distributed in loosely related piles on every flat surface possible) takes very little time to manage. Filing every bit of paper in a precise colour-coded categories and a system of cross-referencing, will certainly take longer and will not save time.
The authors of this book search the furthest reaches of psychology, management studies, biology, music and art (art depends on mess; remember Tracy Emin’s messy bed) and physics to show why a bit of disorder is good for you. Mainly, it creates much more room for coincidence and synchronicity. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin because he was notoriously untidy, and didn't clean a petri dish, thus allowing fungal spores to get to work on bacteria.
Albert Einstein said, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, what then is an empty desk?” And Einstein makes a good role model here not simply because he is so widely accepted as having been highly effective at his job, but also because he might be regarded as a sort of godfather of the science of useful mess. When Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate found his desk becoming massively piled, he simply installed a second desk behind him that now competes in towering clutter with the first. Actually, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why it makes perfect sense to keep a messy desk. Thought and work are unpredictable, varying and ambiguous – they are messy. Why shouldn’t your desk be messy too?
America's professional organisers, a thriving and lucrative cult of tidiness coaches, are merchants of guilt, not productivity boosters. Benjamin Franklin, an early advocate for the highly effective, advised, “Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.” Franklin practised what he preached, assiduously avoiding, for example, the time-wasting habit of interacting with his wife and son for much of his life.
Considering how little evidence the pros lay out to support the claim that being organised is worth the effort, the world seems to put a lot of energy into fretting about being messy. People tend to worry about cluttered homes too much and often for no good reason (unless they’re into feng shui rigid rules). Mess is often in the eye of the beholder. The key insight of the book is that disorganisation is a human condition. Also messiness according to the book can confer six key benefits: flexibility, completeness, resonance, invention, efficiency and robustness. To reap the benefits try being a little messier in some way, and see if there’s an improvement in the above qualities. If there is, try a little more.
The book has two weaknesses. Firstly, it overstates the case for tidiness in some environments—surgery, a dinner table or income tax returns—is really overwhelming. Secondly, the book is a bit repetitive and disorganised. Even readers who love mess in their own lives don't necessarily like it in others.
The book doesn’t mention feng shui but it reminded me of a story Bill Spear once told us. He was looking for a best Chinese restaurant in a particular area and thought that if he could walk behind all the restaurants and look at the kitchens this would help him to decide where to eat. After careful inspection he found one where the kitchen was very orderly, everyone was focused and working in harmony – he went there to have a dinner and it was the worst Chinese he has ever had!
One useful tip I picked up from the book: the most important organising feng shui tool for your home is a magnet! In seconds it will convert your fridge into a messy, invaluable repository of photographs, important bills, shopping lists, stamps, business cards, paper cuttings, etc.
This book has the potential to free you (and consequently some of your clients), from the myth that clutter is bad feng shui and restore the yin and yang balance and common sense in the world of order. It is a must for every feng shui consultant.
Reviewed by Jan Cisek
Fractal environments = good feng shui
Clutter is good - enjoy
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, what then is an empty desk?” Albert Einstein
...the most important organising feng shui tool for your home is a magnet!
Jade or money tree is one of the top feng shui remedies for 2010 improving financies. Place it in the wealth corner (top left corner from the door or South East part of the property or room) or anywhere you want your wealth corner to be. It is also very good for balancing EMF pollution - keep it near your computer.
Two other top feng shui tips for 2010: hang a metal windchime in the South West part of your house/flat and keep clearing clutter all year.
8 of Pentacles - download it, print it and place it in your wallet to align yourself with the energies of prosperity in 2010. Large image PDF file - download it, print it and place it in the wealth corner of your home/ office/ bedroom/ property. The design is the Rider Tarot pack if you want to buy it. Meaning: EIGHT OF PENTACLES
- DILIGENCE
- KNOWLEDGE
- DETAIL
Showing diligence: making an effort, working hard, applying yourself totally, being absorbed in a project, dedicating yourself to a task, producing steady results
Increasing knowledge taking a course learning a new craft or skill receiving training pursuing greater understanding researching finding out the facts increasing expertise paying attention to detail
being painstaking being extra careful approaching a task methodically getting down to the nitty-gritty handling all the loose ends checking and rechecking noticing the fine points
2010 - the year of the Tiger
Feng shui energetic remedies to help to find a partner/husband.
Place one of the stones in the marrage/love corner of your bedroom:
Amber soaks up any negative energy and rebalances and will give you strength.
Rose quartz will send a massage to the universe that you're ready for love. Program it with 'I am ready for Love'.
Ruby is a romance booster that boost your fertility and enhance passion.
Obsidian will clear any negativity and replace any blockages with love.
Moonstone is best for clearing any negative patterns to do with attracting wrong partners (unfaithful).
Garnet is for boosting self-esteem and lets sexual confidence flow.
