Harmonizing Our Home’s Energy: Why It’s Important
Mar 31, 2021 09:31AM ● By Lindsey Foose
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a direct impact on the
energies of homes as more time is spent in them. Whether working and/or
schooling remotely, either full-time or part-time, added time spent within the home
causes energetic shifts.
Homes are no longer peaceful sanctuaries to return to for
rest and rejuvenation from the hectic worlds of work and school. Quiet spaces
have now become active spaces, such as offices and classrooms. This shift is
causing an imbalance in the yin and yang of the home.
The yin and yang concept in basic terms refers to the
balance of extremes. Within the home, these extremes manifest as light versus
dark, cold versus hot, active versus inactive, loud versus quiet, et cetera. In
his book The Principles of Feng Shui, Master Larry Sang, founder of the
American Feng Shui Institute, in California, states, “Maintaining a balance between
yin and yang in … your living environment is the key to good feng shui.”
Feng shui seeks to harmonize the energetic imbalances within
the home. An environment with properly aligned energy can support and improve
sleep, energy levels, productivity, creativity, health, relationships and prosperity.
With the pandemic impacting the energies of a home, it
is most timely that these energies be brought back into alignment. While feng shui
requires action within the home, the appraisal and remedy processes can be
accomplished remotely.
There are four pieces of information that the client
provides to the traditional feng shui practitioner: a floor plan drawn to
scale, the year the home was built, the birthdates and gender of all occupants
and interior and exterior tours of the home. Each of these pieces of
information provide valuable data to the practitioner.
Author and feng shui expert Kartar Diamond, a graduate
of the American Feng Shui Institute, writes in her book, Feng Shui for
Skeptics, “When a structure is built, the foundation plugs the building
into the earth. The completion of the ceiling will capture the cosmic
configuration … . The timing of the construction and the space it occupies will
produce an energy blueprint that can be tracked and interpreted.”
A completed appraisal includes this unique energy map and
recommendations for aligning the environmental energies. Beneficial energies
are enhanced while unsupportive energies are neutralized.
According to P.K. Odle, executive director of the
American Feng Shui Institute, “Classical feng shui is a science with the same
roots as acupuncture. Classical feng shui uses decorative objects made of the
five elements (earth, metal, water, wood and fire colors) to remedy any
sabotaging influences caused by the invisible energies in your home/office … and
improving lives by working with the unseen energies … .”
Also included in a traditional feng shui appraisal are
brief descriptions on leveraging each occupant’s personal directions to best
nurture sleep, energy, productivity, creativity, health, relationships and
prosperity.
The results a client may experience are directly reliant
upon his/her commitment to intentionally implementing, in a timely fashion, the
elemental recommendations provided in the appraisal. Typically, two to four weeks
of having the elemental remedies in place is required before energetic changes
become noticeable.
Benefits commonly experienced from a properly aligned
space include:
• Feeling calmer
and more in control
• Feeling more focused,
attentive and organized
• Feeling well
rested and energized
• Feeling more
productive and creative
• Feeling
healthier in general
Ensuring that the home is supporting its occupants to the
best of its abilities, it is well worth exploring how to harmonize the natal
energies, especially while the home is serving as sanctuary, office and school.
The pandemic has created an unexpected and unanticipated energetic shift within
homes across the globe. Now more than ever, creating spaces that maximize
sleep, energy, productivity and creativity, while optimizing health,
relationships and prosperity is of utmost importance.
Lindsey Foose is the founder of
Zententional Living, empowering individuals and families to live mindfully
through intentional practices of energetic empowerment. She is a traditional feng
shui practitioner, trained through the American Feng Shui Institute. For more
information, email [email protected] or visit Zententional-Living.space.
