Contents
What is Feng Shui?
Basic Principles of Feng Shui
General Feng Shui for the Home
Feng Shui for the Entryway
Feng Shui for the Bedroom
Feng Shui for the Kitchen
Feng Shui for the Living Room, Family Room, or Den
Feng Shui for the Bathroom
Feng Shui for Your Property
Feng Shui for the Office
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- Direct the flow of chi, or positive energy, through well-planned positioning
- Use color, placement, and organization to your advantage
- Maximize the potential of every room in the house, plus your garden and office
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What is Feng Shui?
Feng shui (pronounced fung shway), which means “wind water,” is the ancient Chinese approach to living in harmony with the environment. The basic theory behind feng shui focuses on the flow of energy, or chi. Proponents of feng shui believe that by directing the flow of energy through your living and work space, you can bring balance and harmony into your life. You can direct the flow of energy most effectively by learning how to arrange the spaces you inhabit according to the core principles of feng shui.
Origins of Feng Shui
Feng shui’s roots can be traced back more than 6,000 years, to the folk wisdom of China’s tribal people, before the
Chinese Empire existed. Over time, feng shui became a
pillar of Chinese culture, along with the I Ching (the Book of Changes) and the great religions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Feng shui has evolved rapidly over the last few centuries as our understanding of the environment and other sciences has improved—many people consider feng shui related to the environmental sciences of ecology, geography, geology, meteorology, astrology, and psychology.
Types of Feng Shui
Over time, practitioners of feng shui have created different techniques for integrating feng shui principles into everyday life. The various methods for applying feng shui are not always consistent, and in some cases the different schools of feng shui are fiercely critical of one another.
Perhaps the most significant divide among approaches to feng shui is that of classical feng shui and modern feng shui, the version practiced throughout the West today.
- Classical feng shui: The more traditional schools of feng shui tend to be precise and mathematical. They involve complex techniques that require the use of a compass and other specific information, such as your year of birth and the age and location of your home to promote balance in your life. Classical feng shui draws from astrology, astronomy, geology, physics, mathematics, and philosophy.
- Modern feng shui: Developed over the past few decades, modern schools focus on practical applications of feng shui and tend to divide homes into eight life aspirations, or stations, which are based primarily on the orientation of the front door. They also focus on cures, simple fixes for feng shui problems.
This guide doesn’t follow one school of feng shui exclusively. Instead, it gives an overview of different methods and provides practical, easy-to-implement steps that you can use
to introduce feng shui into your own home or work space.
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