by llenore | Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Placing meaningful objects around your home creates the symbolism of your hearts desires, setting the energy in motion to manifest them. Here is a sculptured candle of a couple dancing I placed on my “blessings table” for my New Year’s Eve ritual and energy clearing. Secret Feng Shui teachings suggest you set your intentions whenever you do anything related to Feng Shui. My INTENTION is to be able to once again dance with the love of my life! What are your intentions for the New Year?
Why do some people have great success with Feng Shui and others don’t? It’s usually because of their attitude and intentions.
When a person hears about Feng Shui, or reads about it, they start to look at their homes with different eyes. They see things in a way they never considered in their mind’s eye. Visualizing how the space looks is very powerful. Understanding that our physical body doesn’t “read” it the same way as we think we “see” it is the awareness that changes part of the energy.
Another part of the process to change the energy of our environments is to purposely arrange or decorate with a focused vision of what we want as the desired outcome. As part of that process, have a clear INTENTION as you are doing the physical arrangement or decorating. This element of the process works on all levels of your being – physical, mental, emotional and physical – changing the cellular memory on all these levels.
For instance, this last year both my husband and I have had health issues that have prevented us from dancing. Mine has been a partially torn ligament in my foot. We love to dance. It has been a heartache for both of us to not be able to do this activity.
As part of my ritual for the New Year I created an altar and blessings table where I included many items having special meanings and symbology in our lives. One of the items I placed on the table was a beautiful sculptured candle of a couple dancing. In just the last two days I have seen a noticeable improvement with my foot.
What do you want (or don’t want) in your life? Can you find a symbol of it you could display someplace? Is there something you could change in your home to represent your desired outcome? Could you remove something representative of something you want to remove from your life?
Whatever you visualize in your mind’s eye can be a solution to trigger the change you want as long as you do it with a clear and positive (we never want to hurt anyone) intention.
Set your INTENTION in your physical environment for the way you want your life to be while cleaning, organizing, decorating or just enjoying your home. It only takes a couple of minutes of focused, mindful energy to make your home a 3-D vision board for the life of your dreams!
by llenore | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
In learning about the Asian culture through my trainings to be a Feng Shui Master, I have come to embrace several rituals and traditions used to greet the New Year – whether it is the Western New Year we are about to celebrate or the Chinese New Year, which arrives at different times each year during January or February. I actually incorporate both New Years’ celebrations into my life due to the complexity of some of the traditions.
As part of my ritual to greet the New Year and bring in the many gifts the year holds in store for me I create a “Blessings” table. Here is an abundant array of flowers on the activating red table cloth.
Have you had a great year? Whether you have, or not, would you like to know how to make the next year better?
Feng Shui is all about energy. In fact, everything in the world is energy! When we change one item in our home, it changes the energy of the home. When we change one of our thoughts, it changes the cellular memory in our brain, which in turn changes the outlook we have on life. Hence the statement, “Change your thinking, change your life!” Doing one act with focused attention and with clarity of intention is all that is needed. This change in energy has a ripple affect to everything else. Science is proving this principle everyday.
To keep it simple, think of the things you would like to be different this year. Let’s create a clean slate to manifest them. We want to get rid of the old in order to attract and make room for the new.
Here are just a few tips to do TODAY before you welcome in the New Year. These are quick ideas; so if you don’t have the time, money or wherewithal to do one, go on to the next.
Earlier today I removed the old caulking around my kitchen sink. It had become dark with mold and looked horrible. Now I have a beautifully sealed, water-tight sink. This kind of repair and maintenance works sets the intention for a beautiful, well-maintained life for the New Year.
- Clean the entrance to your home. Sweep TOWARD the house to sweep in the “GOOD LUCK” waiting right outside for you. Continue sweeping from the front door into the house to bring all the “GOOD LUCK” all the way into your home.
- Make repairs and do maintenance work to anything needing it.
- Change old, burned out light bulbs for a bright, well-lite future.
- Clean the refrigerator to bring in “GOOD HEALTH” for the coming year. Get rid of the leftovers. You don’t want to ingest the energy from the old year.
- Clean the bathroom to symbolic of doing an internal cleanse to your body in order to revitalize the “GOOD HEALTH” you have.
- Put clean sheets on the bed for a good night’s sleep.
- Pay your bills in order to be debt-free. If you can’t pay all of them off, be sure to pay at least one of them in full. It might be your rent, a utility bill or small credit card debt. Doing any of these shows the Universe you have the INTENTION to be debt-free. Work toward achieving this during the year.
- Clear your desk to create a fresh start filled with lots of creative ideas for the New Year.
- Do a special blessing to thank your home for giving you the comfort and shelter it has provided.
To continue with your focus to have a great New Year, only do those activities on New Year’s Day that you want to do during the coming year. If you want to do more biking or skiing, try to do that activity on New Year’s Day. Don’t want to be doing housework, get it done before midnight to have a clean house for the New Year, but not always be cleaning during the year.
These are just a few of the many rituals I’ve gleaned from my Feng Shui studies. And don’t worry if you are not able to do all of these by the end of December 31. We have the Chinese New Year starting on February 19, 2015. You have another opportunity to start a “new year” with a clean slate by doing some of these by February 18!
Here’s to you and YOUR FABULOUS NEW YEAR!
by llenore | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
When you move into a house, do you think it is your house? From a Feng Shui perspective, let’s look at it energetically.
You may have purchased the house or you may be the name on the lease agreement, but the previous occupants’ energy is all over the place. It will never be totally your home unless you clear the energy from the previous occupants.
Let’s take it to one more level. Today I cleared the energy in a home for a new bride. The “bride” – who is in her 70’s – got engaged, moved into her soon-to-be husband’s home and married him. He is a widow who still lives in the home where his previous wife died from cancer. Ever since this beautiful, once-healthy woman moved into the home she has had one health issue after another. AND it’s only been 6 months since she first moved in.
This is just one example about the energy of previous occupants I’d like you to take into consideration. If you’ve had a live-in lover, then broken up, you want to clear that energy. If you have had a series of unhappiness in your home, you need to clear your home to get rid of that sadness.
Here is a saying about energy for you to ponder: “Like energy attracts like energy!” Think about that for a few minutes.
This is the premise many Asians use when purchasing a home. They want to know what happened to the people who lived in this house before. If there was a death in the home, they will run from it. If the people made money and are buying a bigger home or a home in a more prestigious location, they often will pay more for it. They want the “Good Feng Shui” energy.
Again, I ask this question: “Who’s house are you living in?” Think about this. Has your life improved since you moved into your current home or have things gotten worse? Maybe your home needs a good ENERGY cleaning more than a spring cleaning. After all, you don’t want to be smothered by someone else’s stagnant energy. You want to fully live YOUR LIFE!
