There are many approaches to feng shui. It’s wise to understand what the various schools of feng shui are, so you can be discerning when hiring a consultant or following tips from public figures on social media.

When reading about the energy visiting the various guas and their potential effects on you and your life this year, keep the two most important areas of your home in mind. The front door and the bedrooms are the key areas to remedy and enhance. You bring the energy at the front door in with you every time to you enter your home. And you spend one-third of your day/life in your bedroom sleeping, so the energy in the bedrooms for you and your family also have a great impact on your health and well-being. If you work from home, your home office is also vitally important to feng shui as well.

Western feng shui is DIY feng shui. Specific, but simple enhancements are used to attract more of what we desire into our lives. It offers us recommendations about how to enhance our careers and finances, health and family relationships, marriage and children, fame and fortune and overall balance, harmony and personal well-being. Elements, colors and symbols, as well as, intentions can be placed in rooms of the house to magnetize the energy required to be a match to what we want to manifest and enjoy more of in our lives.

Although the Fire energy does not officially arrive until February, most people are celebrating the 2018 New Year now. Instead of drinking and making resolutions, apply some feng shui principles to your life this time of year. Celebrate with friends and family. And then...Clean, clear and cleanse your space. Count your blessings! Create your vision for 2018.

As you decorate, it’s important to keep The Five Elements balanced in each room. Too much red or gold, too many living plants and too much fiery light energy might throw your space out of balance. Consider the element, color and shape of your décor and position them in a way that creates a balanced arrangement of holiday cheer.

In Western Feng Shui, each area of your home is associated with an important area of your life. When you clear the clutter from an area of your home with the intention to create space for what you’d like to begin to experience and enjoy, it can be very powerful. Decluttering is the first step in preparation for activating the energy and lifting the chi in your space.

As many people who dabble in feng shui know, feng shui means “wind and water”. Feng is wind and shui is water. Wind and water are what the ancient Chinese farmers relied on for peaceful, productive and prosperous lives.

Following is a simple guide to clearing the clutter in every room of your home. Clutter keeps you stuck in life and can block you from losing weight. So, work to declutter your space, room by room.

Now that you know what your why is and what clutter is, it's time to learn the how-tos of decluttering.

You've prepared your heart and mind to let it go. Now, it’s time to get prepared to clear the clutter in practical ways.

Energetically, our stuff is an extension of ourselves. What we have in our living and working spaces becomes a part of our energy field. This is why hoarders have such a hard time letting go of their stuff.

If you have learned anything about feng shui over the years, you know that decluttering is the first step toward creating better energy in your space and clearing the way for a better flow of energy in your living and working environments.

Interested in feng shui?  Not sure if you are ready to get feng shui'd?

The truth is: there are quite a few reasons you might not want to get feng shui’d.

Here are just five that might keep you from booking your first feng shui consultation (and going through with it).

Did you know that you already have feng shui?

Yes! Yes, you do. And so does everybody else.

Right this very minute, the feng shui of your space is having an effect on you and your life.

Feng shui principles are employed to bring the balance found in natural environments to living and working environments. This balance is created through reducing dominant energy and making sure all Five Elements are present in each area, room and gua. Additionally, the permanent and annual unseen energy is remedied and enhanced. Sha chi is addressed and chi lifters are added.

It’s that time of year again! The visiting energy has completed its annual shift. That means new energy occupies your space.

In classical feng shui, we look at the unseen energy in environments that people live and work in. This energy is represented by 9 numbers, 1 – 9.  Each year during the first week of February the annual energy at the center of each space changes and all the numbers participate in a dance, much like a game of musical chairs. Only, every number does get a new home for the year.