thanks, pinterest: feng shui at work link

By request, here is a link for a great article on how to feng shui your work space. 

(wholeliving; couldn't resist sharing the picture that accompanies it)

Just like with your house (and maybe your work space is in your house- mine is!), your work space also has different sectors for health, wealth, etc. It's so easy for desks, or whatever your space happens to be, to get so cluttered- I'm talking about mine right now. :/ Not that there's a lot on it, just that it isn't very big to begin with and I have a toddler who is constantly getting into everything, so I have to keep precious commodities like pens hidden so I can actually sometimes find one when I actually need it (but usually not), so some of my stuff is in weird places, which doesn't help the desk situation. So, challenges! I want to give it a makeover, anyway. Was the point of that tangent. Since my desk is so small, I'm including the window sill in front of and the bookcase next to the desk as well. Because I use it as such. ;)


Also, this might be just me- nothing feng shui about it that I know- but having my desk face a window is really nice. Sometimes I need to take breaks to look outside and it helps. :)



Let me know if you try any aspect of this and if you like the arrangement!

a taste of feng shui

Feng Shui is an interest of mine that, admittedly, I have not indulged as much as I'd like. However, there a few principles that spoke to me, and I thought that I would share them for anyone else who might be interested. :)

Feng Shui is, at it's core, pretty common sense stuff. For example, in the bedroom, the bed should be positioned so that when you're laying in bed, if someone were to enter your bedroom, you would see them before they're actually in the room. Which makes sense, because obviously it's nice to not be surprised by someone entering your room (gets rid of that stress), plus it's good for the flow of the room.

Again, I don't know a whole lot, but I do know that each house, room within the house, has a bagua, which serves as a map of what different areas of the room represent. The bedroom represents your relationship, and within that there are aspects of it represented as well. The one I know the most about is the relationship corner of your bedroom.

 It's easy to find; the farthest corner of the room from the bedroom door. In this corner you want to make sure it has minimal clutter, clean of dust and cobwebs, and have something that reminds you of love/your relationship if you are in one. Could be photos, or a little altar of sorts with things that represent what's important to you in love- stones, crystals, a card deck of some sort with a favorite card drawn, a quote written out- you get the point. ;) And I hope I don't sound tooo hippie-dippie with that last sentence! heh.

Other tips for the bedroom: having both sides of the bed be adequately lit with a lamp on a bedside table or dresser, with enough walking room on either side of the bed, so neither side is cramped or blocked off with obstacles. (See? Common sense.) Touches of red are nice, too. I read somewhere that red sheets are good, especially for king sized beds- since they are so big, and create distance (which personally I prefer, I really stretch out, ha), the color red symbolically unites both sides. Sounds good to me. ;)

What do you think? Have you applied any Feng Shui concepts to your home or workspace?

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