Feng Shui 101 or The Feng Shit Diaries

Remember when you were young and your mother kept nagging you to clean your room. She was likely unaware at the time that she was in fact teaching you the first rule of feng shui. That’s right, Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of cleaning up your room – ok, not entirely – but that’s pretty much where any Feng Shui consultant worth their weight in chinese coins or red envelopes will tell you to start. See the philosophy behind Feng Shui is to create space for the chi (the almighty universal life source) to flow and to allow it to flow smoothly. If you have areas of your life that are going less than swell, chances are you have some blocked chi. Don’t worry, it’s not fatal. There are several things in addition to cleaning your home from stern to stem that will help precipitate this chi flow. And trust me, if you are a believer, it could get costly. You’ll need lots of windchimes, even more water fountains, crystals, crystals and more crystals, some fairy dust (can you say feng shit?) and as many buddhas as you can get your hands on - these will be used to create your buddha shrine. Keep in mind that there are different buddhas for different things you want to bring into your space and your life…there’s the happy buddha, the prosperity buddha, the santa claus buddha and the buddha’s delight. – uh, did someone say lunch. Giftgasms: Feng Shui Gifts that make giving pure pleasure!