Feng Shui - Tips

Feng Shui is more than just moving the furniture around. But at the simplest level of applying good feng shui principles, arranging furniture to let the energy flow better round your house and your work space certainly helps.

Remember, for the best results you will need the help of a competent feng shui professional, as it takes many years of study and experience to reach the level of true professionalism.

So don’t be too disappointed if your feng shui interventions only produce small gains.

Occasionally they will produce spectacular gains as you also stimulate something you didn’t even know was there - but that’s a bonus rather than the norm.

Similarly, occasionally they will do nothing whatever, because something more powerful and also unknown to you is squishing your efforts.

As well as arranging the furniture these feng shui tips can help too:

Feng Shui Tips - Don’t sit or stand with your back to the door.
Feng Shui Tips - Clean up clutter.
Feng Shui Tips - Widening and cleaning the front path (but do NOT move it).
Feng Shui Tips - Putting a large mirror behind the stove so that you wouldn't be surprised when someone comes up behind you.
Feng Shui Tips - Putting a mirror up at the end of a hallway so it no longer seems like a dead end.
Feng Shui Tips - Making paths between rooms and through rooms wide and easy to use allowing you and the energy to move around easily.
Feng Shui Tips - Oiling doors so they don't squeak reduces irritation.
Feng Shui Tips - Adding something you love to the view when opening your front door makes coming home feel more welcoming.
Feng Shui Tips - Closing your toilet lid can make it quieter and stop money from going down the drain.
Feng Shui Tips - Avoid television sets in your bedrooms.
Feng Shui Tips - Avoid mirrors in your bedroom, especially opposite your bed or at the side of your bed.
Feng Shui Tips - Avoid sleeping under beams.
Feng Shui Tips - The foot of your bed should not be in a direct line with the door into the room, nor should your head be under a window.

DIY TIP

Try our DIY self help quiz, and look out for DIY tips (in boxes like this one) on other pages in the site.

If you want to go into more depth, the rest of our feng shui DIY section explains how to use the more common analysis techniques (as well as giving you tips).

If you want to use some of the more powerful feng shui methods such as Flying Star, we provide a course on how to do that.

But please remember that for the very best results you will need the help of a competent feng shui professional.

You might also find some of these parts of our site useful

Tips for choosing a Feng Shui Consultant

Our feng shui quiz with popup tips

Feng Shui Tips for the garden

There are also a wealth of other ideas including “how to’s” in these books