A garden can benefit from feng shui and even help change the energy in your home. A properly arranged garden can be a place to be uplifted and energized, and also soothed and relaxed.

Balance is necessary, but is easy to accomplish by using various plants, flowers, and decorations.
The best place to have an entrance to your garden is facing South. The garden will get the maximum amount of sun exposure. You should also use an arch or open space instead of a closed gate.

There aren’t any specific plants you are supposed to use, but you should maintain a good balance between colors. Since hotter and brighter colors increase your energy, you should have them separated from your cooler and mellower colors which will relax you.

One of the hardest things to do in a garden is avoid clutter, but this is a must in feng shui. When you first plant, everything is pretty small and your garden may look a little barren. This is just fine. You want to make sure that each plant has its own space so you don’t end up with a cluttered jungle.

It’s easy and fun to incorporate the five feng shui elements into your garden. A bird bath can cover water, some lights or torches are fire, and for earth, clay pots and small boulders work wonders.

As far as paths in your garden go, you should avoid straight paths and instead opt for curvy, leisurely paths made from rounded tiles. Avoid edges whenever possible in your paths.

In feng shui, the master or main bedroom is the most important bedroom of the entire house. Everything from the harmony of the house to the finances of the house can be influenced by the master bedroom.

There are four major factors you should consider about feng shui in the bedroom:

• The shape of the bedroom
• Location of the bed
• What area of the house your bedroom is located
• What is used for decoration

These all play a pivotal role in the flow of energy in the house.

The shape of the bedroom is very important in feng shui. A rectangular or square room is the best. If your bedroom is oddly shaped, you can use a room divider to help it maintain a more rectangular shape.

The bed shouldn’t face a door or any ‘protruding’ edges of any kind. These are both symbols of negative energy and can be impossible to correct without moving the bed.

You should also avoid having any overhead beams above the bed or windows behind the headboard. Mirrors facing the bed also negatively affect the Chi of the area.

The ideal location for the master bedroom is in the Northwest of the house. This might not always be possible, however the next best choice is the Southwest. These two areas represent the Patriarch and Matriarch respectably.

Decorations are important but you don’t want to over do it. Depending on what your goals are, you can configure and energize the bedroom for romance, marriage, or relationships. You should avoid energizing the bedroom for luck in wealth.

Feng shui has one main goal: Increase positive energy by creating a place of balance and harmony. This is achieved by using the five elements of feng shui. The elements all work with each other and have their own characteristics. When balancing the energy in any space, these five elements are used to enhance positive energy as well as counteract negative energy.

Wood is connected to the color green. To increase the wood energy in an area, live plants are used and not dead wood that is in chairs and other furniture. In addition to adding wood energy, the plants filter the air and increase oxygen making the atmosphere of your space more healthy. Wood’s home is in the East of your space.

Fire is connected to reds, oranges, and purples. Fire is anything that uses electricity or produces heat.Televisions and lamps are good examples. A lamp that has a red lampshade can greatly increase the fire energy of an area. Fire’s home is the South.

Earth is connected to tans, browns, and beige. Brickwork and anything that uses rocks is part of the earth element. Clay pots, tiles, and ceramics also increase the earth energy. Earth is the Northeast.

Metal is connected to whites and golds. So much is made of metal, you can pretty much pick and choose what to use to increase your metal energy. A statue or even a bed frame will work great. Metal is located in the West.

Water is connected to blues and blacks. Representing the winter, water is commonly used in more passive ways due to it’s wet nature. Used improperly, water can disturb all the energy in your space. Using aquariums, fountains, or pools are the easiest ways to increase water energy. Water is in the North.

Would you like to learn more about feng shui? Feng shui is really growing in popularity and the demand for feng shui practitioners is higher than ever. Many people dabble in feng shui using tips from the Internet or from television but the best way to learn feng shui is from a feng shui school.

There are tons of feng shui schools, and the odds are, there is one in your town or close by. But if that isn’t an option, online feng shui schools are a great alternative and might even be more convenient for many people.

Traditional classes are preferred by many people when it comes to feng shui, because they have a more “hands on” approach than an online school. The problem is, feng shui may not be offered everywhere and online may be your only option. Before you enroll in any class, make sure the teacher is certified and has a good reputation.

At a feng shui school you will learn all kinds of things you might otherwise never know about. Feng shui is very old and you will learn all about the history of feng shui, yin and yang, the five elements, and how all of this interacts with the universe and your environment.

Many people start off doing feng shui as a hobby and become very impressed by the effects it has on every aspect of their lives. If you have dabbled in feng shui or are just curious about it, check around for opportunities. Many cities have adult education centers where you can take classes for feng shui at a reasonable cost and some even offer night classes.

Feng shui is a term that means “wind-water”. There are many versions of Feng shui that you can learn from and all kinds of classes whether online or in a traditional classroom.

The basis of Feng shui is that it allows you to achieve harmony with your surroundings and the environment. This is achieved through arranging your space, planning your agriculture, and more commonly, arranging the furniture and decorations of your home.

Feng shui has been practiced for over 4000 years in China, but only in the last couple decades has it really taken off in the rest of the world. The belief is that everything has energy and everything in your home or office can either help you accomplish your goals or even hinder them.

Feng shui teaches you to understand the energy that is in everything - from your body to pretty much anything that exists. By understanding this energy, you gain the insight to arrange your home or office to help you reach any goal that you set, by increasing the good energy and eliminating the bad energy.

Feng shui uses two main tools. There is the Ba-Gua and the compass. The Ba-Gua is a map that contains the symbols of the I Ching upon which feng shui originated.

The Ba-Gua consists of 8 specialized areas, what they represent, and the color scheme that is best suited to them. This is to increase the flow of good energy throughout the entire area.

Feng shui is known to improve a person’s life in many ways. This is what makes it so popular. The promise of well being, increasing your chance to meet your goals, and improving your overall health is something everyone wants.

This article is one of a series of articles. Watch for more postings on the topic of Feng Shui.