Feng Shui

Feng Shui has always fascinated me. I think because I could feel things as “right” or balanced or fitting into a space and when something was “off”. I really don’t know many details or rules in the practice of feng shui but I totally relate to the energy flow and how things are arranged or placed in a room impacts our experience of the space. 

Some make sense when you think about it, such as having your back to the door in an office. It is not a posture of welcoming nor a good position for seeing what is coming. If you think about how energy flows through a room, it also makes sense to me that you would not want the front door of your home to be directly across from the back door - energy doesn’t linger in your home, but rather flows in and immediately back out again. These kinds of things are interesting to me, and I love to learn about them. Yet I hesitate to get too caught up in the fine details of the what to do and what not to do according the feng shui principals, since some things are beyond our control. Like some rooms only have one wall where the bed or sofa could be. And certainly how the home is oriented on the property can’t be changed. Also, what works energetically for one of us, could be slightly different for another. I am curious how hard it is to get the ideal feng shui when you have a large family living in one house!

When I first started my business around organizing and clearing, I understood that clutter was stressful and that our lives were more of a struggle when we have too much stuff and/or when things are in disorder and there is little to no clear or tidy space that allows for calm and focus. While I was creating my business plan and turning it into what I enjoyed doing and helping others with, simultaneously I was exploring and learning more about energy work as it pertains to our body and our own energetic field and how that impacts others and the role it plays in how we perceive the world. And as I wished to share what I was learning with others, I thought I was creating two separate businesses. But it soon became clear to me that they are really one in the same. Or at least intertwined in such a way that they go together, enhancing or inhibiting one another. 

In a recent Dr. Sue Morter podcast she interviews the feng shui expert Marie Diamond and they touch on this connection. It is further confirmation to me that our inner and outer worlds are reflecting one another and that we need to connect them in our efforts to help energy flow freely throughout our inner and outer experiences of life. 

Just like how the Fab Five in the show “Queer Eye” as seen on Netflix, help transform a person’s life through a variety of ways: how they dress, eat, their living space and their mental and emotional experience of themselves. It is all important and not one area operates in a vacuum. It can be a lot to transform all at once, but knowing that ultimately one area will not click into place for good until the other areas are also tended to, can help to motivate us to look at all areas of our lives and do what we can to wake up to the connection and information that reality is providing us - giving us clues as to where we could use some help or focus.

Here is the podcast link to hear more. 
And if you have never watched an episode of Queer Eye, it is a must! Wonderful humans doing amazing things for sweet but struggling people. It is all about love in the end. My desire is for more people to learn to love themselves enough to allow for vulnerability, seeking support, and opening to their inherent worthiness as co-creators of this world.
​When you do good, we all do good!