The Tao of wellness Feng Shui to reduce anxiety By Nicole Noles DOM
out. Aquariums are excellent for reducing anxiety, and have been shown to help reduce blood pressure. Water fountains with water that flows to the house also This year, we are all spending considerably more time brings wealth and opportunities. Ditto for fish tanks, with our families and in our homes. Spending so much although both should be kept out of the bedroom. The time in confined spaces with the same people has been best types of fish are orange carp, koi or arrowana for a welcome change for some people, and difficult for wealth. Beta are fighting fish and not as appropriate. others. Creating harmony in the home is vital right now for everyone’s health and peace of mind, and the Taoist All rooms should be free of clutter, which represents an practice of feng shui can help nurture harmony within untidy mind, and can also be a symbol of unresolved the family and the home. By taking a careful look at the issues that have either been ignored or weigh heavily on the mind. Clutter prevents arrangement of objects or furthe flow of qi in a room, and niture in the home, blocks in creates stagnation. These days the home’s qi, or energy flow, it’s also a health concern, as can be assessed and fixed. With clutter also accumulates dust a few modifications, the qi of and sometimes mold, if you’re a home can become a more in a damp environment, as nurturing environment while well as being a possible landhelping to reducing stress and ing spot for virus particles. anxiety. The quick fix is to have several decorative baskets or boxes in Anything broken in or around each room to dump the clutter the house gets first priority for in temporarily. The long-term repair. Aside from the frustragoal should be to go through tion of dealing with nonfuncone pile of clutter each day. tional items, and the potential People who collect clutter safety hazards, it also symboltypically have a hard time izes a broken part of one’s life. deciding what to do with the items, and that translates into The front door of the house, or other areas of life as well. Cremouth of qi, should be able to ating processes and spaces for fully and easily open. Having to fight to get in the door puts you on the wrong foot storage and learning to deal with the clutter helps train before you even you sit down. Trim back bushes and people to tackle larger issues as well. Cleaning clutter plants that overhang the walkway and make sure is one of the most practical cultivation and meditation there’s nothing to slip on as people approach the practices you can do. Do not overlook the practical in front door. Reduce or eliminate any spiky or thorny pursuit of the esoteric. That is just as imbalanced as plants near the walkway and front door. Place things being focused too much in the world and not in spirit. that bring you the greatest joy near the front door, and refrain from hanging mirrors in the foyer, especially if Decorations in each room should be carefully considered. Pictures can play a big part in the subconscious it would face the front door. mind, and pictures of disturbing events can predispose Water features are soothing, and work well inside or you to look at events in a negative light. Display family
Creating harmony in the home is vital right now for everyone’s health and peace of mind … feng shui can help nurture harmony within the family and the home.
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