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Create holiday harmony with Feng Shui Lighting, scents, plants all play in Lisa Evans Postmedia News The holidays are all about goodwill and cheer. Yet with parties to attend, gifts to purchase and meals to plan, it can also be the most stressful time of year. Using tips from the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui, you can renew the positive energy in your heart and your home. Feng Shui focuses on creating balance. “When you’re experiencing stress, there is an imbalance in your life,” says Carolyn Crisp, a Feng Shui interior designer and owner of Enerchi Interiors in Ottawa. Using colour, lighting, placement and scent to create balance, Feng Shui restores tranquillity to your environment, allowing you to relax and enjoy the holiday season.
such as citrus, pine and cinnamon to create a joyful, festive mood.
Vary light sources Overhead lighting can be harsh, causing your energy to deplete and anxiety to increase, even manifesting in physical symptoms such as eye strain and headaches. Vary your light sources by making use of side lamps, holiday candles and tree lights to fill the space. Lighting the outside of your house can also help to create positive energy in your home. “Exterior home lighting creates a lively aura to the winter darkness as well as improving safety to get to your front door,” says Crisp. “Lighting aimed to encourage a guest to find your front door easily will also allow the energy to find the entry to your home and bring auspicious luck.”
Balance holiday decor While red and green are the dominant colours of the season, too much of either can be jarring. Green represents wood and red, fire. Too much of one element can cause you to feel imbalanced and become stressed, burnt-out
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Plants “Plants are (symbols of) life and growth, as well as being natural air purifiers in the environment,” says Crisp. However, not all plants have the same effect. Soft, roundedged plants are favoured in Feng Shui. “The chi (positive energy) can flow in and around the leaves much easier.”
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Use colour, lighting, placement and scent to restore tranquillity to your environment so you can relax and enjoy the holiday season, says interior designer Carolyn Crisp. and anxious. The low energy you may feel after the holidays is often created by this imbalance. Temper these strong e l e m e n t s by m i x i n g i n warm beiges and gold (representing the tones of the earth), cool white or silver (representing metal) and soothing blues (representing water).
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Placement Feng Shui places great importance on the placement of elements in the home. Crisp recommends placing your Christmas tree in the east or north corner. “East is the location of the wood element. And water, which supports the growth of wood, is the element of
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Essential oils Adding natural oils to your home not only tickles your nose, but improves your holiday mood. Crisp recommends the calming scents of vanilla, lavender and tuber rose to relieve holiday stress, and active aromas
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Simplify Less is more in Feng Shui. Too much clutter, sound, food or activity blocks energy from moving freely.
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Hanging garland and lights in an upward “smile” can help to relieve seasonal sadness. “The upward concave or smile holds the energy in and circulating around your home, rather than a convex, upside down bowl, which would allow the chi to flow out and be lost,” says Crisp.
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ISIT COME V S REGINA’ LY T NEW LARGES TED COMPLE PARK!
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Green Meadow Park is now completed. Featuring ponds, mature trees, walkways, a playground structure and plenty of open space, Green Meadow Park is the activity hub of The Greens On Gardiner.
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For the active family, now is the best time to buy a home in The Greens On Gardiner. Phase 3 lots, only minutes from the park, are available now. There are also a few select Phase 2 park-adjacent lots still available. Talk to your builder now to ensure best selection.
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