New Year’s Feng Shui

The Mystic Traveler By Minnie Kansman (Jan, 2017)

With the New Year upon us, it is the optimum time to bring a sense of fresh energy into your home through the application of Feng Shui. True Feng Shui is the study of how we, as humans, interact with everything in our environments, and how to optimize those interactions. Our mood, energy level, health and even our finances are influenced by the spaces we occupy. A first step to understanding why this is true is to get a firm grasp of the concept of energy flow. In Feng Shui, this is called Chi. Chi is the life force that surrounds us all. It is in the atmosphere of our planet and cycles down to flow along the earth’s surface, embracing us with a blanket of energy. This is the life force that enters our homes to breathe life into them. Chi is also equated with cash flow, so if that motivates you to apply these ideas, all the better!

Life force enters your home from the land mainly through your architectural front door. Think of your home as a rather large head, and the windows are its eyes, and this door is its mouth. Your home is energetically “fed” through this “Mouth of Chi.” The Feng Shui goal here is to attract the best quality of life force into your home as possible. Here are some ways to do that:

Use it—it is really super important that you are using this front door entrance on a regular basis. How will the house get fed if you never open the door? With so many homes designed now with attached garages, our front doors often become neglected. Think of activities like getting the mail or walking the dog that will get you into the habit of using this entrance at least once a day. Invite friends and party guests to use this door. Keep the walkway here shoveled in the winter. All of these actions will gather more beneficial Chi into your living space.

Lighting—Light attracts Chi so the more lighting here, the better. In the winter months, Christmas lights can be used to draw attention here. Tiny solar fairies lights can be added to planters in the summer. Garden walkway lighting and light fixtures on one or both sides of the door will call the Chi here. Make sure fixtures are functioning and burnt light bulbs are replaced immediately.

Color—Also attracts attention and Chi here as well. Combination flower pots filled with your favorite colors could flank the entrance. A brightly colored doormat, and painting the front door a contrasting color from your homes exterior and any others exterior doors, including the garage, are all Chi lifters.

Sound and Movement— Wind chimes or bells that sound pleasing to you will also call more life force into your home. This Tibetan Bell has the most precious ring and is also a spiritual connection for me. Also, anything that creates a movement like a flag, windsock or water fountain are helpful here.

Please do not feel all of these adjustments need to be done simultaneously. An overload of ideas could lead to a cluttered, blocked entrance that is the opposite of our goal. And before any of these placements can be effective, a thorough cleaning of your front steps, porch, and entrance is a must, removing anything that resembles clutter. I do hope you apply at least one of these ideas to your front entrance to call in more love, health, wealth and abundance for you and your loved ones in [the new year]! ✦

Minnie Kansman is a certified Master Feng Shui Consultant and Educator and Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, her business Eco~Balance Humanity in Harmony with Nature assists others with Feng Shui, Sacred Space Clearing, and Nature Spirit Connection. She is author of Spirit Gardens: Rekindling our Nature Connection, and Missing Nana: Lessons from the Nature Spirits, a playful children’s story about the afterlife based on love. Join Minnie for her Nature Connections live stream the fourth Wed. of the month at 4 pm ET, and contact her for long distance and on-site Feng Shui Consultations and Space Clearing Ceremonies. Check out her website for a Forest Therapy walk near you. www.minniekansman.com | ecobalance99@gmail.com | fb: minniekansman99 | fb: Nature Connections with Minnie Kansman