Feng  Shui is an ancient Chinese discipline that seeks to improve happiness and health by optimizing our physical environment, whether that environment includes homes, rooms, offices, or entire buildings. We can apply our understanding of Feng Shui to improve any aspect of our lives, including everything from sleep to fertility, romance and intimacy.

The discipline of Feng Shui has understood for more than two thousand years that the bedroom is the key environment to happiness and health in the home. Although the full weight of the discipline rests upon intricate calculations derived from a deep knowledge of space-time, the bedroom is a good place to start applying the simplest principles. The ideas discussed below may help:

1. It is auspicious to sleep below horizontal ceilings. Tilted or slanted ceilings are inauspicious. They may result in poor sleep. If your ceilings are not horizontal, one solution is to install a false ceiling. A great choice is a canopy bed.

2. Exposed beams are also inauspicious, and it’s best not to sleep beneath them. Air currents are deflected toward the floor by exposed beams. The parts of the body that lie immediately below the beams may experience poor health. Couples may also find difficulties in their lives if a beam separates the bedroom into parts. Again, installing an intermediate cover between the floor and the ceiling is helpful. It is also advisable to avoid sleeping under bulky, heavy, or angular lighting fixtures.

3. Mirrors instigate stimulation at a high level, which drives sleep disruptions. Although many people have them in bedrooms, it’s best to place them elsewhere.

4. Since air flow is always important, it is inappropriate to place your bed in such a way with respect to the entrance to the room that it disrupts circulation. It is worthwhile to keep doors to adjoining rooms closed while sleeping, to maintain the separate energy balance for each room.

5. Since a mattress is a very personal item and takes on the imprint of its owner, do not get used mattresses.

6. The bedroom is best maintained it for retreat, sleep, or love. With this in mind, it’s best to leave professional work out of the bedroom.

7. Computers and other electronics are also not the best for the bedroom. Computers are associated with professional or other work and they and the piles of paperwork that go with them should be kept away from the bedroom. In general, all electronics (computers, televisions, radios, stereos) emit waves in the electromagnetic field which disrupt the energy of the room. While they are best avoided, t is important to at least keep them at a distance of eight feet or more when possible. Highly sensitive people should forego them altogether.

These are a small sampling of basic changes you can make. While they can’t substitute for a detailed, in depth consultation, they can point you in the right direction of improving your environment for happiness and health.

About the Author

Mike Schnippering is the founder of Feng Shui at Work. In 1996 he studied Feng Shui with Master Sang whose ancestors can be traced back to ancient China. He is committed to the true art and science of Feng Shui. His Feng Shui practice has taken him to various parts of the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Colombia and Argentina.

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