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Useful Tips for Feng Shui Beginners

By: Kyle Richey So you want to apply some feng shui in your life, but dont know where to start? Are you hesitant about paying out money for so-called experts who promise to come into your home and give you a reading to advise you? Are you wondering if its all just a bunch of bunk?

Well, dont worry: we have some great tips and pointers that all feng shui beginners should think about before they go any further. So before you spend a dime hiring a consultant or dismiss this ancient art and science as silliness, check out these pointers first.

Feng Shui is About Calm and Order

This is probably the most important principle that feng shui beginners should consider. Feng shui is not about a rigid placement of furniture or about thinking that a red front door will bring wealth to your home; its about ushering in peace, calm, order, harmony and balance to your life. For example, one of the first things that feng shui beginners are told to do is to de-clutter their home as much as possible.

The basis for this is simple. It is a scientific fact that clutter causes stress. When your home is full of junk and there is barely room to walk, your stress levels are going to be high. You feel as if you are totally responsible and you should be doing a better job of keeping it cleaned. It is irritating when you cannot find something because of the mess.

Some feng shui beginners may immediately dismiss this important element of the art, but give it some thought. If your home is very cluttered and messy, how do you feel? Do you feel good about yourself and positive about your home? Chances are that you dont.

Generate the Mood You Want Using Feng Shui

Color is a big part of feng shui, but not because certain colors are considered lucky or more desirable than others; this is a big misunderstanding that most feng shui beginners have. Instead, color is used to create mood or to enliven and energize a room or a home. Bright, vibrant colors can be an instant pick-me-up, while warm and soothing colors can relax and calm you. Strong colors like red and purple are seen as fiery and bold, and are used sparingly.

Scientists have done studies on the effects of using colors to stimulate moods. The colors around people do affect how they react. Bright colors are used for things that people want noticed. Red is probably the color used the most for getting peoples attention.

If you are a feng shui beginner, don't dismiss the concept but don't let it overwhelm you either. You don't need to believe in the hocus pocus superstitions that some people have mistakenly thought applied to feng shui. You can however appreciate the aspects of this art as being effective and sensible.

If you are still having a hard time believing that any of this is true, test it out. Clean your bedroom, closets included and paint it a different color. See if this seems to affect you in a positive way.