HOW DOES MY HOME AFFECT MY LIFE?

It is gradually being recognised that the homes we choose, the furniture and items we have inside them and the way we arrange these all have an impact on our lives. Our own energy flow and life experience can be affected by the home we have chosen to live in, and what we have surrounded ourselves with, within it.

Different aspects of the home will have an effect on areas of the lives of its inhabitants. Some of the principles relating to the way our homes are chosen, lived in and set out, and the areas in which our lives and those of our loved ones can be affected by our dwellings are described in the following paragraphs.

COLOUR

This has a huge bearing on our personal atmosphere and sense of well being. Each colour has its own meaning and effect within the home. Combinations of colours can be chosen to create different moods.

Choosing the wrong colours for you personally or fir those who share your living space can be disastrous. A relaxing colour in a workroom, while avoiding some degrees of stress, can mean your energy never achieves its maximum potential for your desired level of success. An unemotional colour scheme in a bedroom can cause a lack or lessening of passion. And a colour which promotes appetite, in the dining room of a household looking to lose weight., may mean that the inhabitants are creating a no-win situation for tem selves.

Applying basic principles of colour therapy to your home can make a tremendous difference. Areas of the home which have previously seemed to drain your resources can suddenly become energised and supportive to you.

Colour is clearly one of these easiest features to alter in a home, usually just involving redecoration.

LAYOUT

Often there will seem to be little you can do to alter the layout of the home you inhabit. The way the building itself, and any outside space belonging to it, is set out may be determined by its immediate environment, the size or shape of the plot, or rules pertaining to planning permission in the area. Additionally wiring, plumbing and drainage, and positions of walls, doors and windows, may decide the positions of items within rooms.

But if there is a negative aspect affecting one or more of these, there are often steps you can take to minimise any problems arising from them, or even turn the situation to the advantage of those who live there.

DIRECTION

In many eastern traditions, the direction in which the home faces is of paramount importance and determines the nature of the experience of those living within it. It is useful to be aware of this factor and to choose colours and other factors which support the direction of the home rather than undermine or challenge it.

PLACEMENT

If you own your own home or are in control of its design, you may be in a position to make creative decisions about where things are put in the home, what they represent and this how they will function in this situation.

Feng Shui, or the art of placement, examines both of the above, ie. the layout of the home and the placement of articles within it, to determine whether 'chi' energy will flow unobstructed through the house and, if not, how changes can be made to introduce a more positive environment for the 'chi' of the person(s) living there.

CLUTTER

Nothing prevents positive energy flow throughout a home more effectively than spaces filled with clutter.

Items no longer in use, old paperwork, unwieldy collections, unsupervised piles of anything provide a magnet for negative energy and can create blockages or stagnant areas in the lives of the inhabitants of the house.

HOME NUMBER

The number of the house can either positively support or else be 'out-of-tune' with whoever is living there.

Knowing what your own life numbers are and comparing these with those of your home can provide a useful insight of what is likely to be your experience of living there, and what steps you can take to improve this.