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Tips and basics to get started in Feng Shui
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The order and elements such as light or colors are fundamental elements of this Asian technique.
Surely you have ever heard of the «Feng Shui», even if it is in passing. To explain exactly what it is, no one better than an expert. Ana Claudia Camponovo, a professional Feng Shui consultant, points out that it is an ancient oriental technique, which comes from China and Thailand. This takes into account the temporal cycles, the evolutionary cycles of nature and the balance that exists in it. “It talks about how the human being, as an inhabitant of this planet, can be part of this evolutionary cycle in a harmonious and balanced way, taking into account, from the location of our homes, to the distribution of its interior and its decoration”, he comments.
Ana Claudia Camponovo warns that we are faced with a very complex technique, which
requires many years of learning and practice. Even so, it summarizes it in four key concepts: the most basic and essential to get started.
Four basic principles
1. It is very important to know the five elements, and how the cycles of production, reduction, control and destruction work.
2. You must understand the Yin and Yang concept.
3. It is essential to know what they are and how they work. time cycles in the different techniques of Feng Shui.
4. You must be familiar with the Chinese calendar.
This would be the most basic. From here, one must enter into the study of formulas, techniques and different schools of Feng Shui », assures the professional.
Order and detachment
To put it into practice, the consultant points out two essential keys that we have to apply. First, there is the idea (and achievement) of the order and cleanliness. “Nature has its own order and recycles itself, it does not accumulate anything, it is in a constant cycle of feedback and recycling of itself,” he explains. Secondly, he comments that we must take into account the concept of “detachment” and explains it with a metaphor: “Every autumn we see how the trees release their leaves in order to gain strength and bloom next summer.”
«By carrying out these two actions we are already generating a major energy movementin our space, releasing unwanted energy and moving stagnant energy “, he explains and adds:” From now on we could work with energy activators and different elements that help us to generate the balance that Feng Shui seeks. “
What do you need in your room and in the kitchen
Each room, according to the theory of Feng Shui, has an energy, and we must decorate it and arrange its furniture taking this into account. Although this technique is highly personalized, Ana Claudia Camponovo, a professional Feng Shui consultant, ventures to let usgeneral tips to be able to apply to our bedrooms and kitchens.
Bedroom
– They are environments where Yin energy should predominate, low energy, which favors rest.
– We must avoid electronic devices.
– It is very important to have a good headboard for the bed.
– The colors should be very soft, preferably pastel shades. There may be a single wall that has a dominant color, but not too high.
– We should not have the head of the bed under a window.
Kitchen
– They are environments of yang, active energy, which favor activity.
– It is good to have the water element (sink) separated from the fire element (kitchen). You can place the cutting wood in the middle, for example.
– You can try to be in a position of power, facing the front door.
– That there is no excess fire, that is, do not paint it red or place appliances and others in very bright colors.
Normally, when someone who does not know much about these techniques, talks about Feng Shui, what comes to mind is the care of the house furniture positions. This, points out Ana Claudia Camponovo, is important because the furniture is the elements with which we interact in our space, “and depending on its placement we are facilitating the energy flow of the space.” Also, it says that the position of these favors, or not, “the comfort, well-being and safety of the user of that space.”
Light, color, materials …
There are two other factors that influence this technique. On the one hand, we could talk about everything that makes up the material elements of a room: materials, textures, colors, shapes … «Everything that surrounds us has an implicit energy and is directly related to us, with a moment, a memory, a situation, etc. », says the consultant, who adds that for this reason it is necessary to pay attention to everything around usThis has an effect on space and therefore on us.
Finally, he repeats the aforementioned order, and says that it is the most important element. «If we want to work moving the energy that is in our space and we have chaos space, full of things, which are charged with energy, we will only cause more chaos “, he says and recommends:” The first thing to do is order. This also implies detachment, throwing away things that do not work, do not work, or that we have just in case several years ago.