The New Year can be a double celebration for many of us. The Western New Year just began and the Chinese celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Wood Horse on January 31st. (More about this in the next newsletter which I will send out later this month.)
Although the two energies are different, all beginnings, including a new season, your birthday, or the start of the school year, can invite a new beginning.
You can even choose a different focus for each cycle. For instance, between now and the Chinese New Year my main focus is on better nutrition. By the 31st some new habits will be in place and I can choose something else. Usually, it’s good to limit yourself to one or two strong intentions, especially if a habit change is involved.
Feng Shui tips to get you off to a good start:
• Remove remedies and adjustments that are no longer relevant. Old and carelessly placed enhancements may actually create stagnant energy and keep you from moving forward.
• Cures over a year old should be reenergized. Clean and reset any Feng Shui adjustments that are still appropriate. Do this by focusing on what you wish to create while placing it. Then, say your intention for it aloud in the form of an affirmation or prayer.
• If you haven’t experienced significant movement on a particular goal from the past year, try adding a small amount of red to the adjustment. For example, if your relationship seems stuck or nonexistent, you could add a small red heart to another cure in your Relationship area or your bedroom.
Also, check your integrity in any stuck area. For instance, if money is an issue and you owe an individual or an organization money, make sure that you communicate with them. If possible, make a small payment and make an agreement to pay the balance. Wealth is as much about appropriate outflow as it is about attracting money. Outflow can start by reaching out with a conversation.
• Clear away everything left over from the holiday once the time of celebration is over.
• Place a symbol representing your most important intentions for the New Year in either the area of the Bagua most closely related to your goal OR in an area where you will see it often. This will trigger your unconscious to stay focused.
For instance, if you have a goal around eating well, you could simply place a bowl of fruit in your kitchen or a recipe for a delicious healthy salad on your refrigerator. (Then of course have the ingredients on hand to make it!) Or, if your goal is to give up a certain food, think of what would be a good replacement and have that item on hand or something representing it visible.
We each have different personal symbols, so use what is meaningful to you.
• To prepare for the Chinese New Year, clean your home thoroughly and release anything you no longer want or use.
Give away and replace non-perishable food that you never intend to use and replace it with food that you know you will use. Clear away everything that doesn’t express your current intentions, handle anything affecting your integrity, and place adjustments that reflect what you wish to create.
As you stand in the threshold of 2014, expand the boundaries of what you think is possible and dare to take at least one risky baby step into that new possibility. A great quote from Anis Nin came to mind when I was thinking of this (She was speaking of a rose.)
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in bud became more painful than the risk to bloom.”
Risk creating at least one new possibility for yourself in the New Year!
If I can help you set your intentions for 2014 or with your Feng Shui, please contact me for a consultation. I’d love to help you move forward into the next cycle of your life. Call me at 719 – 260-7207.
Have a blooming good New Year!
Suzanne
© 1/1/14 • Suzanne Metzger • Feng Shui Consulting Services