Holiday Decorating With Feng Shui - Feng Shui Consulting Services

Holiday Greetings!

Instead of writing about the Relationship area and following the path I’ve been taking around the Bagua each month, I decided to bring back an old, but timely, article from the past on Feng Shui and the holidays. Next month I’ll return to the Bagua.

If you’re interested in learning more about how Feng Shui can contribute to a stress-free and joyous holiday season, please join me for a *FREE lecture on Saturday, December 17th, at 4:30 p.m. at the Center for Powerful Living. More information at the end of this newsletter.

The topic is “Create a Magical Holiday with Feng Shui.”

I will cover the best placement for holiday items along with expanding upon the points covered in this month’s article.

December signals the beginning of the shopping season, parties, rich food, and mandatory gift giving for many folks. However, it’s important to note that the holidays fall during the time when the earth enters her dormant and quiet cycle. Also, the I Ching, which Feng Shui is based on, considers this a time to move inward and achieve stillness—especially after mid-December.

Feng Shui can help you to harmonize the cultural bias toward parties and play with the earth’s natural cycle of peace. You can do this by simplifying your traditions and activities while still keeping the quality of connectedness and goodwill.

Ancient observances of this season’s religious holidays and the Winter Solstice were based on rituals and ceremonies that integrated times of quietness, prayer, and blessing with occasions for connecting to others in a deep and meaningful way.

Here are some Feng Shui guidelines to help

you simplify & bring more harmony to the season:

1. More is not always better. Don’t crowd your space. Leave plenty of room for everyone to move freely throughout your home. Put away knickknacks that aren’t related to the season. If you have a small home and lots of holiday decorations, rotate them from year to year rather than displaying them all. It may even be advisable to remove some furniture, if it blocks free movement.

2. Consider limiting your decorations to a few items. For instance, a beautiful holiday wreath can attract luck and opportunity. You can also add lighting to create a festive atmosphere. At the same time you will be activating positive chi and shifting the energy.

In Feng Shui, we especially love lighting because it activates stagnant energy, and contributes to the fire element. (see #3 below)

3. Red is especially popular during the holidays. It represents the Fire element, which in colder climates generally needs to be increased during the winter. However, you should use red sparingly if you or your family are likely to become overwhelmed with your “to do” list OR if you anger easily.

4. To invite opportunity into your space, pay particular attention to the décor of both the inside and outside of your main entrance. Keep it simple, uncluttered, and welcoming. Pretend that you are “Opportunity” visiting your home for the first time. Then ask yourself if you would want to stay here permanently.

5. Decorating for the holidays can give your home a whole new look and feel. It’s similar to when we get a new hairdo. Something shifts inside. Since your home is a reflection of who you are, when it changes, you change, too!

Have a blessed and joyous holiday season!

Suzanne