Can feng shui fight the winter blues?
Winter blues. We’ve all heard of it but what does it mean? As the days get shorter and the nights get colder many of us find ourselves low on motivation, high in exhaustion and feeling blue.
Feng shui can help you shift the energy around you, and in that shift you change not only the way your spaces look, but you also change the way they feel.
1. Open your curtains. When you open your curtains you allow sunlight to enter your home, energizing you and your spaces. In feng shui, sunlight represents fire energy, and fire energy is full of vitality and life.
2. Add colorful accents, pillows, throws, candles, curtains, tablecloths and art in red, orange and yellow. All three of these colors are warm and inviting, and they increase the energy of the space they are in.
3. Place plants and flowers around your home to literally bring life into your space.
4. Exercise. Exercise helps relieve stress by relaxing your mind, tones and strengthens your body by working your muscles and gives you more energy by boosting your metabolism.
5. Eat healthy. What you eat and when you eat has an effect on your mood and energy.
6. Create a treasure map. Treasure Maps and collages capture your thoughts, your desires and intention with a series of images.
7. Break out of your routine. In winter, when the days are cold and grey it's easy to fall into a routine that drains your energy. Take a class, paint a picture or volunteer your time at a homeless shelter. Make a change, create some exciting energy.
8. Paint a room in your home. Paint at least one wall in your home a warm, vibrant color. Color can change an uninviting, drab space into a personal paradise, full of vibrant energy and warmth.
9. Embrace the things that make this season special. Even if you haven’t thought of winter as special there are many things to enjoy this time of year. The smell of pine, cinnamon and apples. The warmth of roaring fire. Roasted marshmallows. Hot Chocolate.
Stay positive, focus your thoughts on what you like rather than what you don’t like and the cold winter months will be gone before you know it.
Feng Shui Lifestyle™ by Laurie Bornstein
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