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How Clutter Stunts Your Energy and Your Life

One of the biggest problems associated with clutter is how it roots you in a home that leaves you little or no room for growth. Of course, the growth I’m talking about is the growth in your life, your career, your relationships, and your wealth. We’re not so different than the beautiful plants you buy at the local nursery that look wonderful but then need to be divided or repotted into a larger pot — everything grows. Your life is a living, growing thing. When you’re overwhelmed by stuff, like a plant, you outgrow your pot and that’s when you start to see your relationships suffer, your business opportunities dry up, your health and vitality sapped, and finances become tighter and more restrictive. Worse than all the stuff and visual blight that clutter represents is the way it robs you and your home of vital, happy, and lively energy. Decluttering helps to remove blockages from your life that stop the flow of energy to you and everything you enjoy . Life is energy All life...

How to divide up your home’s corners with the bagua

How to divide up your home’s corners with the bagua One of the most difficult tasks in feng shui is to divide up your house into 9 equal squares in feng shui and to reliably assign the corners of the house according to the bagua. Instead, I suggest you use a lo shu square that resembles a tic tac toe grid. Many use the bagua, or octagon, but it’s often easier to use the lo shu square. The lo shu’s purpose is to help you see where the various corners are in your house and they way they fall in your home’s particular layout more easily. Using a lo shu grid is so helpful. Many people try to apply feng shui and wonder why it’s not working, and it often turns out that what they thought was the north corner was actually northeast! If this is your experience, give the lo shu square a try. It’s very helpful to see plainly exactly where your home’s corners are and what’s exactly in the center sector. Now…let’s talk about how to apply the grid and what to do when a room falls in two or m...