Feng Shui for beginners

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Learn basic Feng Shui in five minutes

Feng Shui is the Chinese art of placement. You can use it when you're decorating your home, landscaping your yard, or organizing your office.

You can spend a lifetime studying Feng Shui. Or, you can sample it in five minutes, using tips in this Squidoo lens.

Feng Shui can be potent stuff. Make just one, small change today. See what happens over the next few weeks. Most people notice remarkable changes within a day or two.

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Top 3 quick Feng Shui tips 

1. Clutter is toxic. Most Feng Shui experts will tell you to ditch the clutter before doing anything else.

2. For the biggest change in the shortest time, declutter and clean your main bathroom, or your kitchen. Never clean and declutter both of them in the same week.

3. Every room should have a purpose or a theme. In other words, the kitchen table is for dining, not sorting the mail. The bedroom is for rest, not catching up on paperwork from the office.

Best Feng Shui books for beginners 

Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life : How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness

Easily the best book for beginners. You can test Feng Shui principles -- just one or two -- and see how well Feng Shui works for you. Results often occur in a few days... sometimes in a few hours.

Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 12/07/2009) Buy Now

Feng Shui in Five Minutes

Open this book to any page, and try some easy, five-minute Feng Shui ideas. This is an entertaining book with innovative, simple, eclectic Feng Shui concepts to test in your own home, apartment or office.

Amazon Price: $12.95 (as of 12/07/2009) Buy Now

Beginners' Feng Shui tips for success 

What do people see first when they look into your home? That's what you'll be famous for.

  • Is it your kitchen? Diet reminders on your refrigerator? Breakfast dishes in the sink?

  • The pile of laundry you dropped on the sofa before putting it away?

  • Awards you've won, or symbols of your career or favorite hobby?


Choose a vibrant color for the wall that people see first. Or, decorate it with a vivid poster or painting.

Add symbols of wealth and happiness. Your furnishings should be opulent and well-maintained... nothing shabby.

Plan for fame and success by staging the entry to your home, and you'll notice the difference almost immediately.

Answers to beginners' top 3 Feng Shui questions 

1. What does "Feng Shui" mean?
    Feng Shui means "wind and water." In other words, it's about things that flow. The focus is on keeping your environment beautiful and free of blocks, literal or figurative.


2. Is Feng Shui a religion?
    No, it's not. Many traditional Feng Shui concepts are based in Asian religious beliefs. Western Feng Shui is generally more symbolic. However, you can apply most Feng Shui design and decorating concepts without delving deeply into it. In fact, most of it is simply logical.

    Feng Shui is like yoga: Though you can immerse yourself in the spiritual roots of yoga, that's not necessary. You can get fit and limber using yoga without knowing or practicing any spiritual aspects of it.


3. Where should I start?
    Generally, it's best to start at your front door, or the door people use most often when they visit you. Get the clutter out of that area. Make sure the door opens and closes without anything in the way. Dust and vacuum or wash the floor.

    You'll feel good about the improvements, and you'll make a better first impression.

Free Feng Shui courses online 

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Free Feng Shui lessons 

You can get a free chapter from "26 Feng Shui Secrets" by Raymond Woo.

It's a good sample of one expert's Feng Shui advice.

(Remember, no two Feng Shui consultants will emphasize the same topics. Try advice from several people and see what works best for you.)

Get your free chapter here.

Feng Shui advice sites 

Where to find fast and easy Feng Shui tips... for beginners

Shui to Go!
Free Feng Shui tips for your home, office and garden. Uses basics of western Feng Shui.
World of Feng Shui
Lillian Too's huge website featuring traditional Feng Shui.

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Born in England. Second oldest in my family, with four sisters and no brothers. (Yes, that is a Jane Austen reference.)
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