Here’s how to free up the flow of ch’i or prana in your rooms. Just as the flow of prana or ch’i through your body can get stuck, so the flow through spaces, such as rooms can get stuck. By applying feng shui principles, you can improve this flow, but there’s another technique. It’s called creating sacred space and is closely related to minimalism. Think of a room, your study, for instance. Are there shelves or cupboards stacked with piles of books, old documents, boxes of clutter? Have you…
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Whether you’ve studied Japanese martial arts, Reiki, Chi-gong, Tai chi, my Mind Power Training, pranayama, yoga or acupuncture you will have come across ch’i or prana. What is it and how can you harness it? Prana (India), or ch’i (China) is, perhaps, best described as the universal energy of life. It flows into your body through your breath, the third eye (in the centre of your forehead), the top of your head and up through your feet. It flows around your body down the front, between the legs, up the spine and over your scalp, branching…
Feng shui is an ancient Chinese science aimed at encouraging energy flow and balance within a given space. Having lived in Hong Kong for two years, my lovely wife, Helen, tells me that it is pronounced fung shoi, so let’s go with that. There are all sorts of rules about how your house, for instance, should be placed in relation to its surroundings (particularly roads), which rooms should be used for what purpose (e.g. central, NE, SE, NE and SW), the layout of your furnishings and the materials that they are made of. Sure, you can engage a specialist…