Feng Shui for the Beginner - What is Feng Shui?

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What is Feng Shui? How can Feng Shui help me? You'd think that after more than 17 year of Feng Shui work, I would be able to answer these two questions as easily as a tape recorder. But I still stumble over my answer just as I did when I was first asked. There is no simple answer. It depends on the person's understanding of Feng Shui. If someone is hearing the term Feng Shui, you will need to explain it more than if they have read an article on the topic or even a book. So lets proceed with the first question, "What is Feng Shui?" Assuming you're hearing about Feng Shui the first time.

Feng Shui is an environmental science, it is not a religion, and it is not a cult. Feng Shui is 30 centuries old, yes, that's 3000 years, a thousand years before Christ, 1000 BC, originating in ancient China and has at least 9 know schools, or disciplines, that are being practiced today around the world. Feng Shui is a tool that you can use to bring balance and harmony into your life, it is not magic or voodoo or witchcraft. Feng Shui has evolved from eons of observation of the environment and how it relates to your life or life events. It connects your intentions to your environment and therefore to your higher power. It gives you more control over your environment, and allows you to find balance and happiness.

Feng Shui is relatively easy to understand and easy to apply, it is not mysterious or restricted or unavailable. Feng Shui is more spiritual in nature than intellectual or physical, although both physical and intellectual "cures" are used to connect you to the power behind Feng Shui. Feng Shui is not tied to a religion or really even to a culture; it is connected to universal principals and the laws of cause and effect that govern the universe. Feng Shui does not adhere to any particular religious philosophy, but it is based on the same principles as all the great religions. It allows us to connect to our inner self and to the higher power that governs us all. You can manifest your intentions for your life. Using your higher power can be as personal to you as you want it to be. get more info Feng Shui doesn't care about your beliefs, but only your intentions. In this way, Feng Shui is an equal opportunity, opportunity.

With that said lets give a little more explanation of the structure of Feng Shui. Feng Shui uses nine categories of "life events" to achieve your goals and intentions. You can Feng Shui your home, but also a desk, work area, or even your garden. The nine categories are organized in a certain pattern or map known as a Bagua and include Health, Prosperity, Knowledge, and six others. Each Bagua category has specific symbols that are supportive or destructive, such as colors and shapes. The Feng Shui Practitioner uses these symbols in conjunction with the Bagua Map to balance a person's environment thereby balancing their lives. The key to accomplishing this is to understand the relationships of the nine Bagua areas and properly apply the Feng Shui cures to clarify you intentions. In a sense, Feng Shui could be described as the ultimate goal-setting tool, with some extra bonuses attached.

So that's kind of the tip of the iceberg so to speak of the Feng Shui world. There are numerous details and processes and practices that go along with these concepts. When a new person first starts to learn about Feng Shui, they can become easily overwhelmed. With a little patience, and good instructions it starts to become clear and useful pretty quickly. I've been involved with Feng Shui for over 17 years. feng shui I first learned about it in a two-hour adult education course. Since then, I have read numerous books and articles and communicated with other practitioners.