Raising Chi
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Question: “We have been on the verge of losing our house for the last two years, and it finally seems like we will be able to stay. The house doesn’t feel like a home due to the uncertainty that we’ve lived with for so long. How can we re-energize it and feel more settled?” – K.B. Cottonwood, AZ
Answer: This is a common issue for many home owners facing similar issues in this market and I appreciate your candor. Financial stress directly affects the chi, or life force of a home and hence, the way it feels. Any stressful change can leave an energetic imprint on a home just as a traumatic event can leave an emotional residue on you for years to come if not dealt with. There are two parts in the solution to your problem.
The first part of your solution is to perform a clearing of the energy. Traditionally this can be done with sage as the uprising smoke takes the problems with it. You can light the sage and starting at the front door, move in a clockwise direction through the house using a prayer or chant of choice as you “smudge” seeing the smoke taking the problems with it and leaving the space clear when it dissipates. You may want to open the doors and windows while performing this ritual to further encourage the stale energy to leave.
Once the house is clear, you will want to create a new imprint of vitality. Feng Shui calls this “planting new seeds”. The sageing tills the soil and now you plant new seeds of things you wish to invite into the house. Here are a few good ways to raise the chi of the home. You can do one or both with a strong intention and focus on what you want to create.
Fragrant Flower Method:
Bring three bouquets of fresh, fragrant flowers into your home. Place one at the front entrance, one in the wealth quadrant of your home (left back corner of the house), and one in the wealth area of the master bedroom or home office (also left back of each room). The smell and color attract vital life force. You must change the flowers if they start to die or wilt and there is a feng shui empowerment that is traditionally preformed with this cure, but if doing this on your own, you can simply visualize vital life force as rainbow light being attracted into your home and recharging the areas of intention where the bouquets are placed.
Planting New Seeds:
This solution is best preformed by a traditional feng shui practitioner and can be quite powerful. It involves the traditional ingredients of rice and cinnabar, combined with a ceremony to plant new intention into the earth around the home and attract abundant energy into the occupants’ life to support them. I have performed this cure for clients and found it to be very powerful and transformative.
To summarize, first clear, and then plant new intentions. The Holiday Season is a great time to make this change as parties and festive lights are another excellent way to raise the chi of any home!
NOTE TO READERS: Email me your comments and feng shui questions in all areas of your life and I will answer them in upcoming editions of my newsletter.
You can also click here to read my article on The Feng Shui of Home Buying.
