Today I am super excited to introduce you to my new friend and fellow blogger Brittney Graham! She writes a blog named Divine Independence and it is has a tons of really amazing content that I find to be super interesting and informative! Not only does her blog rock, she is also a very authentic human and that is definitely what I am drawn to the most about her. We decided to write a special post for one another’s audience and I couldn’t be more stoked! At the end of today’s post you will find the links to her blog page and social media, so please show Ma Gurl some love! Also, you can check me out on her blog, Divine Independence this Thursday where I delve deep about Embracing Your Shadows.
So, without further ado, I give you a special post today written just for you, my sweet friends from Brittney Graham.
Creating Free Flowing Energy Inside Your Home
Did you know that the way that certain things are placed inside of your home could actually create negative energy? It could even be blocking positive energy from coming into your home as well. Crazy right? The practice of creating life energy that is not disruptive throughout the home is called Feng Shui. Yes, I know we have heard about this so many times, usually when they are making fun of someone practicing it on a tv show.
However, this practice is very real and can be super helpful when it comes to creating a higher vibrational environment in our homes. Beginning Feng Shui can really give you a headache, I know I got one while trying to learn everything at once. I wanted to avoid that for you, so I created a little beginners cheat list below that focuses on each area of the home.
The Kitchen
The kitchen should be an area of our home that is bright and open feeling. This creates a sense of health and prosperity. But some of us have small kitchens so that isn’t fair, right? WRONG! There are tricks that can be done to make a small kitchen feel more open and brighter. Add lights, not just over head, add a plug-in light, or a lamp as well. Also, add a mirror so that the light reflects and creates the sense of more space within the room.
Feng Shui is all about color combinations as well, that being said, it is best to start with white on the kitchen walls. This works out pretty well for those of us that have rental properties and aren’t “supposed” to paint. White represents clarity, decision, and communication. Create a little bit of color pops with small accents throughout the kitchen and BOOM you have an open and bright space!
The Living Room
Or as I like to call it, the Netflix room! Honestly though, I do not know about you, but I spend 90% of my time at home in my living room. Therefore, it was really important to me to get that room whipped into a chi free flowing state! This set of instructions are less basic then that of the kitchen because furniture makes or breaks the flow in this space.
Let's break it down:
• The Sofa: The sofa should be farthest from the front door and against a wall. Be sure to leave a few inches between the sofa and the wall so you do not harm either. If the space will not allow for you to have a wall behind the sofa, try a long table.
• Chairs: These should be facing the sofa in a way that invites natural conversation.
• Coffee Table: Ideally you want this to be a round piece of furniture that is placed in the center of the room.
• Square or rectangular ottomans and side tables will accent the round coffee table nicely as well!
So what's with all the shapes? Well, circles represent metal, rectangular shapes represent wood, and shapes represent the earth. Bring these all together in harmony within a room, and you can help create balance.
The Bedroom
Okay, I am going to sound a little bit like your parents growing up, but seriously clean your room!
This is the one place in our homes that we should feel the least amount of stress and the most amount of relaxation. How are we going to achieve this when we have yesterday's pizza on the coffee table with the last 15 bottles of water we took out of the fridge?
Exactly.
This is also the perfect time to get rid of things that no longer serve you. If you have not touched it in over a month and it is sitting out in plain view, GET RID OF IT!
Now that we have the mess cleaned up, lets focus on our bed. Is it on the floor? If so, this needs to change ASAP. If the bed is off the floor is there anything underneath it? Nothing should be stored under the bed as it creates an energy build up.
When facing the door in your room, what is in the far right corner? This corner is about what we are inviting into our lives. To be honest, when I first started this, I had a litter box in the far-right corner of my room. So essentially, I was inviting crap into my life according to Feng Shui. Instead, try hanging a clear quartz crystal so that the morning light can cast clear energies throughout the room.
The last note I have for the bedroom is making sure that electronic devices are kept away from your sleeping area. Keep cell phones and laptops off the night stand and keep the tv on the opposite wall of the bed. Of course, it I optimal to not have a tv in the bedroom at all, but I am not saying that you can't have one or that it will create negative energy if you do. I am however saying that electronic energies seriously mess with our own energies. When we sleep we are recharging and it is hard to do that when electronics are messing with us and are close to us.
Now you have a small list of little changes that can be made throughout your home to make the energy free flowing. I just started practicing Feng Shui about a month ago and I can really feel the difference. I can feel how light my kitchen is now when I am cooking breakfast in the morning. I can feel how inviting my living room is to myself and everyone that I invite over. I can actually feel myself decompress when I lay down in my bedroom at night.
Bio:
Brittney Graham is a former property manager who decided that life was more than a corporate office. So, she decided to start Divine Independence, a motivational and empowering blog for everyone. She wants to be able to help those who are having a hard time taking their first step in their inner divine journey.
You can find Brittney Graham and her blog Divine Independence by visiting www.divineindependence.com
You can also visit Brittney on Instagram by searching Divine Independence
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