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West Meets East© By Caroline Patrick
Family Holidays and Feng Shui
Holidays are the time of year when families get together and celebrate traditions passed down from generation to generation. It is the season of lights. The cold weather brings the knowledge of the north and the seasons of ancestors, warming our thoughts and opening our hearts toward peace, forgiveness and compassion. The energy of fire is symbolized by candles, logs burning in the fireplace, Christmas lights on trees and ovens cooking those favorite family recipes. Giving is the spirit of winter and my favorite time of year. I wish and pray for balance and harmony every day, hoping that each person see his and her responsibility for helping our world to become a better place for all the new families and babies joining these families. One way every household can help with this purpose is to use Feng Shui in a creative form when decorating for the holidays.
Choosing a space to enhance family communication during the next few weeks is easy. Look first to the middle left section of your home. What room is there? If it is a dinning room, family room or bedroom, this side of your home brings in the energy given to the health of the family and family life. Place an altar to celebrate your children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, living or any of the family that has passed on, and place a centerpiece of flowers, up-growing plants with the glow of candles to light up pictures of your loved ones. Using a simple arrangement helps bring family unity in this wood element section of your home. Many times I have suggested a placement of this kind to help generate a feeling of love and security to a runaway child. The encouragement of Chi placed in this middle left side of the house brings comfort to all family members estranged or those far away not able to attend the celebration. Dining rooms are wonderful areas to bring Feng Shui energy into the dwelling. A mirror placed on a wall reflecting the main table symbolize the abundance of food and health to your family.
What if some of the family makes you crazy? Using this idea works wonders even if the person in doubt isn’t present. Place a note on the back of aunt do-dah’s picture stating you wish her the best and the relationship is healed, without any complications. This way you don’t even need to talk to the person but you are releasing her from your thoughts, thus giving yourself and her the gift of freedom! If you spend over two minutes a day rehashing old stuff, you are poisoning your body for two full minutes. What a waste. Many of us spend a lifetime trying to please others when concentrating on our purpose will keep us on track and healthy.
Any room can serve the same purpose for altar making. Using angels, pictures, loved objects, fabric cloths, bells, candles, plants or crystals can bring special energy into tired spaces. Water fountains, wind chimes and color accent and activate Chi. Using Black Hat Feng Shui, every room has its own Bagua or direction. Entering a room from its main entry you can alter that room’s energy by choosing a special corner to set up your year-round or holiday section. Have fun with this idea during family gatherings. Use green for family growth, red for action, pink to bring in a feeling of love. White for the metal element or touches of gold and silver, purple for abundance, blue for knowledge, and yellow for earth and health problems can be used in the form of plants, cloths and crystals, or hand beaded crystals. Lead crystals are the Feng Shui aspirin used to activate any space by using colored or clear-cut faceted balls which come in various sizes to fit the square footage of the space where it is to be hung. They can also be hung from table hangers. Use aromatherapy, music and meditation to finish your creation. A last word of advice. Please clear the clutter from the room before starting your creation. This most important aspect will help those estranged relatives feel welcome in your heart. If the space is a mess, guess what? Your communication will most likely be messy.
ATTENTION: January 3rd – 7th: Available for consultations, call 360-424-1501. January 7th, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon: Class forming in Benicia, location to be determined. $54. Bring floor plans for evaluation if you choose. Call or email if you are interested. ALL NEW MATERIAL: THE POWER of MIRRORS for opening, pushing and pulling all 9 Guas into balance, and importance placement of bed, desk and stove for Health, Wealth and Love Life. Moving forward in life and out of that CUBICAL! January 8th, on panel for the YUAN YUAN Educational Foundation- 10 year celebration OPEN HOUSE, San Mateo. All are welcome. I will be talking about Reiki, Art and Feng Shui. Will have greeting cards and art for sale.650-349-8868 or info@YuanYuan.org.
WHAT IS CUSTOMIZED FENG SHUI MENTORING?
· It is for those wishing to study with me privately. ONE ON ONE. · The cost is $350 for three hours a month, through phone, email and faxes. · A six-month commitment is necessary. · 27 red envelopes (first month only) and the first month’s payment of $350 due on the 1st of each month. · A monthly mentoring date is set for at least one to two hours of phone conversation, at different intervals. · Packets of hard-copy material are sent for you to study each month. Emailing and faxes will be part of the course also as we go over floor plans. · The material is copyrighted, but I will give you permission to share a lot of the information. Caroline Patrick Caroline's Feng Shui Concepts Mt. Vernon, WA 360-424-1501 caroline@fengshuiartistry.com www.fengshuiartistry.com www.moongateschool.com
Caroline Patrick, Feng Shui consultant/practitioner, teacher/speaker, Feng Shui artist and writer, lives in the San Juan Islands, off the coast of Washington. Her weekly newspaper article called WEST MEETS EAST is a popular Feng Shui advice column. She enjoys answering your questions, when possible. Some questions will be chosen for publication with the permission from the reader. Enjoy her new 5 Element attached-folding cards which can be used as a Feng Shui enhancement or correction in any space. Larger prints of several selected paintings are also available. For consultations, speaking/teaching engagements and art evaluations contact her at caroline@fengshuiartistry.com or visit her websites at www.fengshuiartistry.com and www.moongateschool.com.
Any suggestions given in this column are only for entertainment. Please contact your physician for any medical or herbal advice or diagnosis. Caroline Patrick is not responsible for any misuse of her advice or suggestions.
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