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Decorating your home is an art. The furniture, the colors, the artwork, the lighting—you want all of these elements to balance in perfect harmony.
But a harmonious space means more than having the right drapes or perfectly matched linens. A harmonious space should be pleasing to the eye as well as the soul. Most of all, a harmonious space should reduce anxiety and bring about inner harmony, and that’s where the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui comes in.
“Any major energetic unbalance will result in stress,” says Natalia Kaylin, a feng shui consultant based in Massachusetts. “If you feel stressed and unmotivated, or have low energy and disrupted sleep patterns, the probability is high that your environment may be a contributing factor,” she explains.
According to Kaylin, the key to reducing this stress lies in creating balance between Yin and Yang (the two opposing forces discussed in Chinese philosophy) as well as the five Elements, which consist of water, wood, fire, earth and metal.
For example, a home with too much Yang (e.g. too much brightness, lots of straight lines, lots of sharp lines) can create a stressful environment. Likewise, too many fire elements (deep reds and triangular shapes) will do the same.
03/11/2012 : By Michael Bartiromo / Fox News Magazine.
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