Top 5 Feng Shui Tips - What to look for when buying a home

1. Ensure the property is easy to find. If you have trouble finding the home, so will opportunities and positive energy.
2. Look for a home with a sunny front face with lots of natural light inside. Sun light symbolises yang qi, warm, energizing, motivating, positive. Shadow or darkness symbolises yin qi, cold, demotivating, peaceful, rest. A home with a sunny face or front is warm and inviting, and encourages positive energy & qi to enter your home & life. A home with lots of natural light inside will keep you motivated & active. You can always add heavy curtains to bedrooms to create yin qi, where peace and rest is important. However it is difficult to make a dark or shady home sunny unless you use artificial light and that does not have the same uplifting qualities as natural light.
3. Avoid buying a home with a troublesome history or book a feng shui consultation a.s.a.p. Find out as much as you can about the previous occupants. Are they selling because of a relationship breakdown, has someone lost their job? If you decide to buy a home with a difficult history because it is a bargain, or you simply must have it, be prepared for a similar outcome when you move in. The good news is a qualifed feng shui consultant trained in form, compass and flying stars feng shui will be able to improve the energy and prosperity of a home with a difficult past.
4. Avoid a buying a home on a busy road. Pollution from cars will adversely affect your health over time, the noise from trains, trams and cars will make it difficult for you to have a good nights sleep which is important for your well being.
   
5. How close are Power Poles & Mobile Phone Towers? Your home & particularly your bedrooms need to be at least 200 meters away from high voltage transmission lines and street power lines. The electromagnetic radiation from power poles is very powerful and will radiate into the home causing all sorts of health problems. Mobile phone towers are often on top of high rise buildings, apartment blocks & shopping centres. Have a good look in the surrounding streets, look at Google Maps for a birds eye view. Your home needs to be at least 300 meters away from mobile phone towers. Read more about sick homes!

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Improve the feng shui of your home/office & the indoor air quality with plants

Indoor plants can absorb harmful chemicals and improve air quality, making your home or office a more pleasant place to live or work.

They also fill a room with peace, and have been proven to be emotionally uplifting.






The most common harmful airborne chemicals found in the average home or office are formaldeyde, benzene, trichloroethylene, and carbon monoxide. Even in low concentrations, these chemicals can cause a variety of health problems.

According to former NASA research scientist Dr. Wolverton, several varieties of houseplants excel in removing these chemical pollutants from the air (How to Grow Fresh Air, 1996). The most effective in removing formaldehyde were philodendron, spider plant and golden pathos. Two common flowering varieties were the most efficient at removing benezene; these were gerbera daisy and chrysanthemum. The peace lily and the chrysanthemum removed the highest percentage of trichoroethylene.

Since all plants utilize carbon in the process of producing new growth, all these varieties are effective in removing low levels of carbon monoxide. Other varieties found to be especially effective in cleaning the air were english ivy, chinese evergreen, bamboo palm, snake plant (mother-in-law's tongue) and several types of dracaena, including marginata, corn plant, and janet craig.

Formaldehyde is used in particle board or pressed wood products to make office or household furniture, in carpets, permanent pressed clothes, water repellants & fire retardants. Other sources include natural gas, kerosene, and cigarette smoke. Formaldehyde irritates the membranes of the eyes, nose, and throat and can cause headaches.

Benzene is present in inks, oils, paints, and plastics. In addition to irritation of the eyes and skin, chronic exposure to low levels of benzene causes headaches, loss of appetite, and drowsiness.

Trichloroethylene is used by dry cleaners and in printing inks, paints, varnishes and adhesives. This chemical is considered to be a potent liver carcinogen.

All plants produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Thus any plants you choose, in addition to the varieties named here, will increase the concentration of oxygen in their immediate surroundings. According to McNally (2008) 'one large plant per 100 square feet is sufficient to clean the air in an average home or office.'

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