You are affected by the energy of a space you enter the minute you set foot
in the door. Over time, your health is profoundly affected by the place
where you live and work. The practice of Feng Shui addresses health in a
number of ways, because without good health, how can you enjoy the other
major goals of Feng Shui - harmony, wealth, happiness, and love?
Because modern life is so much more complex than ancient Chinese rural life
when Feng Shui was first developed, the practice of Feng Shui has expanded
to address health issues in modern life, such as the detection of harmful
energies from electro-magnetic fields and geopathic stress, and techniques
to remedy them. A practitioner should also be a dowser to be able to detect
energies harmful to health.
A dowser uses his/her body and/or instruments such as
a pendulum or metal rods to detect water and energies, and kinesiology to
gauge effects on a client. A Feng Shui practitioner changes energies to
bring your living and working space into harmony with you, working with you
to clear your path to health and success.
Within this enhanced field of Feng Shui, the following are the most
important categories related to your health:
Plentiful oxygen (not as self-evident as you may think)
On the news recently, it was reported that two women fearing a chemical
attack suffocated after taping their windows shut with sheets of plastic..
In northern Europe, old women die every winter trying to keep warm with
windows shut tight while wood-burning stoves use up available oxygen. With
the advent of double pane windows and well-sealed, insulated buildings, and
many new office buildings and hotels with windows that don’t open, this
problem of lack of oxygen (along with the re-circulating of pathogens in AC
systems) has entered modern life.
Having lived recently in such a (new) house, I would
come home and gasp for air after the house had been sealed for even a few
hours. I adopted the habit of opening windows for a few minutes when I
returned home to let in air, even in winter. When sufficient oxygen is
missing, your body responds with lethargy, weakness, or illness. Older
houses with single pane windows are not so well-sealed, and don’t have this
problem.
Chi, which can be measured, is life-force energy of
which oxygen is a part. A room must have an 80% chi level to support health.
If the chi level is lower than 80% chi is drained from you. If it is higher,
your health is enhanced and supported.
Chi: a central concern of Feng Shui - conditions that reduce the
level, flow, and quality of chi:
- A badly placed building in relation to land forms
- Conditions blocking chi flow, such as the placement
of other buildings, landscaping, interior design, furniture and other
items
- Placing yourself in unsupported positions in the
workplace or bedroom. The supported position is with your head (in bed) or
your back at your desk against a solid wall, where you can see the door
and the window.
- Conditions causing cutting and oppressive chi:
sharp corners pointing at you where you work or sleep from buildings,
building features, furniture, or overhead beams
- Negative symbolism in your art or photos
representing unwanted obligations or unhappy memories. Surround yourself
and your family only with things that bring you joy, happiness, and
inspiration.
- An imbalance in Yin and Yang (polarities),
including absence of light
- An imbalance in elements (fire, earth, metal,
water, wood) or their representations present in a space (a major focus of
classical Feng Shui).
(Detailed below)
- Exposure to harmful chi from a toilet.
- Predecessor energy (those who inhabited the space
before you)
- Negative geopathic (earth) energies
- Electro-Magnetic Fields (EMFs)
- Chemicals and Pollutants
Toilets: subtle energies harmful to health
A toilet should never face an entrance, kitchen, or bed in a bedroom. Feng
Shui masters have long known about these Yin, bacterial-laden subtle
energies, harmful to health, unimpeded by walls. Keep bathroom doors closed,
both lids down, and a plant (to clean the air) on the back of the toilet. If
the toilet bowl itself faces the entrance, kitchen, or especially a bed,
this harmful energy can be blocked only by a mirror facing the toilet. This
can be placed behind a bed, in a closet or cabinet, or on either side of a
door or a wall - just so the mirror side faces the toilet, preferably for
the width and height of the toilet. This mirror doesn’t have to and
preferably shouldn’t be visible.
Predecessor Energy
Have you ever walked into a room where an argument has just taken place? Did
you feel the charge in the air? The air really was charged. You are feeling
negative energy created by an event. This energy sticks, and can affect your
health. It can be detected by a practitioner/dowser, and should be cleared.
For this reason it is important to know the history of a place where you
will be living or working. There may have been a acrimonious divorce, or a
business failure. It is advisable to have a clearing done before you move,
or anytime thereafter.
Geopathic Stress
Geopathic stress comes from the earth, which is cris-crossed by a series of
energy grids. These are a part of nature. Some energy grid lines are
stronger than others, and should not run through your bed or desk, as they
will cause illness or increased agitation over time. Especially harmful are
places where these lines cross, or where a grid energy line crosses an
underground water flow. Studies show cancers have occurred when a bed is
located over such a crossing. This can be detected only by dowsing.
Sometimes the solution is as simple as moving the bed a few feet, or using a
device or technique to block or clear the geopathic stress caused by such a
crossing. A good dowser/Feng Shui practitioner can remedy most geopathic
stress conditions.
Other conditions causing geopathic stress can occur
when a building is located over a fault line or old burial, ritual, or
battle grounds. Decaying vegetation and underground water under reclaimed
marshes made into lagoon developments emit extreme geopathic stress. These
are not healthy places to live, and cannot always be remedied.
Electro-Magnetic Fields (EMFs)
Whenever electricity travels through a wire, both electric and magnetic
fields are present. Electric fields can be blocked, but the more harmful
magnetic fields cannot. Magnetic fields can affect the pineal gland and thus
the production of melatonin which has cancer-fighting properties and
regulates body function. Magnetic fields are reduced only by increased
distance from the source. Excessive proximity and exposure to microwaves is
also harmful. The following is not an exhaustive list, but here are some
simple solutions to minimize your exposure to harmful EMFs from commonly
used electronic devices that can reap substantial benefits to your health:
- Microwave ovens: Stay a five-foot arc away from it
when it is on.
Your cell phone: Minimize usage. The harmful waves come from the antenna.
You can best protect yourself by pulling up the antenna before you speak,
using a headpiece, or best of all install a car phone which puts the
antenna on the outside of the car.
- Clock radio by your bed: This is extremely harmful,
pulsing harmful EMFs into your head while you are sleeping, just when your
body’s immune system is in repair mode and partially shut down. Replace it
with a battery-powered travel clock.
- Electric blanket: High EMFs pulsing into your body
all night - don’t use one.
- Hair dryer: High EMFs. Try to point it sideways at
the hair rather than straight at the head.
- Anything plugged in, in back of your bed: use an
extension cord to another outlet. The black, square transformer plugs such
as those found on portable phones can emit high EMFs.
- TV: Try not to have one in the bedroom. If you
must, it should be 10 feet away. After it is turned off, the monitor emits
harmful EMFs for several hours.
- Computer monitors: Note that Sweden has a ‘safe’
standard for computer
monitors which excludes those made in Japan or the US. Don’t wear a
conducting underwire bra when spending much time in front of your
computer. It is possible to reduce the harmful field by placing a natural
or faceted quartz crystal in front of the monitor. Never sit at the back
of someone else’s computer monitor.
- Electronic equipment in general: Check your son’s
room; men love to surround themselves with this stuff. Try to keep
electronic devices 10 feet away from the head, especially in the bedroom.
In a room with many electronic devices, a condition called electro-smog is
created. This can be dispersed by opening windows periodically.
- Electric transmission lines, a transformer station,
or nearby utility poles with a round transformer can: consult a qualified
practitioner.
Chemicals and Pollutants in the air, food, water,
cosmetics, and other
Become more aware of what you put in and on your body. Try to eat only fish,
meat, poultry and dairy products free from lead, hormones and antibiotics.
Use organic produce. If you must microwave, use only microwave-safe, never
deli containers. Some studies and dowsers believe that micro-waving destroys
the life-force energy in food as it changes food’s chemical structure
(microwave your fresh coffee for a minute and taste it again).
Chlorine is a known carcinogen. Use brown coffee
filters (no chlorine bleach) and water-process decaf (formaldehyde is used
to extract caffeine from coffee beans). Acquire a home water filter
(pitchers with filters are inadequate), and consider a chlorine filter for
your shower.
Read food and cosmetic labels (including hair dye),
use a salt crystal for deodorant. Use green trades people, designers and
architects, and green, chemical-free products. Scrutinize everything, but
don’t despair. Feng Shui, like health, is a process; begin to walk a path
toward a life closer to nature and health, as free from chemicals and
pollutants as possible.
All of the above conditions draw away from your optimum health. What does
all this have to do with Feng Shui? The overall object of Feng Shui is to
connect you in your building to heaven and earth in perfect harmony. Perfect
health in body as well as spirit is a big part of that.
I wish you all the best always,
Lynne Ashdown
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