These 7 Feng Shui tips to prepare for Christmas are not about home-staging Christmas or the best way to decorate the tree. They’re designed to raise the energy vibration of your home so it feels lovely, looks dreamy and is ready to receive your visitors with open arms.
7 ways to prepare your home for Christmas with Feng Shui
1. Make space NOW
With all the festive food to store and extra presents to give and receive, early December is one of the best times of year to clear redundant clutter. Let your recycling become someone else’s well-received gift.
The toy cupboard, wardrobes, under-the-stairs, the attic, the garage are good places to start looking. Check the store cupboard for tins and packets that have exceeded their sell by date. Let go of the outfits that don’t fit you anymore. They certainly won’t after a good Christmas.
2. Turn up the lights
Both daylight and artificial lights raise levels of lifeforce energy known as Ch’i. As we head towards the shortest day, it’s most important to check light fittings and light bulbs are functioning – and free of dust.
Pay particular attention to the front door and as you step inside, aim to create a “bright hall effect” and a warm welcome. Use ambient lighting to illuminate dark corners and create an even flow of chi, particularly in the living room, lounge and kitchen. Definitely add lovely lights to the Christmas tree.
3. Bring nature indoors
As our vitality lessens with reduced sunlight, all the more reason to enliven the inside of our home by bringing nature indoors. Because foliage contains stored sunlight.
The wreath on the front door, the vase of flowers on the hall table, the real Christmas tree, the bowl of fruit on the dining table, the selection of nuts and dried fruit, the stack of logs by the fire. Silk flowers are not as potent as fresh while plastic substitutes are a waste of money.
4. Less furniture, less friction
More visitors means more chairs. More chairs create more obstacles for Ch’i energy to trip over. How then to seat those extra people with their all their warmth and hearty Christmas cheer, especially after a glass of Prosecco.
Consider foldaway chairs for dining which can be stored until you need them. A pile of floor cushions takes up less room than bulky furniture. With germ season in full swing, you’ll want to keep the home well-aerated too. Ask Father Xmas for an air purifier and request he delivers it NOW.
5. Disempower the TV
If you don’t want the TV to be a substitute for good conversation or a belly laugh then check where it’s positioned in the room. It’s uncanny how it find its way into the ‘power spot’, meaning when you enter the room it’s the first thing you see.
If you can’t reposition the TV (because you can’t shift the electrics) then cover it up with a festive throw. Or hang a line of Christmas stockings over it when not in use. That way your guests might be encouraged to play Scrabble or do a jigsaw rather than reach for the TV controls.
6. Tame the fire
The fire is roaring, the heating is up, and your visitors and pets are generating a lot of heat. In a confined space we need to control this blaze otherwise tempers can flare.
Step up the ‘Water’ element to tame the ‘Fire’ element is the solution. It can be introduced with an indoor water feature, a bowl of floating candles, or a throw or cushions in deep blues, dark greens, dark browns or black. A mirror over the fireplace can help in two ways: to augment the feeling of spaciousness in a room and to calm the effect of the fire.
7. Remove your shoes
It’s good Feng Shui practice to leave outdoor shoes at the front door and not allow their undercarriage to be transported inside – particularly with all the sludge that accompanies winter.
If you haven’t got a sheltered porch in which to discard them then a shoe rack in the hall will do. Swop shoes for slippers and invite your guests to bring theirs or provide thick, fun and festive socks for everybody.
I hope you have enjoyed reading these tips.
Please let me know how splendidly you get on.
About me
An intuitive Feng Shui consultant since 1995, I have a passion for creating home and workplace environments aligned with the bigger vision. Also a Reiki Master working with energy, I blend modern day ideas of well-being with traditional wisdom to promote happy, healthy harmonious environments and lives well-lived by all.
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